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  • Sunday, May 3, 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Prepping Your Flower Beds

    Jeff Curtis, Director of Gardens & Landscapes, The Preservation Society of Newport County, will show participants how he prepares the Preservation Society’s cutting garden for a successful season of growing spectacular dahlias, sunflowers and much more. The vent will take place May 3 at 10 am in The Breakers Greenhouse, 53 Coggeshall Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.

    Please wear boots or shoes you can get dirty, as this program will take place at the cutting garden. A tour of the greenhouse will follow. This is an outdoor event, rain or shine.

    The greenhouse and cutting garden are located off Bateman Avenue, behind The Breakers Stable & Carriage House at 53 Coggeshall Ave., Newport. There is no onsite parking. Parking is available on Bateman Avenue. Please walk up the driveway between the stable building and the garden on your right to the red house behind. $25 for members, $30 for nonmmembers. Register at https://www.newportmansions.org/events/prepping-your-flower-beds/

  • Thursday, July 19, 10:00 am – Behind the Plastic Curtain

    Want to know what goes on in the Polly Hill Arboretum greenhouse and nursery? Here’s your chance to get more than just the tantalizing glimpse most visitors experience. Led by collections and grounds manager Tom Clark, we’ll stroll right past the “Employees Only” sign and explore the inner workings of the Arboretum’s plant production facilities. We’ll look at the nuts and bolts, hear about the impact these new facilities have had on the development of the Arboretum’s living collection, and see some of the results of PHA’s plant exploration trips to Japan and the Southeast, and local collecting here on the Vineyard. The excursion takes place Thursday, July 19, beginning at 10 in the morning in West Tisbury. $5/free for PHA members. For more information, visit www.pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • Monday, February 27, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – In Bloom: The Ferguson Greenhouse Collection

    For the past few years, Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture docent Vivi Leavy has recorded the blooming of greenhouse flowers—showstoppers as well as those easily overlooked, in her task of updating the “What’s in Bloom” board in the Visitor Center. Come for a great photo tour of the greenhouses in bloom on Monday, February 27 and to hear Vivi’s stories of her favorites from the collection. Tea will be served at 2 pm, followed by the tour and talk. WCFH members $10, non-members $15. Register at www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.

  • 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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