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  • Friday, May 16 – Sunday, May 18 – Plant Sale Weekend at The Farm at Gore Place

    Fill your garden with vegetable transplants, locally grown on the Farm at Gore Place. Choose from many varieties of hard-to-find heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, as well as peppers, eggplants, and herbs. Back this year: customer-favorite marigolds! This year’s sale takes place in-person, on-site at our Farm; there will be no online sales this year. The dates and times are May 16, 9 – 3, May 17, 9 – 5, and May 18, 9 – 12.

    It’s not just the great plants that make this sale special: Farmer Scott has been growing vegetables for almost 50 years. He has deep knowledge of these varieties and is onsite and ready to share! According to Scott, “We get lots of return customers. They count on us to provide the rare varieties that commercial nurseries don’t carry.” To see the plant list, visit https://goreplace.org/whats-on/plant-sale

    The sale will take place on the Farm and there will be plenty of free parking (enter at 249 Waltham Street)

  • Friday, May 15 – Sunday, May 17 – Gore Place Plant Sale

    We’re changing things up at this year’s Gore Place plant sale. We’ll sell a large variety of tomato transplants, as well as peppers and eggplants, organically grown on our farm. Farmer Scott’s Heirloom Tomato Plant Sale will take place Friday and Saturday, May 15 & 16, from 8 – 4, and on Sunday, May 17, from 8 – noon, at 52 Gore Street in Waltham.

    Fill your garden with organic transplants direct from our farm. You’ll find many varieties of hard-to-find heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, as well as peppers and eggplants.

    It’s not only the large selection that makes this sale special; it’s also the chance to speak with Farmer Scott. Scott knows a lot about these varieties, and he’s eager to share his knowledge with you! 

    Please bring your own box for transporting your purchases. A list of plant varieties will be posted at https://goreplace.org/whats-on/plant-sale Please check before going, in the event Covid-19 has interfered with Gore Place’s ability to hold the event.

  • Saturday and Sunday, August 11 – 12, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Heirloom Tomatoes: Botanical Drawing in Color

    Heirloom tomatoes are the jewels of summer. In this two-day workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on August 11 & 12 from 10 – 4, join botanical artist Helen Byers to draw their fascinating forms, rich colors, and surface and interior textures in detail. Helen’s demos, tips, and personalized instruction will guide students in practicing a technique of botanical drawing that combines colored pencil and watercolor.

    A supplies list will be sent to registrants. $150 for Tower Hill members, $165 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

    Helen Byers is an award-winning artist and educator whose botanical drawings and paintings have been internationally exhibited, published, and held in private collections. In recent years she has taught often at Tower Hill, as well as at Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Fruitlands Museums, Tin Mountain Conservation Center (NH), and Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center (NM). To learn more about her work, visit the artist’s website at http://helenbyers.com.  Illustration below by Asuku Hishiki.

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  • Tuesday, September 3, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Cocktails in the Garden and Tour

    On Tuesday, September 3, from 6 – 8, Volante Farms resident chef Todd Heberlein brings over a decade of farm to table cooking to Mass Hort for an evening of unique and flavorful, fresh from the garden small plates and refreshing drinks. Chef Todd will present guests with a selection of small plated, savory and sweet, that capitalize on the freshest tastes from Volante Farms Fields. Wander the gardens with seasonal treats in hand that might include some of Volante’s exclusive Cornetta peppers, house smoked bacon, heirloom tomatoes, and dozen of other unique flavors. Chef will also add a spark of local harvest to some refreshing beverages from water to wines to bubbly-all embellished by garden flavors. Join us for an evening to see the vegetable garden in its harvest glory and support and celebrate another season of horticultural and culinary cooperation for the benefit of our communities in need. Volante Farms has been a generous supporter of local food pantries and shelters for many years.

    Cost – $10.00 for Mass Hort members, $15.00 for non-members. Register at www.masshort.org.

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  • Friday, March 23 – Sunday, March 25 – Mahoney’s Three-Day Educational Gardening Weekend

    Want the garden of your dreams? Jealous of your neighbor’s lawn? Love heirloom tomatoes? Convinced you’re a houseplant killer? Think terrariums look fun? Mahoney’s inspirational and educational gardening weekend has it all. This Friday, March 23 through Sunday, March 25, Mahoney’s Garden Centers’ Winchester location will host over 50 garden experts, designers and enthusiasts to help educate and kindle those ventures this spring.

    In this drop-in open house 3-day weekend, experts will be on-hand throughout the store with displays, educational tools and more, to help anyone succeed in the garden, lawn, patio and home. Also on hand will be many of Mahoney’s own experts in garden design, perennials, annuals and lawn care. Overwhelmed? Simply stop-in for a guided tour around Mahoney’s as they educate you on their vast grounds.

    “We’re trying to make gardening ‘pretty’ and ‘easy’ for everyone,” says Paul Waxman, Director of Marketing for Mahoney’s Garden Centers. “The event is 50% inspiration and 50% education – and with this early spring, the timing couldn’t be better! We’ll have so many experts here, we’ll be able to answer every imaginable plant and garden design question. No question is too simple or too tough.”

    A complete list of exhibits and experts, categorized by day, is located at www.MahoneysGarden.com/openhouse. Take a peek for your specific interests, or stop-in and learn answers to questions you didn’t realize you had. Visit often!

    In addition to the educational tables, Amy VanDoren, Mahoney’s expert landscape designer, is offering a seminar on Saturday at 11:00 am called “Curb Appeal Strategies to Help Sell Your Home.” Geared toward those looking to sell their home, or those looking to buy, Van Doren will outline the many actions a homeowner can take to make the most dramatic and efficient improvements to their front and back yards. Solutions range in price from only a few hundred dollars to several thousand – it’s up to the homeowner.

    Whether you have a simple question about your troubled houseplant, or wonder how to get your lawn looking like your neighbors, you’ll find your answers here. Mahoney’s is here to help you succeed this spring and summer. For more information or to sign up for the seminar, please visit www.MahoneysGarden.com or call (781) 729-5900.  Photo from www.jenandtommy.com.

  • Saturday, May 14, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Garden Club of Buzzards Bay Plant Sale

    The Garden Club of Buzzards Bay will hold its annual plant sale at 783 Dartmouth Street in South Dartmouth on Saturday, May 14, from 9 – noon.  Admission and parking are free. Favorite plants on sale will include extraordinary geraniums, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, dahlias, unusual boxwood cultivars, and club grown annuals and perennials.  Community projects benefit from the proceeds of the plant sale.  For more information, email GCBBplantsale@yahoo.com, or call 508-758-3867.

  • Saturday, September 26 – Sunday, September 27, 9:30 – 5 pm – Agricultural Exhibition

    Experience an old-fashioned agricultural exhibition complete with demonstrations of early New England farm equipment and displays in the Center Meetinghouse of Old Sturbridge Village.  Displays will include Village-grown heirloom vegetables and agricultural accomplishments.  Plan now to join the exhibition of Visitor-grown heirloom vegetables.  For more information log on to www.osv.org.

  • Thursday, August 20, 5:30 pm – From Farm to Table: An Inspired Dinner at Tower Hill Botanic Garden

    Under the setting sun over Wachusett Reservoir, the culinary team of Pepper’s will offer an inspired evening featuring an enticing menu created in the tradition of the Slow Food Movement, with the best local raised or produced ingredients from area farms.  Proceeds from the evening support Tower Hill Botanic Garden.  Crystal Brook Farm from Sterling provides fresh goat cheese for the dessert.  The chefs also collaborate with Keown Farm of Sutton, Massachusetts and with John Lee from Allandale Farm in Brookline, Massachusetts, creating foods made from the best that nature has to offer.  John Trexler, Executive Director, will offer a spirited tour of Tower Hill Botanic Garden and dinner will follow.  The date is Thursday, August 20, beginning at 5:30 pm.  Members of Tower Hill – $100, $125 non-members.  Register on line at www.towerhillbg.org.  You may also call 508-869-6111, ext. 124 to register by phone, or email registrar@towerhillbg.org.

    The Menu

    Heirloom Tomato, Watermelon & Cucumber Stacked Salad

    Roasted Assorted Variety of Baby Fingerling Potatoes

    Pan-Seared Local Striped Bass with Lobster Sauce and Stuffed Squash Blossoms

    Braised Short Ribs of Local Beef with Organic Mixed Mushrooms

    Selection of Artisan Breads

    Goat Cheese Cheesecake with lemongrass-scented stone fruits

  • Sundays, June 14, 21 and 28, 10:00 a.m. – Sunday Morning in the Garden

    Each Sunday morning in June the experts at Old Sturbridge Village will conduct a meeting on the grounds of this treasured site.  On June 14, meet in the Herb Garden to hear about The Dangers of Herbs.  On June 21, Fashion in Flowers will be discussed at the garden near the Towne House.  June 28 brings Garden Pests and Problems at the Freeman Farmhouse kitchen garden. These programs are free with admission to Old Sturbridge Village.  Old Sturbridge Village is a “must-see” destination to experience early New England life from 1790-1840. One of the country’s largest living history museums, OSV has a large staff of historians in costume, 59 historic buildings on 200 acres, three authentic water-powered mills and two covered bridges. Visitors can ride in a stagecoach, view antiques, heirloom gardens, meet the farm animals, and take part in hands-on crafts year-round.  For more information and directions, log on to www.osv.org.  Also, attention heirloom gardeners:  head to the Museum Gift Shop to browse flats of perennial flowers and heirloom tomatoes — museum admission not required!

  • Saturday, May 16, 9 – 12 – Fun in the Garden Plant Sale

    The Garden Club of Buzzards Bay is sponsoring a plant sale featuring club-grown annuals, perennials from members’ gardens, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, dahlias, unusual boxwood cultivars, groundcovers, succulents, and geraniums.  The sale will take place at St. Mary’s Church Parish Center, 783 Dartmouth Street, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and more information may be obtained by calling 508-991-2271, or emailing GCBBplantsale@yahoo.com.