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  • Tuesday, June 12, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Eco Printing: Fiber Art Workshop

    Leaves and flowers placed on specially treated fabric, and then steamed, release their pigments to create realistic prints on the fabric. Fiber artist Mary DeLano will teach students about which plants print reliably and will experiment with others. The class will take place in the Putnam Building at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, on Tuesday, June 12 from 1 – 4:30 pm. Each student will take home four printed pieces of fabric, including one silk scarf and one vintage table linen (materials included).

    $75 Mass Hort members; $110 general admission. Register at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/664/eco-printing-fiber-art-workshop?filter_reset=1

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  • Thursday, June 7, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Bio-control of Lily Leaf Beetles

    The Lily Leaf Beetle is largely under control in our area thanks to the efforts of researchers at URI, including Massachusetts Horticultural Society presenter, Dr. Richard Casagrande. On Thursday, June 7 from 7 – 8:30 at The Gardens at Elm Bank’s Parkman Room, Dr. Casagrande will discuss the lily leaf beetle project and its connection to early research at The Gardens at Elm Bank and abroad. He will also review biological control programs underway in this region to find biological controls of invasive insects and plants that are important in Southern New England.

    Richard Casagrande, Emeritus Professor of Entomology, joined the University of Rhode Island faculty in 1976. He taught courses in biological control, integrated pest management, insects and society and gave innumerable lectures to Master Gardeners and landscape practitioners throughout the region. In retirement, he continues to work with colleagues at URI and throughout the world on biological control of invasive insects and plants that are important in Southern New England. Past and current projects include the lily leaf beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, birch leafminer, Cypress spurge, purple loosestrife, black swallow-wort and common reed.

    $12 Mass Hort members; $20 general admission. Register at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/663/bio-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles?filter_reset=1

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  • Wednesdays, June 6, 13 & 20, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Hands-On Floral Design

    Bring a little bit of your garden indoors. In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society three-session class, in the Cheney Room of the Education Building at The Gardens at Elm Bank, learn how to arrange flowers that you may find in your garden and yard. Barbara Rietscha, owner of Stow Greenhouses in Stow, will bring seasonal flowers from her farm to the class and teach you how to condition and arrange them. In the first class, you will be creating an arrangement in a glass cylinder vase. The second class will teach you how to create a dining table centerpiece and for the third class bring your own vase to arrange in. Flowers for all sessions are provided as are vases for sessions 1 and 2. Bring your own flower cutters/scissors and a vase for session 3. Each evening you will go home with a beautiful arrangement of fresh, locally grown flowers. The dates of the class are Wednesdays, June 6, 13, and 20 from 7 – 9.

    Stow Greenhouses is a cut flower farm and floral design studio specializing in fresh-from-the-garden arrangements for weddings and special life events. They sell retail at many area farmers’ markets and at the Boston Public Market. Stow Greenhouses brings the best of what is blooming from their garden to your vase.

    MUST PRE-REGISTER: $150 Mass Hort members; $200 general admission. Register at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/662/hands-on-floral-design?filter_reset=1

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  • Thursday, June 14, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – A Night in Napa

    Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on Thursday, June 14 from 6 – 8:30 pm for A Night in Napa, a Garden Party in the Italianate Garden.  Enjoy live music, delicious hors d’oeuvre, and wines of Napa Valley.  All the gardens will be set for strolling and enjoying, but the the main attraction will be the Italianate Garden, set to transport you. Tickets are $100.  Order online at www.masshort.org. The Gardens at Elm Bank are located at 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. For more information contact Elaine Lawrence at registrations@masshort.org.

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  • Saturday, May 12, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – 2018 Herb Plant Sale

    The New England Unit of The Herb Society of America will hold it’s 2018 Plant Sale in conjunction with Mass Hort’s Gardener’s Fair on Saturday, May 12 from 9 – 3 at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. $5 per car admission, free to Mass Hort members with valid membership card. The proceeds from this event help support educational projects, including the Teaching Herb Garden at MHS Elm Bank. It is the policy of The Herb Society of America not to advise or recommend herbs for medicinal or health use. Please consult a health care provider before persuing any herbal treatments.  For more information visit http://www.neuhsa.org/PlantSale2018.html

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  • Thursday, April 10 – Thursday, October 25 – 2018 Master Gardener Training Course

    Love gardening? Looking to upgrade your skills? Committed to giving back to the community in the form of gardening advice and hands-on support? Then join the network of over 600 certified Massachusetts Master Gardener Association (MMGA) volunteers in Central and Eastern Massachusetts.

    The 2018 Master Gardener Training course (MGT) begins April 10th/12th in two locations: Wellesley and Boylston. The course consists of 14 weeks of classroom education as well as 60 hours of approved volunteering.

    Topics include soil science, botany, plant selection and care, pest/disease/weed management, pruning, propagation, and more  all taught by university professors, Extension Department specialists, industry-leading horticulturists, and landscape management professionals. Upon graduation and as an active MMGA member, you will enjoy a number of ongoing benefits including opportunities to…

    ~ Network with other members of the like-minded MMGA community who are always willing to share their knowledge and experience
    ~ Participate annually in dozens of MMGA-sponsored Continuing Education classes, workshops, field trips and visits to members gardens
    ~ Audit future Master Gardener Training classes, to refresh your knowledge of specific topics
    ~ Support your community by nominating public or non-profit organizations to host an official MMGA Gardening Site, where Master Gardeners volunteer to provide free hands-on support
    ~ Recommend community fairs, plant sales and other events for a free Ask-a-Master-Gardener or Soil pH Testing table staffed by MGs
    ~ Learn how to be a compelling and informative speaker by joining our Speakers Bureau and presenting lectures on favorite topics to garden clubs and other organizations

    Space is filling up fast. Register today at http://massmastergardeners.org/become-a-master-gardener/

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  • Tuesdays, April 3 – May 22, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon or 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm- Improve Your Watercolor Skills

    Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for this eight-week course (choose morning or afternoon sessions) beginning April 3 with artist and instructor Nan Rumpf. Classes are designed to further develop your watercolor painting skills and techniques. Each lesson is an activity designed to explore a different art element, principle, or painting technique. Explore the many possibilities of watercolor as you enhance your personal painting style and discover your artistic voice. Handouts, demos, painting examples, critiques will be supplied by the instructor.

    Nan Rumpf grew up in a small Iowa town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors on her bicycle and daydreaming under a lilac bush. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. She currently lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She has worked as a professional puppeteer, designing and constructing her own puppets and masks. She organized dramatic arts workshops in public schools and libraries for twenty years.

    She has studied watercolor painting with Susan Swinand, Jane Goldman, Paul George, Charles Reid, Miles Batt, and Cheng Khee Chee. Her paintings have been exhibited at The DeCordova Museum School Gallery, The Danforth Museum, The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, The Attleboro Arts Museum, The Wellesley Free Library (First Place Award), The Center For The Arts in Natick, Art on the Common in Needham (First Place Award), The Clinton Art show (Best In Show), Post Road Art (First Place Award in the Abstract Show), The Wellesley Community Center (Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor), The New England Watercolor Society Show in Cotuit (Woodruff Art Center Award) and her painting Soaring was awarded by George Nick in Concord Art’s Juried Members show.

    She is a member of the Concord Art Association, the Wellesley Society of Artists, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society and is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society. She was chosen as one of the two art judges for The Amazing Things Summer Juried Art Show in 2012. Learn more at www.nanrumpf.com. The class will be held in the Cheney Room of the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. Mass Hort Member Cost: $125; Non Member Cost $160. Register at www.masshort.org.

  • Saturday, April 7, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm – Celebrating Herbs!

    The Herb Society of America, New England Unit, will sponsor Celebrating Herbs!, a symposium to be held Saturday, April 7, from 8:30 – 3 at the Hunnewell Carriage House, The Gardens at Elm Bank, in Wellesley. Speakers will include Kelly Orzel, Judith Sumner, and Betsy Williams.

    Betsy Williams will present Herbal Weddings: Old Traditions, Modern Uses. An herbal wedding is the essence of romance! The perfumed air, the delightful colors and the ancient symbolism of the plants blend to create a truly magical day. The program includes the stories and traditions of wedding herbs and the language of flowers, cultural directions for growing the herbs, garden design suggestions and how to use herbs and herbal flowers creatively in wedding flowers, food and drink. Image below from www.weddingwindow.com.

    Judith Sumner is a botanist and popular lecturer at the Arnold Arboretum, Garden in the Woods, and Assumption College. She is the author of American Household Botany, a History of Useful Plants, 1620 – 1900, and The Natural History of Medicinal Plants.

    Kelly Orzel, of Bowery Beach Farm at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, specializes in culinary and scented plants including 50 varieties of scented pelargoniums. The Backyard Gardener is her recent book.

    The early bird fee for Herb Society members is $85, $90 for non-HSA members, postmarked on or before March 10. All registrations after March 24 are $105, and registration closes March 28. No walk-ins. Registration includes coffee/tea and morning refreshments, plus a catered herbal lunch. The New England Unit of The Herb Society of America, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) educational organization. Proceeds from this fund-raising event will be used to help support educational projects. For more information visit http://www.neuhsa.org/2018Symposium.html

  • Thursday, September 28, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Putting the Garden to Bed

    On Thursday, September 28 at 7 pm in the Parkman Room of The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, join Garden Lecturer Suzanne Mahler for a presentation covering fall gardening activities, including transplanting, lawn care, bulbs, preparing new gardens, and tips for preparing gardens for winter weather. Mass Hort Members: $12; General Admission: $20. Register online at www.masshort.org.  Image from www.rakeandmake.com.

  • Thursday, September 14, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Cold Frame Gardening

    Cold frames and hoop houses are great season extenders, allowing vegetables to be planted 2-4 weeks earlier than unprotected plants. They also play a key role in the transition of seedlings of all kinds from the sheltered windowsill/greenhouse environment to the outdoors. Gretel Anspach will show you how, where and when to use these interesting tools in your own garden, in this Massachusetts Horticultural Society class at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, on Thursday, September 14 at 7 pm.

    Gretel Anspach is a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon. Gretel helped to establish and maintain two food production gardens that have provided fresh produce to the Marlboro Food Pantry for the last eight years. Gretel considers her gardening interests to be eclectic, which is to say she know a little about a lot of different areas, but not too much about any one thing in particular. Mass Hort Members: $12; General Admission: $20. Register online at www.masshort.org.