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Tag: Foundation Plantings

  • Wednesday, June 16, 11:00 am – Create Foundation Gardens That Say “Welcome Home” to Native Plants, Online

    The foundation garden need not be a bastion of imports such as pachysandra and boxwood. On June 16 at 11:00 am on Zoom, learn about design problems posed by the foundation area of buildings. Discover how native plants can enhance those highly visible settings. Understand that by using regional native plants you can create a habitat for birds and pollinators while creating an aesthetically pleasing design. Kathy Connolly will present the illustrated lecture. Register at www.gcfm.org. Free for members of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.

  • Wednesday, June 10, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Foundation Gardens That Say “Welcome Home” to Native Plants Webinar

    The area around a building is the very place that says “Welcome” to the visitor or “Relax, you’re home” to the occupant. The foundation of a building also contributes to the elusive quality called curb appeal. Yet how often do we see stressed-out shrubs and struggling perennials in this most visible area?

    In this one-hour Tower Hill Botanic Garden online presentation on June 10 at 6:30 pm, we first consider the design problems posed by the foundation area around homes and other buildings. Then we look at native plants that fit into that highly visible setting. The foundation garden need not be a bastion of pachysandra and boxwood!

    Kathy Connolly is a landscape designer who specializes in naturalized designs, low-impact techniques, and native plants for homeowners, municipalities, and other organizations. Kathy has a master’s degree in landscape planning and design from the Conway School in Easthampton, MA. She completed the advanced master gardener program and is an Accredited Organic Land Care Professional through NOFA. She is an active member of the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG). She is a regular columnist for The Day community papers which circulate throughout southeastern Connecticut and has written about lawn alternatives for The Spruce/About.com. She gives about 25 talks and workshops each year for conservation organizations, master gardeners, museums, libraries, land trusts, and garden clubs. Her website is http://www.SpeakingofLandscapes.com.

    A Zoom link will be sent to participants in the confirmation e-mail that will be sent after registration. $7 for Tower Hill members, $10 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org

  • Saturday, May 13, 9:00 am – 9:30 am – Foundation Plantings

    Visit Allandale Farm, 259 Allandale Road in Boston on Saturday, May 13 at 9 pm for a discussion on Foundation Plantings with Christie Dustman.

    Smart selections for beds near buildings. Foundation plantings increase the beauty of your home but can offer some unique challenges. Demystify the process with Christie as she shares some appropriate plants and design strategies for this common project. This event is free and open to all, but please pre-register as there is limited space.

    Christie is a life-long gardener and owner of Christie Dustman & Company, Inc., a company specializing in fine garden care, pruning, design and landscape installation. An dynamic teacher, Christie imbues her lectures with a unique love and admiration for plants and people who garden. Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundation-plantings-with-christie-dustman-tickets-33277243130

  • Saturday, March 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Foundation Gardens That Say “Welcome Home”

    Foundation gardens and entryways can make or break the “welcome” factor and visual appeal of a home or community building. Unfortunately, foundations are often plagued by poor soil, building shadows, foot traffic, de-icers, storm runoff, and more. This March 25 New England Wild Flower Society seminar  at Garden in the Woods offers surprising new ways of seeing the complicated but valuable foundation area through design concepts. Plan before you plant! Time is 10:00 am – noon, and the course, taught by Kathy Connolly, is $53 for NEWFS members, $64 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newfs.org.  Image from www.gardeninacity.com.

  • Saturday, October 10, 10 am – 12 noon – Gardening with Bulbs

    Consider the many ways to integrate bulbs into the home landscape including enhancing the perennial border, designing foundation plantings or naturalizing a woodland setting. Learn all about the cultivation of bulbs both minor and major. Review a wide variety of both traditional bulbs (daffodils, tulips, lilies and hyacinth) and learn about the more unusual ones including allium, colchicum, scilla, galanthus, camassia, and frittilaria. Watch a demonstration on planting. David’s wonderful bulbs will be on sale following the lecture. David Burdick has been a practicing horticulturist in Berkshire County for more than twenty years. He worked for nine years at BBG and an additional nine years at Windy Hill Nursery. He is a popular teacher for the Horticultural Certificate Program and is currently operates a specialty bulb and cut flower business Daffodils and More at Holiday Farm, Dalton.  This program will take place at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 10, from 10 – noon, and costs $16 for BBG members, $21 for non members.  For more information, log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org.

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