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Tag: fall containers

  • Wednesday, August 23, 9:30 am – 10:30 am – Containers: From Summer to Fall

    Learn how a little pruning, transplanting and even adding edibles can give your planters a fresh new look for the fall season. Led by Robin Pydynkowski, head gardener of the Ropes Mansion Garden, this Peabody Essex Museum workshop is free, but reservations required at http://my.pem.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=6047, no later than August 22. The Ropes Mansion Botanical Lecture Fund makes this workshop possible. Meet at 9:30 am on Wednesday, August 23 at the Ropes Mansion, 318 Essex St. in Salem.

  • Thursday, August 18, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Late Season Container Gardening

    Get past the potted chrysanthemum and a pumpkin for your front porch this fall. With summer winding down, it’s time to jazz up those tired container plantings you’ve been watering since June. Discover native plants that carry color, texture and form into the fall and learn tips on design, maintenance and over-wintering. Then assemble and plant your own container under the instructor’s guidance. BYOC–bring your own container. Containers and plants available at a discount for New England Wild Flower Society class participants that day, Thursday, August 18 from 10 – 12 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham. Class fee includes potting mix, fertilizer and mulch. The instructor is Dan Jaffe, and the fee for NEWFS members is $30, $36 for nonmembers. Visit www.newfs.org to register.  The “instant autumn garden” photo below, by Jennifer Martiné,  is taken from Sunset Magazine, a terrific source for garden articles of interest.