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Tag: Dogwood

  • Sunday, March 29, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Watercolor Painting in a Day: Painting Dogwood Blossoms – POSTPONED

    Learn basic and advanced watercolor techniques as you complete this beautiful painting during this Tower Hill Botanic Garden project-based workshop on March 29 from 9:30 – 3:30. Techniques such as painting wet into wet, softening edges and glazing color will be demonstrated. This class is appropriate for both beginners and more advanced painters. Please contact Emma Kerr, Manager of Adult Education, 508-869-6111 x120, ekerr@towerhillbg.org for a materials list.

    Instructor Sue Dion is an award-winning watercolorist whose work is collected internationally. She has taught watercolor to hundreds of students in her own studios (Uxbridge and Worcester) and is a member of the teaching faculty at the Worcester Art Museum. $70 for Tower Hill members, $80 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org

  • Saturday, October 3, 9:30 – 12 noon – Autumn Beauties: Habitat Gardens in Acton

    Fall can be one of the most beautiful seasons in the garden. On Saturday, October 3, from 9:30 – noon, Dori Smith, landscape designer of Gardens for Life in Acton, leads this tour of several gardens designed primarily with native plants to please birds and butterflies, as well as her clients. Native shrubs such as fothergilla and cranberry viburnum glow with autumn color. Winterberries are ripening, and twigs of dogwood are turning crimson. Many of the fall flowers are still blooming. The designer shows you “before” photos of these landscapes, as well as photos taken in different seasons. She discusses the unique challenges, goals and methods of each project. Learn ways to use stone and water to enhance the effects of the plantings. You are welcome to tour the Acton Arboretum  before or after the garden tour. The tour is sponsored by The New England Wild Flower Society, and costs $25 if a NEWFS member, and $30 if a nonmember.  Limited to 20 participants.  To register, log on to www.newfs.org, or call 508-877-7630.

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