Boston Flora

Tag: Educational Programming

  • Thursday, October 22, 7:00 – 9:30 pm – Land’s Sake Supper Club

    Join Land’s Sake and Slow Food, Boston on Thursday, October 22, beginning at 7 pm at the Josiah Smith Tavern Barn, 358 Boston Post Road in Weston, for a gourmet dinner prepared by chef Sam Hunt. From our farm to this table, Land’s Sake’s Supper Club dinners feature produce from Land’s Sake and other area farms. A portion of the proceeds support the educational programs of Land’s Sake, so please come for a great meal and support the farm! They look forward to sharing a meal with you.  Sam Hunt, a Weston native, is the Executive Chef and Co-Manager at Indigo Bistro in Hamilton, MA. Prior to joining Indigo, Sam was the Executive Chef and General Manager at the West Side Lounge in Cambridge. After switching careers from graphic design and moving back to Massachusetts, Sam spent two years cooking with Barbara Lynch at No. 9 Park in Boston, MA. Cost (includes tax, tip and corkage): $40 for Land’s Sake Members, $50 for non-members (cash or check only) RSVP (required): Please email supper@landssake.org. Kindly include the number of people in your party, their first names and any dietary restrictions (if applicable). Cancellations: Because seating is limited and food is purchased in advance, full payment is required for cancellations made within 48 hours of the event date. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with this policy. Special thanks to the Women’s Community League of Weston, the stewards of the Barn, for letting Land’s Sake host this event at this historic landmark.

    Land’s Sake (www.landssake.org) combines ecologically-sound land management practices with hands-on environmental education to model how public open space can be used and enjoyed by the community.

    A 501c(3) nonprofit corporation, Land’s Sake runs a public farm, hosts educational programming for all ages, maintains the town forest for recreational and production uses, and cares for both public conservation and private land.

    Their efforts are centered on three themes:

    • Environmental Education
    • Sustainable Land Management and Open Space Preservation
    • Community-Building and Caretaking

    Bringing people onto the land as visitors to the farm, as volunteers or youth workers, and through active educational programs, they directly connect people to their local ecology. Their work uncovers the intrinsic value of the land around us and the importance of treating the land with respect.

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  • Sunday, October 4, 10 – 5 – NRT Harvest & Crafts Fair

    The Natural Resources Trust of Easton (NRT) is a member-supported, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate about significant natural and cultural resources and to acquire and preserve land of special character for the benefit of the public. The NRT promotes a land ethic in the community through educational programming. The NRT provides leadership, cooperation and networking to others with a similar mission.  The Easton Garden Club (www.eastongardenclub.org) participates each year in the Annual NRT Harvest & Crafts Fair.  The Fair draws thousands of people from around New England who come to shop the many juried crafts booths.

    The Easton Garden Club’s civic role in the Harvest Fair is one of education, providing informational handouts on topics such as composting, attracting butterflies to your garden, and tips on native plants and trees.  There are many club members, knowledgeable about gardening, at its booth available to answer questions from the public throughout the day.  Club members harvest flowers from their gardens and pick (non-endangered!) native flowers, grasses, and vines growing along the roadsides.  They start in the late spring and continue through the fall.  The flowers are dried and stored until the week before the fair when many of the club members gather together to make wreaths, dried arrangements, and bouquets of flowers to sell. On Fair day they have ongoing demonstrations on subjects such as grapevine wreath making and flower arranging.  For directions to the Fair, log on to www.nrtofeaston.org.