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  • Friday, May 7, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – The Last Minute Beginner’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Online

    This free online Berkshire Botanical Garden course for those new to growing their own vegetables will introduce the basics of growing a vegetable and herb garden. Soil preparation, transplanting, direct sowing and harvest will all be all covered. Students will receive resources and knowledge they can use for years to come.   The class will be held May 7 beginning at 6 pm. Register at www.berkshirebotanical.org.

    Bridgette Stone is the Director of Education at Berkshire Botanical Garden. She has been a gardener, farmer and educator for over 12 years and brings a passion for experiential learning, home-scale food production and sustainable gardening practice to her work with BBG. 

  • Tuesday – Thursday, August 29, 30 & 31, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Harvest: Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil

    How is your appetite for drawing veggies? Here’s your chance to find out! Join Helen Byers at Tower Hill Botanic Garden August 29, 30 and 31 from 10 – 4 to create a botanical portrait of a vegetable that “calls” to you. We’ll work in layers to achieve accurate proportions, luminous color, necessary values, and fine detail. Daily demos, tips, and personalized instruction. A list of recommended supplies will be sent to registrants. (Note: Returning botanical art students who prefer working in watercolor will be welcome to do so.) To see galleries of Helen’s work and slideshows from her courses, visit helenbyers.com.

    Helen Byers is an artist and educator who is active in botanical and natural science drawing and painting. Her professional background includes book illustration, art journalism, college-level teaching of art and literature, and a career in educational publishing.

    Helen’s botanical art recently received international recognition at the 19th International Exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York (2016). Her work has been shown nationally as well as widely in the Greater Boston area. Her affiliations include the American Society of Botanical Artists, the New England Society of Botanical Artists, and Concord Center for the Visual Arts.

    SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE. Tower Hill members $180, nonmembers $200.  Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Wednesday, August 9, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using Extraordinary Garden Plants

    In their beautifully photographed guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected plants, Harvest, Stefani Bittner and Alethea Harampolis encourage gardeners to discover the surprising usefulness of petals and leaves, roots, seeds, and fruit. Turn turmeric root into a natural dye and calamintha into lip balm. Make anise hyssop into a refreshing iced tea and turn apricots into a facial mask. Crabapple branches can be used to create stunning floral arrangements, oregano flowers to infuse vinegar, and edible chrysanthemum to liven up a salad. With the remarkable, multi-purpose plants in Harvest, there is always something for gardeners to harvest from one growing season to the next. Stefani will appear at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Wednesday, August 9 for a talk beginning at 7 pm, followed by a book signing. Free with admission to the gardens.

    Stefani Bittner and Alethea Harampolis are the co-founders of Homestead Design Collective, a San Francisco Bay Area landscape design firm focused on creating beautiful gardens that provide harvest. Stefani is the co-author of The Beautiful Edible Garden (Ten Speed Press, 2013) and Alethea is the co-author of the best selling books, The Flower Recipe Book and The Wreath Recipe Book (Artisan 2013 and 2014). Stefani and Alethea’s latest collaboration, Harvest, was released by Ten Speed Press in February 2017. Stefani and Alethea’s work has been featured in San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, C Magazine, Los Angeles Times, NY Times, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Vogue, Food and Wine, and Gardenista.com.

  • Wednesdays, August 15, 22, and 29 – Experience “Whim”

    Whim, the restaurant at Smolak Farms, continues Wednesday night suppers under the stars, beginning at 7:30 pm.  August 15 features chef Mary Dumont of Harvest, August 22 showcases Chef Joe Faro of Tuscan Kitchen, and on August 29, dine with Chef Chris Coombs of Deuxave and d bar.  For more information or reservations please visit www.smolakfarms.com.  Smolak Farms is located at 315 South Bradford Street in North Andover.

     

     

     

  • Sunday, October 2, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Grilling on the Green

    Join Chefs Collaborative and Metro Boston’s finest sustainability-minded chefs for Grilling on the Green on Sunday, October 2, from 4 – 6, at 500 Technology Square in Cambridge. That’s between Area Four and Catalyst restaurants, for those of you who are geographically challenged. The growing list of chefs cooking for the event includes: Antonio Bettencourt, 62 Restaurant & Wine Bar; Chris Coombs, Deuxave; Mary Dumont, Harvest; Richmond Edes, Beacon Hill Bistro; Richard Garcia, 606 Congress; William Kovel, Catalyst; Michael Leviton, Area Four/Lumiere; Peter McCarthy, EVOO/Za; Jeremy Sewall, Eastern Standard/Lineage and more! Purchase online by visiting www.chefscollaborative.org/events/2011-boston-fundraiser/ or by calling the office at 617-236-5200.

  • Saturday, June 20, 9 – 12 – Community Garden Volunteer Day

    Come down to the Westport Town Farm on Saturday, June 20, from 9 am – noon,  to learn about The Trustees of Reservations’ new community initiative to grow and harvest food that will be donated to local social service agencies.  At Westport Town Farm, livestock graze on open fields that boast an expansive view of the Westport River.  An antique farmhouse, dairy barn, corn crib, and stone walls dating back to Colonial times complete the picture of this working farm that served as a “poor farm” and infirmary for more than 100 years.

    With its 10-acre working hayfield, extensive salt marsh, and broad tidal river, Westport Town Farm is not only scenic, but of historic and ecological value.  The farm’s dual legacy of nurturing those in need and raising vegetables and livestock weave together at this remarkable coastal landscape, where you’ll see ospreys, gulls, and the occasional bald eagle soar overhead.Learn about gardening and help grow the food! Volunteers welcome. For more information, call 508-636-5780, or email bioreserve@ttor.org. Free to all.