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  • Friday, June 2 – Saturday, June 10 – Southern France: Artists and Their Eden

    You’re invited to join Pacific Horticulture as we experience the remarkable beauty, gardens, and culture of Provence June 2 – 10 2017. We’ll visit scenic villages and local markets, and of course, savor the region’s cuisine. In addition to the magnificent natural beauty of this region, our tour offers a look at the work of renowned landscape artists and explores gardens, views and vistas that inspired the artwork of Renoir, Cezanne, van Gogh, Matisse, Chagall, Bonnard, Gauguin, and Picasso.

    Amy Larue, an American expat who lives in Paris and is married to a Frenchman, will be our guide for this tour. Amy has a deep understanding and enthusiasm for the French culture. She is an experienced guide, florist extraordininaire, and a judge for the prestigious Bagatelle rose garden trials. Space is limited to 24 guests and our tour will be escorted by Linda McKendry, experienced traveler, garden designer, and PHS board member. Image from www.roamingtravelers.wordpress.com.

    Registration for this tour is now open. For complete itinerary details and information about booking this trip click http://www.sterlingtoursltd.com/France2017.html 

  • Tuesday, October 25, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Color in the Collections: Fall Foliage Walk

    Tuesday, October 25, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Color in the Collections: Fall Foliage Walk

    Autumn in the Arnold Arboretum offers a spectacular show of color in both foliage and fruit. Join Andrew Gapinski, Manager of Horticulture, on Tuesday, October 25 from 3:30 – 5 for a very special tour of the October attractions found in the Arboretum landscape. Meet at the Hunnewell Building. For cancellations due to weather, call 617 384-5209. Free, registration is requested at my.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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  • Monday, January 30 – Monday, February 6 – Gardens of the Caribbean

    Yale Educational Travel and Smithsonian Journeys are sponsoring a round trip cruise from Antigua January 30 – February 6 aboard the S.Y. Sea Cloud.  Yale’s study leader is Leo W. Buss, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, known for his research in ecology and evolution, and author of The Evolution of Individuality.  Smithsonian’s expert is Ann Pavord, gardening correspondent for The Independent and author of a number of books on plants including the best-selling The Tulip.  Islands will include Guadelopupe, Iles des Saintes, Nevis, St. Eustatius, Tortola & Virgin Gorda, and St. Barthelemy, as well as Antigua.  For complete information, visit http://www.yaleedtravel.org/caribbean17, and http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/tours/caribbean-sea-clous/itinerary/

  • Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 – Plant Show Weekend at Tower Hill Botanic Garden

    Plant societies strut their stuff on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.  See judged shows, hear talks, and buy specimens for your collections.  The schedule is as follows:

    Saturday

    Primrose Show 10-5.

    Rock Garden Show 10-5.

    Art of Growing Food 10-11:30.

    Garden Design Workshop 1-4.

    Daffodil Show 1-5.

    Sunday

    Daffodil Show 9-4.

    Primrose Show 9-4.

    Potted Herb Garden Workshop 1-3:30.

    Garden Tour at 2 pm.

    For complete information visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Thursday, October 24 – Friday, November 8 – Japan: Gardens and Landscapes in Kyoto and Southern Japan and South Korea

    Japan, the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ has one of the great world traditions of garden design. In November the gardens of Kyoto glow with the changing leaf colors of the famed maples set against the deep green of moss and the tones of raked gravel and ancient stones. This storied city, preserved from destruction during World War II, has been an artistic, religious and commercial center for over a thousand years.

    Korea, the ‘Land of Morning Calm’ has a 5,000 year old history and its own traditional garden culture. With four distinct seasons its wealth of native plants and varied topography combine in a landscape described as geumsu gangsan -‘a land of picturesque rivers and mountains as if embroidered on silk.  This natural beauty has led to the development of a landscape style that differs in many ways from the classic styles of China and Japan, notably in its use of a wide range of plants, chosen not only for their symbolism, such as the ‘four gentlemen’ of bamboo, orchid, chrysanthemum and plum, but also for their variety.

    This trip, sponsored by The Boston Architectural College and led by LI Travel Expeditions and Nan Blake Sinton, will take place October 24 – November 8. As director of programs for Horticulture magazine Nan has developed, organized and led an international series of garden seminars and tours. An experienced educator and designer, Nan was also the director of public programs at Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum and has been leading garden design programs to Portugal since 1995. She is a horticultural educator, garden designer, writer, and national lecturer on design and planting; her work in horticultural outreach and education has been recognized by the Garden Club of America, and was Massachusetts Horticultural Society 2005 Gold Medal winner.

    For more information, please email pce@the-bac.edu.

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  • Saturday, September 7, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Garden Club of Concord Garden Tour

    The Garden Club of Concord will sponsor a self-guided tour next Saturday, September 7, from 2 – 5.  The four gardens on tour are free, open to the public, and all are within one mile of Concord Center.  Please pick up tour tickets with garden locations from the Garden Club of Concord Table at the Farmers Market, Main Street, Concord from 10 – 2 on the day of the tour, or email concordgardentours@gmail.com.  No pets or strollers, children welcome accompanied by adults, gardens not handicapped accessible.

    The first garden is a three season organic garden, with veggies, herbs, chickens and bees.  Using biodynamic and organic methods, the host’s vegetable and herb gardens provide much of the family’s produce starting in early spring through late fall.  Tucked to one side of the property at the edge of a tiny brook is a chicken coop and yard, home to the family’s hens when they are not free ranging.  The owner, an avid biodynamic beekeeper, has her hives placed on the opposite edge of the yard, overlooking the gardens.

    Next, the raspberry batch garden which was created by a family who moved from Michigan to Massachusetts with 12 raspberry canes in tow.  Nineteen years later there are now 11 varieties, some cross-pollinated by the owner, a recently retired molecular biologist who has made it his passion to grow and breed raspberries.

    The chicken coop and kitchen potager is a little bit of country in the heart of Concord.  The owners have created several gardens, including a small formal kitchen potager in the center of the yard, with herbs and vegetables planted within brick pathways.  Soon the garden shed was transformed into a chicken coop and family and friends have been enjoying fresh organic eggs.  A pergola, later attached to the building, adds an element of whimsy to the scene as well as providing a space to sit in the gardens and enjoy the charming antics of the hens.

    Finally, meet the goats at a low maintenance garden!  If this gardener could pass on one piece of wisdom it would be that anyone can garden and grow food.  She and her partner have transformed their backyard into a low maintenance and highly productive garden of vegetables, herbs, and fruit, using a system of hoops and row covers over raised beds.  In 2009, she fulfilled a long-time dream of raising goats.

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  • Sunday, July 14, 10:00 am – Gardens in the Watershed Tour

    Each year, The Georges River Land Trust in Rockland, Maine, hosts an immensely popular Gardens in the Watershed tour in a different section of the Georges River watershed to give visitors a sense of the diversity and beauty of the landscapes from Montville to Port Clyde, and to explore regions they may have never visited.

    The tour in 2013 is the 22nd and it features seven outstanding gardens in the upper watershed of the St. George River, including a working farm, nursery, sunflowers business, and geranium mail order business.

    In addition to enjoying the gorgeous gardens, the day includes short talks on topics related to gardening, and a chance to meet the garden owners. Another element of the event is a raffle offering gift certificates donated by local nurseries, florists, farms, and artisans. The tour is the primary fundraising event of the Land Trust. The proceeds from the tour enable us to work with landowners to honor their legacy of land, create and maintain the Georges Highland Path, and offer environmental education and outdoor experiences to the public. Tour tickets are $25 in advance, $28 on the day of the tour, and there is a $10 lunch option, all of which can be ordered on line at www.georgesriver.org/gardens-in-the-watershed-tour/.

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  • Saturday, September 8, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Morning in the Vegetable Garden at Blithewold

    Join Assistant Grounds Manager Dan Christina for a morning tour on Saturday, September 8,  of Blithewold’s Vegetable Garden, 101 Ferry Road in Bristol, Rhode Island. These monthly tours are designed to encourage and offer guidance to the home gardener, or anyone who may be interested in producing their own vegetable garden.

    The tours will cover a variety of topics such as high-yield succession plantings, space-saving growing techniques, and tips for engaging young minds using playful structures. This fun and educational tour will highlight the topics, tasks and projects as they arise in Blithewold’s vegetable garden.  Regular admission costs apply, and more information may be found at www.blithewold.org, or by calling 401-253-2707.

  • Thursday, June 21, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Open Days Garden Tour in Nantucket

    Explore seven private gardens on Nantucket, open to the public to benefit the Garden Conservancy and Sustainable Nantucket. No reservations required; rain or shine.  Special highlights include topiary lilac, a homemade greenhouse, a charming garden shed, and a copper-lined rill among the plants.  Begin at 11 Mill Street, where volunteers will be available to assist and answer questions, or see website, www.gardenconservancy.org,  for additional locations. Most gardens can be reached by walking or biking. $5 per garden. Please note that Moors End Farm, 40 Polpis Road, is also open on this date, offering plants and produce available for purchase (see proprietor Sam Slosek below – photo by Nicole Harnishfeger).

    11 Mill Street is old fashioned and whimsical.  Heathland Gardens at 131 Polpis Road abuts the Middle Moors with a peek at the harbor, and includes many perennial beds connected by stone walks.  Kathryn Young’s Secret Garden at 77 Polpis Road is hidden in the scrub oak and wild shrubbery, and contains five areas of perennials and roses.  The Morash Victory Garden at 41 Shawkemo Road has expanded several times during the past thirty years.  Today, two deer fences protect twenty raised beds.  The MacKenzie Garden at 35 India Street was designed by Nantucket landscape designer Lucinda Young in 2008, with garden designer Kristina Wixted collaborating on the choice of herbaceous flowering plants.  The Tristram Bunker House is nearly 300 years old and was originally located in Nantucket’s early harbor town of Sherburne.  It was moved to its present location (address will be disclosed through the Open Days Directory or at any of the other gardens open the day of tour) in 1756. The Twin Street Gardens at 1 Twin Street is a charming downtown garden behind large hedges.

     

  • Thursday, May 17, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill

    The Beacon Hill Garden Club invites you to its 83rd Annual Tour of the Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill on Thursday, May 17, from 9 – 5, rain or shine.  Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 on the day of the tour.  You may purchase tickets online at www.BeaconHillGardenClub.org, or by mail (check payable to Beacon Hill Garden Club, no later than May 8 along with a self-addressed stamped envelope) to Beacon Hill Garden Club 2012 Tour, Box 302, Charles Street Station, Boston, MA 02114.  Tickets will also be available for purchase at several retailers on Beacon Hill – a complete list will be found on the Beacon Hill Garden Club website.

    On the day of the tour, there will be three hostess booth locations, one on the corner of Charles and Chestnut Streets, one on the corner of Charles and Mt. Vernon Streets, and the third at the Church of the Advent’s garden entrance off Mt. Vernon Square.  Cash or checks only – credit cards cannot be accepted on tour day.  No refunds or exchanges, no group discounts, no baby strollers.  If you have questions, email info@BeaconHillGardenClub.org, or leave a message at 617-227-4392.