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Tag: Gail Anderson

  • Thursday, June 22, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Hydrangea Highlights

    Endless Summer®, Sugar Puff, Pinky Winky, Incrediball – there has been an explosion of hydrangea cultivars with cute and quirky names. Hydrangea Highlights helps demystify our most popular blooming shrub.

    Gail Anderson will help attendees identify and care for hydrangeas already in their gardens and will include tips for choosing reliable new hydrangeas. Anderson will share a primer of hydrangea species, new cultivars and breeding trends, how to plant, and how to prune.

    Gail Anderson is a former teacher and magazine journalist. She earned a Certificate in Landscape Design and Maintenance from North Shore Community College and a certified a Massachusetts Master Gardener.

    This Massachusetts Horticultural Society session will take place Thursday, June 22 from 7 – 8:30 in the Education Building at the Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, and is $12 for Mass Hort Members, $20 for nonmembers. Register at www.masshort.org, or call 617-933-4973. Image from www.healthyhomegardening.com.

  • Tuesday, February 28, 9:30 am – Hydrangea Highlights

    The Needham Garden Club presents Hydrangea Highlights with Gail Anderson on Tuesday, February 28 beginning at 9:30 am at the Needham Congregational Church, 1180 Great Plain Avenue in Needham.  The meeting is free, but donations are always welcome.

  • Wednesday, September 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Hydrangeas

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay opens its 2015-2016 year on Wednesday, September 16, with an emphasis on Collectors and Collections, at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, at 10:00 am, with speaker Gail Anderson on the topic of Hydrangeas.

    Endless Summer, Snow Queen, Pinky Winky, Incrediball – There has been an explosion of trademarked hydrangea cultivars with cute and quirky names. Gail Anderson will help demystify this immensely popular genus and will include tips for choosing the right hydrangea for your garden. You’ll enjoy an instructional look at the genus brought to popular attention by such disparate personalities as Martha Stewart and renowned plantsman Michael Dirr. Topics covered will include a primer of hydrangea species, cultivars commonly available for sale, flower shape and color, including soil pH, and how to plant and prune.

    Gail Anderson is a former teacher and magazine journalist. She earned a Certificate in Landscape Design and Maintenance from North Shore Community College and was certified as a Massachusetts Master Gardener. Gail worked for six years as a staff horticulturist for The Trustees of Reservations at Long Hill, an estate garden in Beverly, Massachusetts known for its woody plant collection. She has also served as a photography judge and jury member at the Boston Flower & Garden Show and has lectured at the Portland, Maine Flower Show. Gail is a member of the Ipswich Garden Club.

    GCBB members will receive written notification of the meeting.  If you are not a member but wish to attend, please email info@bostonflora.com.  Image of Pinky Winky from naturalmedicinefacts.info.