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Tag: Gardening for Life

  • Sundays, March 5 – April 9, 1:00 pm – Gardening For Life

    The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Main Street in Brewster, will sponsor a five part series of classes on Sundays, March 5 – April 9, on Gardening for Life.  Register online ($45 for the series, $12 for individual talks) at http://www.ccmnh.org/Gardening-for-life

    On March 5, Trevor Smith will discuss Waterwise Landscape Designs.  On March 12, Claudia Thompson speaks on Lessons from the Garden: What Native Plants Have Taught Me.  Mark Richardson of NEWFS follows on March 26 with his well received lecture Kill Your Lawn!  Nanette Masi, on April 2, covers Bird-Friendly Gardens, and the final lecture on April 9 by Michael Talbot is entitled Attractive Native Plants for the Cape Cod Garden.  For reservations, call 508-896-3867.

  • Sunday, March 20, 1:00 pm – Where the Wild Things Are: Native Plants for Pollinators

    From meadows to mountain tops, our natural areas are often touted as the best places for pollinators and wildlife but what about our gardens?  Join Dan Jaffe on Sunday, March 20 at 1 pm at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History  in Brewster for a crash course on all things alive in the garden.  Ecological gardening techniques, strategies for attracting new pollinators to your landscape, and the best native plants for each site will be discussed.

    Dan Jaffe is Propagator and Stock Bed Grower at New England Wildflower Society’s Garden in the Woods. Dan Jaffe began his career as an intern at NEWFS, and then served as Plant Sales Coordinator before assuming his current responsibilities. Prior joining the Society, he worked for four years in the nursery business where he held management positions. Dan earned a degree in Botany from the University of Maine.

    Lecture Admission is $10 per person APCC Members $5 / Tickets available online at https://www.showclix.com/event/wherethewildthingsare/listing

    The Gardening for Life Speaker Series is sponsored in part by the Friends of CCMNH and APCC (The Association to Preserve Cape Cod).  For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133.

  • Wednesday, January 29, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Grow Your Food

    Make your garden dreams a reality! Gardening for Life and the Concord Seed Lending Library are pleased to co-sponsor Grow Your Food, with two talented and experienced speakers, on Wednesday, January 29, from 7:30 – 9:30 at the Fowler Branch Library, 1322 Main Street, West Concord. This mid-winter program will help you plan your food garden before the growing season has begun.

    Grow Your Food features Meighan Matthews, Growing for Good founder, and Linda Ugelow, Dancing Tomato Farmer, who use slides, stories, handouts and plenty of time for Q&A. Geared for less experienced gardeners, or as a refresher for more advanced gardeners.

    The two hour presentation covers how and what to grow and to save seeds, maintain and build soil health, site the garden plot, use season extenders, find local sources for compost and plants etc with plenty of time for Q&A. The program is free though donations are welcomed to offset costs.

    Space is limited to 30 participants. RSVP by January 24 to deb01742@comcast.net to reserve your seat! For details go to: www.concordfood.ning.com.

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  • Saturday, June 8, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Organic Integrated Pest Management

    Gardening for Life presents Kayleigh Boyle, Gaining Ground Farm Manager, who will talk about Organic Integrated Pest Management followed by field work on the farm as a volunteer to put what you learn into practice! Find out what you can do now before pests/disease get the upper hand! Space is limited to 15. RSVP by June 6 to deb01742@comcast.net.

    Gaining Ground grows organic vegetables and fruit with the help of hundreds of community volunteers and donates all of this fresh food to area meal programs and food pantries. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach that uses information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This strategy is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment. IPM organic food production applies many of the same concepts as IPM but limits the use of pesticides to those that are produced from natural sources, as opposed to synthetic chemicals.

    Come on your own, or bring a friend! We will meet at the main farm at 315 Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts. Please bring sunscreen, water is available on the farm and reusable water bottles are encouraged. Refer to http://gainingground.org for more information about Gaining Ground.

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  • Thursday, March 14, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Seeds of Change: Reclaim the Legacy of Seed Saving

    On Thursday, March 14, Thoreau Farm, The Concord Seed Lending Library (Fowler Branch), Gardening for Life, and ConcordCAN will present Seeds Of Change: Reclaim the Legacy of Seed Saving, at Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road in Concord, beginning at 7:30 pm.  Speaker Bryan Connolly, noted field botanist, homestead farmer, FEDCO seed saver, and author of The Wisdom of Plant Heritage, will address the history and utility of seed saving within the context of climate change, plus give practical advice for most common garden products.  If Concord Schools are closed due to bad weather, the program will be canceled.  Free, but donations are always welcomed.  For more information, visit www.concordfood.ning.com.

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