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  • Saturday, August 7, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Massachusetts Marketplace Festival

    Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the Annual Massachusetts Marketplace Festival on Saturday, August 7, from 10 to 4, at Elm Bank Horticulture Center.  The event will feature the finest products from the region’s fields, farms, gardens and kitchens, with over 60 vendors offering new and locally produced food products, crafts, garden ornaments and gifts.  There will also be a plant sale and garden tours.  Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for MassHort members, and $2 for children under 12.  Tickets are available on site the day of the event.  Massachusetts Marketplace Festival is produced by MassHort with in-kind support from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and the Massachusetts Specialty Food Association.  For more information, log on to www.masshort.org, or call  617-933-4981.

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  • Friday, September 10, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – A Moveable Feast

    For the fourth consecutive year, The Cultural Landscape Foundation is planning a garden program on Friday, September 10 for a very limited number of attendees, in conjunction with the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Annual Meeting in Georgetown, Washington, DC.  In the past, these exclusive events have included last year’s private lunch at Mies van der Rohe’s masterwork Farnsworth House in Plano, IL; “Patterns,” the Governor and Elise duPont’s estate that includes Dan Kiley’s last significant garden commission; and the Donnell Garden, a modernist icon in Sonoma with its celebrated kidney-shaped pool.

    This year, under the umbrella of “A Moveable Feast,” you will have a “curated” visit to three private gardens designed by James van Sweden (Oehme van Sweden + Associates). This progressive lunch and excursion will begin with a walk around one garden, the next garden will include light refreshments, while the third will include a buffet lunch. The on-foot garden excursion will be followed by a premiere of the James van Sweden Pioneers Oral History module and a seated conversation with Mr. van Sweden himself. Join Jim and TCLF Board members for this celebratory event. $700 – Garden Excursion; $75 – Moveable Feast Reception.  To register, and for more information, log on to www.tclf.org/event/moveable-feast.

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  • Friday, August 6, 7:45 am – 5:00 pm – Spend a Day with P. Allen Smith

    Travel with Russell’s Garden Center’s staff for P. Allen Smith Day at Pleasant View Gardens, Loudon, New Hampshire.

    * Hear from gardening expert P. Allen Smith
    * Tour the Proven Winners Display Garden, which includes more than 500 varieties of annuals, perennials, and shrubs
    * Receive a copy of Proven Winners’ 2010 Gardeners’ Idea Book
    * Preview 2011 Proven Winners plants and P. Allen Smith’s Platinum Collection
    * Enjoy a continental breakfast and a catered lunch
    * Have your picture taken with Allen
    * Greenhouse and facility tour
    * Book signing

    Registration / Cancellation Refund Deadline:
    July 10, 2010

    The cost of the trip is $45.00 per person, which includes bus transportation, continental breakfast & lunch.  Sign up today by calling 508-358-2283. Seating is limited.  The bus leaves from Russell’s Garden Center, 397 Boston Post Road in Wayland promptly at 7:45 am.

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  • Thursday, July 22, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – An Intimate Garden Tour: Villa Palona, Middletown

    Blithewold invites you beyond the garden gate to tour this charming local property on Thursday, July 22, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. As part of a small and informal group, discover Villa Palona’s story and distinct collection of plants. See the landscape through the eyes of the owner and come away with new ideas and a fresh perspective. Each Intimate Garden Tour is unique, but all afford the opportunity to explore and ask questions.

    Villa Palona, the name of the house, is an integral part, and provides inspiration, for this small suburban garden. The house was designed by the Hoppin Brothers of Providence, and completed in 1924. It was built as a prototype for the Portland Cement Company and named by the architects ‘The Providence’ after the capital of Rhode Island.

    Thinking the name somewhat pretentious, the name was changed in honor of a large Palonia [sic] Tomentosa tree which, sadly, is no longer part of the landscape.

    The house was bought by the owners’ parents in 1946, and the house and garden have had restorations in the last twenty-two years of ownership. A few original specimen trees and shrubs, as well as the garden topography encompass the present plan.

    The illusion of being in a much broader, as well as private, landscape has been an objective. The present garden has evolved dramatically over the past several years with the addition of stone walls and steps, a small reclaimed granite fountain, large plant perennial borders, and a surprise birch tree cedar grove. Plant material is ever changing, rich in texture, and rather bold.

    *In the case of heavy rain, participants will be notified of cancellations by phone. If you do not hear from us a few hours before the program start, the program will run as scheduled.

    Directions to the site will be mailed a few weeks prior to the tour. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is limited and required in advance.$30 Blithewold members, $35 non-members.  Email jmurphyedu@blithewold.org, or call 401-253-2707.

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  • Thursday, July 8 and Saturday, August 7, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Hamilton House Landscape and Garden Tour

    Take part in a special opportunity to learn about the landscape and gardens at Hamilton House with Historic New England’s Piscataqua Region Landscape Manager Gary Wetzel. Imagine the changes in the land as wilderness yields to a busy commercial waterfront, then to farming and, finally, to formal gardens. Learn about the flowers, trees, and other plants and how the gardeners create and maintain the beautiful landscape. Tour participants are invited to visit the house at no additional charge. Landscape and garden tours are available for private groups by special arrangement. The tour will take place on Thursday, July 8 and on Saturday, August 7, from 10:30 – 11:30 am. $6 for HNE members, $12 nonmembers. Registration is required – call 207-384-2454, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.

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  • Wednesday, June 16, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Korean Plants of the Arnold Arboretum

    The Arboretum’s strong connection to China may be well known, but did you know that numerous trees and shrubs in the Arboretum’s collection hail from the Korean Peninsula?  A Korean maple is pictured below.

    Michael Dosmann has botanized through Korea on Arboretum-sponsored expeditions. Take a stroll through the Arboretum landscape to hear his stories about some of these fascinating plants on Wednesday, June 16, beginning at 5:30 pm. The program is free, and you may call 617-384-5209 for more information.

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  • Saturday, June 19, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – South End Garden Tour

    Roof decks, patio spaces, backyards, neighborhood parks and community gardens will be part of the 17th annual South End Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m on Saturday, June 19.  Proceeds benefit the South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, which owns and maintains 16 community gardens. The 2010 tour will showcase forty two gardens in the neighborhood bordered by Tremont Street, West Newton Street, Harrison Avenue, and Northampton Street. It will include roof top gardens (including the Menino Pavilion roof garden food project), terraces and courtyard gardens, and South End Burying Ground (not open to the public). It’s a special treat to get access to these cherished spaces, which are seldom if ever open to the public. All of the gardens show the creativity of the owners and the joy received from developing and caring for a city garden.

    Tickets, $20, will be sold at the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 685 Tremont Street (Rutland Square – where the tour begins). Advance tickets, $17, and information at (617) 437-0999 and www.southendgardentour.org.  This year, there is a special ticket price to members of area garden clubs.  If you purchase 5 tickets or more, the price drops to $15 per person.  This is called the “carpool discount” – just mention your affiliation with the Garden Club of the Back Bay when you call to reserve.

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  • Friday – Saturday, July 9 and 10, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Coastal Gardens Tour

    The Rockport Garden Club presents its Coastal Gardens Tour, a tour of sixteen  private Rockport seaside gardens (ten stops), on Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Ten stops provide access, and each garden offers unique plantings and styles.  Most of the gardens are on the waterfront along Rockport’s spectacular coastline, while others feature ocean views.  Perennials, refreshments, and original art will be offered for sale at designated tour sites.  All proceeds will be used to maintain Rockport’s town gardens and to fund civic projects and scholarships.  This is a rain or shine event.  Admission is $25 in advance (call 978-546-5949).  Tickets may be purchased after June 1 at Toad Hall Bookstore, 51 Main Street, Rockport, at Pier & Main Gifts, 1 Main Street in Rockport, and on the week of the tour at the Visitor Information Booth, Main Street (Rte. 127).  For further information,  you may email Gretchen Anderson at ganderson8945@comcast.net, or log on to www.rockportgardenclub.org.  The picture below was taken by Francine Crawford at last summer’s tour, which she and Jolinda Taylor attended.

  • Saturday, June 13 – 350th Anniversary Spring Historic Homes Tour

    The Marlborough Historical Society invites you to its 35oth Anniversary Spring Historic Homes Tour and Tea on Saturday, June 13.  This special tour and tea at the Peter Rice Homestead (pictured below), 377 Elm Street in Marlborough,  is still in the planning process, but up to date information on times and fees may be found at www.historicmarlborough.org.

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  • Thursday, June 10, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm – Country Garden Tour 2010

    Five fabulous private gardens located in the South Natick area will be available for viewing one day only, Thursday, June 10, from 10:00 am – 2:30 pm, with proceeds benefiting the Bacon Free Library and the Natick Historical Society.  Tickets, which cost $30, will be available at the Library, 58 Eliot Street, Natick, MA 01760.  The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bacon Free Library, and you may call 508-653-6730 for more information, or email bfl@minlib.net.

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