Not every gift has to be purchased from a store. You can create beautiful things from your garden. In conjunction with the Wellesley Free Library’s ‘Wellesley Reads Together’ Program, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society presents an evening of demonstrations on creating holiday gifts on Thursday, October 20, from 7 – 8:30. The event will feature instructions and samples. Please note the event will be held at the Wellesley Free Library. For more information, visit www.masshort.org.
Celebrate the arrival of spring with a visit to the annual herb sale at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses in Waltham, from Thursday, April 29 – Sunday, May 2, and again on Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and 9, from 10 – 4. Thousands of naturally grown culinary, medicinal, and ornamental herbs will be on sale. Scented geraniums, herbal topiaries, pottery, and garden gifts are also available, and the horticultural staff will be on hand to offer expert advice. Free admission. Call 781-891-1985, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org for directions and more information.
Come to Old Sturbridge Village on Saturday, November 21, beginning at 10 am, for another in its Garden Thyme programs. Roberta McQuaid will conduct a class entitled “Gifts from the Garden.” Who doesn’t love a homemade gift? Use the next month to get busy crafting simple, garden inspired gifts, including teas, sachets, potpourris, and the like. Meet at the Visitor Center, and you will be led to the setting of this workshop. For more information, log on to www.osv.org.
