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  • Thursday, March 5, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Eastern – Grow with Us: Made in the Shade, Gardens in Lower Light, Online

    Gardening in the shade can be very rewarding! On March 5 at 6 pm Eastern, we will discuss a variety of plants that will brighten and add color to your cool shady retreat. N.C. Cooperative Extension – Guilford County Center and our N.C. State Extension Master Gardener program invite you to join us for:

    Grow with Us- Made in the Shade: Great Gardens in Lower Light (Virtual)

    This is an ONLINE SEMINAR via ZOOM, presented by our Extension Master Gardener volunteers. The same program will be presented in-person at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library in Greensboro, NC on a different date.

    An abundance of large trees and shady areas in the yard is an exciting challenge to the creative gardener, not an obstacle. Gardening in the shade can be very rewarding! We’ll discuss a variety of shrubs, annuals, perennials, and woodland plants that will brighten and add color to your cool shady retreat.

    The talk is free – but capacity is limited. Please register through Eventbrite HERE to reserve the Zoom link.

    This session will not be recorded. A program handout providing links to abundant resources and in-depth information will be made available to registrants via the email address provided in a reminder email 24 hours before the program.

  • Sunday, January 11, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Winter Sowing

    Join Worcester Native Plant Initiative for its first Winter Sow of the year on January 11. Bring 3 translucent milk/water type jugs and they will provide the rest. Each participant will choose two types of seeds and build a mini greenhouse to germinate them. The times are from noon to 4 pm at the Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center, 3 Paul Clancey Way, Worcester Massachusetts. This is a free event. The program is offered with REC and Mass Audubon. Additional sessions will take place Thursday, January 15, from 9 – 11 at the American Legion Hall, 32 School Street in Sterling, and Saturday, January 24 from 12 – 4 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 140 Shore Drive in Worcester.

  • Tuesday, December 9, 5:00 am – 6:30 am Eastern (but recorded) – Queer Gardens of Note

    Gardens are many things. An oasis for nature, a retreat from the outside world, a haven for blooms. But how has the LGBTQI+ community been involved with their design, upkeep and prominence throughout the years? How is queerness seen in the natural world?

    As well as being a historian and tour guide, Sheldon K Goodman is also passionate about gardening.

    The last session on December 9 is Queer Gardens of Note, This Gardens Trust talk is £8 through Eventbrite. Register HERE Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days (and again a few hours) prior to the start of the first talk, and a link to the recorded session will be sent shortly after each session and will be available for 1 week.

  • Sunday, January 26, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Drop In) – Repot Your Own Houseplant at The Potting Bench

    Drop in to Mahoney’s Garden Center, 449 Western Avenue in Boston on January 26 anytime between 10 AM – 2 PM and repot your own houseplant. They will have experts on hand to guide you on selecting the proper pot size to move into, as well as the proper potting soil. Make sure your plant is wrapped up to protect it from the cold! This is for plants currently in an 8” pot or smaller.

    Soil is included with the $5 cost. You may register in advance HERE through Eventbrite.

    REMINDER: Tropical plants are sensitive to the cold. When you bring your plant in for repotting, please be sure to protect your plant with a cover such as a paper or plastic bag, a box or a pillowcase.

  • Wednesday, December 11, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern – Queen Caroline and the Invention of the Landscape Garden

    Join The Gardens Trust in partnership with Kent Gardens Trust on December 11 for a special online lecture. Conventional ideas of the invention of the landscape garden in 1730s England attribute the creation of this new form of naturalistic garden design to male gardeners (William Kent, Charles Bridgeman) and/or landowners (the Earl of Carlisle, the Prince of Wales, Lord Cobham, General Dormer, etc.).

    This talk will consider the activities of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Caroline 1727-37 (wife of George II), and debates within her intellectual circle. The focus will be on underlying religio-scientific concepts crucial to developing views of the natural world that were taking place in Caroline’s lifetime (1683-1737). Such views were a pre-condition of the new form of garden that took shape in the 1730s. We will also focus on the intellectual ramifications of her transition from Ansbach to England, as Princess of Wales, in 1714. For particular reasons she was responsible for the design of a garden building that the talk will represent as seminal to the landscape garden.

    The gardens involved are those at Richmond, Kensington Palace, and Stowe.

    Michael Charlesworth gained his PhD in History and Theory of Art from the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is currently a professor of art history at the University of Texas at Austin teaching 19th century European painting and photography. He has written the first full length biography of Reginald Farrer, a critical life of Derek Jarman, as well as major articles on early photography, the picturesque, and 18th century panoramic drawing. His book Landscape and Vision in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France (Routledge) was published in 2008

    This ticket is for this special session and costs £8. Gardens Trust and Kent Gardens Trust Members may purchase tickets at £6, through the Eventbrite link HERE. Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and again a few hours before the talk (If you do not receive this link, please contact us). A link to the recorded session will be sent shortly after each session and will be available for 2 weeks .


  • Saturdays, October 12, 19, & 26, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – 22nd Annual Pumpkin Festival

    The 22nd annual pumpkin festival at the First Congregational Church, 300 Central St Saugus Ma, 01906 will take place Saturdays, October 12, 19, & 26 from 11:00AM- 3:00PM. Free, but reserve a spot on Eventbrite HERE

  • Tuesday, July 23, 7:00 pm – Sunset Social for Restored Rivers

    Charles River Watershed Association invites you to a beautiful evening at Night Shift Brewing’s beer garden on the Charles River Esplanade to support our ongoing work to restore a clean, resilient Charles River for all. The event takes place on July 23 at 7 pm.

    Join fellow young professionals, river enthusiasts, and environmental advocates to mingle, enjoy some brews and views, and learn more about CRWA’s work to restore the Charles and its watershed. Purchase tickets through Eventbrite HERE. Ticket prices start at $35.

  • Thursday, July 11, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – 2nd Annual Plymouth Garden Tour

    The Plymouth Public Library Foundation is pleased to present our 2nd Annual Plymouth Garden Tour. Join us on July 11 for a day filled with beautiful blooms and greenery. Stroll through a variety of stunning gardens, each with its unique charm and style. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just appreciate the beauty of nature, this event is perfect for everyone. Don’t miss this opportunity to gather inspiration for your own garden or simply enjoy the picturesque landscapes. Grab your friends and family for a day of outdoor fun!

    First stop: Plymouth Public Library to meet with vendors to pick up your program and directions to the six gardens on our tour this year. PLUS, we hope you will include a stop over at the Sheriff’s Department for a behind the scenes peek of something new.

    All proceeds from this event will be used to complete the renovation of the Dr. Richard M. Shiff Garden. Our goal is to ensure that our patrons have a magical place to relax and enjoy nature in all its glory. $30. Tickets available on Eventbrite HERE.

  • Tuesday, May 14, 5:00 am – 6:30 am Eastern (but recorded) – Italian Renaissance Gardens, Online

    This five week online course from the Gardens Trust will be suitable for anyone curious about gardens and their stories – whether absolute beginners or those with some garden history knowledge. Running from April 14 – May 14, the course aims to help participants recognize important eras, themes and styles in mainly British garden history from the earliest times to today, grasp something of the social, economic, political and international contexts in which gardens have been created and find greater pleasure in visiting historic gardens. You can sign up for whole series or dip into individual talks. There will be opportunities to discuss issues with speakers after each talk, and short reading lists for further exploration. The history series will continue with Part 2 in the fall.

    Week Five on May 15 is Italian Renaissance Gardens with Deborah Trentham. This lecture explores the origins of the Italian Renaissance Garden, looking at them within their social and cultural context. We will see how politics, religion, money, art and literature of the time, along with ancient texts helped form and shape them. The gardens were created by Princes, Popes, men of the church, as well as powerful dynasties such as the Medici. Examples will include the Vatican’s Cortile de Belvedere and the Villa Medici as well as others to show how the Renaissance Garden evolved during the period.

    Trained in the history of art, architecture and garden history, Deborah Trentham has been teaching garden history for fifteen years. Formerly a teacher of garden history at Birkbeck (University of London) and Capel Manor College where she also taught the history of architecture, Deborah currently teaches garden design students for KLC School of Design at Chelsea Harbour and Hampton Court Palace, along with lecturing at Imperial College London. Deborah was the Historic Gardens judge for the Society of Garden Designers Awards for five years and has published numerous articles in magazines and periodicals.

    For tickets, visit www.eventbrite.co.uk Ticket holders can join each session live or view a recording for up to 2 weeks afterwards. £8 each or all 5 for £35 (Gardens Trust members £6 each or all 5 for £26.25) Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days (and again a few hours) prior to the start of the first talk (If you do not receive this link please contact us), and a link to the recorded session will be sent shortly after each session and will be available for 2 weeks.

  • Sunday, February 11, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern – Onward and Upward in the Vegetable Garden, Online

    Untermyer Garden’s new ornamental vegetable garden, tended faithfully by Yonkers public high school interns, enjoyed its first series of harvests last year. As we look ahead to the next growing season, we have invited three vegetable garden experts to share their perspectives and advice. The program will take place February 11 from 2 – 4, and tickets are $20, plus Eventbrite fee. The video will be available to view for one month following the event, as well. Purchase tickets HERE

    K Greene, co-founder of Hudson Valley Seed Company, will help us think about heirloom and open-pollinated seed selection and how we can help our plants thrive after germination.  
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    Award-winning author, radio host, and garden expert from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour will share her amazingly productive techniques and approaches to success in her own home food garden.  

    David Mattern, who is responsible for the ornamental vegetable and cutting gardens at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania, will help us understand that healthy plants are the key to production and attractiveness.  
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    Moderating the panel will be Timothy Tilghman, the Untermyer Gardens Head Gardener.