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  • Thursdays, August 26 – September 2, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Houseplant Design Workshop, Online

    Do you prefer simple and clean or wild and lush? Whatever your preference, learn to use basic principles of repetition, symmetry, and color theory to blend your beloved collection of houseplants into a unified design. In this New York Botanical Garden online course, we will discuss a broad palette of plants, how to mix and match them, and how to select the best pots or shelves to complement your decor. Daryl Beyers is the instructor, and the two session class begins August 26 and ends September 2, from 6 – 8. $85. Register HERE. Registered students will receive log in instructions.

    NYBG’s Gardening Program Coordinator, Daryl Beyers, brings over 20 years’ experience designing residential gardens and private estates to NYBG. Daryl has gone from the self-described “the guy pushing the wheelbarrow” to the owner of his own design business and an accomplished garden writer. He’s a former editor at Fine Gardening, and his articles have been featured in HGTV Magazine and in Martha Stewart Living, where he also served as Contributing Editor.

  • Thursday, March 26, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Gardening For the Birds – POSTPONED

    Thursday, March 26, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Gardening For the Birds – POSTPONED

    Even in a small yard, you can create mini-ecosystems that will support bird’s nesting and raising their young. We are all concerned about the plight of the birds. Their populations are declining due to habitat loss, climate change, and pesticide use. But gardeners can help, even if you only have a small yard!

    In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society talk on March 26 from 7 – 8:30 at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, Charlie Nardozzi will highlight the native trees, shrubs, vines, and flowers that help provide birds with food when they are nesting and migrating. We’ll also talk about creating shelter, nesting areas, and water resources for our feathered friends along with the proper ways to feed birds through the colder months. 

    Charlie Nardozzi is an award winning, nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio, and television personality. He has worked for more than 30 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, talks, tours, on-line, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun and accessible to everyone.

    Charlie hosts 3 radio shows in New England.He hosts a weekly, call-in radio show on WJOY-1230AM in Burlington, Vermont and the award winning Vermont Garden Journal on Vermont Public Radio throughout northern New England, New York and Quebec, and the Connecticut Garden Journal on Connecticut Public Radio throughout Connecticut and into Rhode Island and Massachusetts. 

    Charlie’s skills as a garden communicator extend beyond the printed page and radio. Charlie co-hosts “In The Garden” tips on the local CBS affiliate television station (WCAX-Channel 3). He’s the former host of PBS’s Garden Smart, reaching more than 60 million households. He has also been a gardening expert on many national syndicated television and radio shows such as HGTV’s “Today at Home” and Discovery Channel’s  “Home Matters”. 

    $15 for Mass Hort Members, $25 general admission. Register at www.masshort.org.

  • Deek Diedricksen Tiny House Raffle

    What would you do with a tiny house? Purchase a raffle ticket today ($15) from the Fuller Craft Museum and enter to win your very own Tiny House. In the spirit of play and in collaboration with HGTV host Deek Diedricksen, Fuller Craft Museum presents a chance to win your very own Tiny House. The house will be on view for the duration of Diedricksen’s installation FORTitude and the upcoming Playtime in the Making exhibition at the Museum, which is located at 455 Oak Street in Brockton. The raffle drawing will take place on Friday, August 24, 2018. Once you purchase your ticket online, you will not receive a physical ticket, but a ticket in your name will be submitted to our fishbowl for the official drawing. Our lucky winner will be able to take home their Tiny house at the end of the exhibition on September 16.

    Designer and microbuilder Deek Diedricksen makes tiny masterpieces out of salvaged materials and sheer ingenuity. He returns to Fuller Craft Museum to hold another fantastic three-day building workshop. This time he will create FORTitude, a funky and inventive shelter-structure installation (part treehouse, part cabin) in the Barstow Gallery. Full details and ticket purchase link may be found at https://fullercraft.org/product/deek-diedricksen-tiny-play-house-raffle/

  • Wednesday, February 18, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The Right-Size Flower Garden

    Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on Wednesday, February 18 beginning at 5:30 pm in the Hunnewell Carriage House, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, for a presentation and book signing celebrating The Right-Size Flower Garden, the newest book from top selling author Kerry Ann Mendez.

    Change Happens. Many still dream of ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ landscapes but reality has muddied the picture. Job demands, kids, money, hectic schedules, aging bodies, and changing interests have led to nightmare gardens. Time for some editing. This inspiring lecture provides easy-to-follow right-sizing strategies, recommended no-fuss plant material, and design tips for stunning year round gardens that will be as close to ‘autopilot’ as you can get.

    Kerry Ann Mendez is dedicated to teaching the art of low-maintenance perennial gardening and landscaping. As a garden consultant, designer, writer and lecturer, she focuses on time-saving gardening techniques and work horse plant material as well as organic practices. She has been in numerous magazines, a featured guest on HGTV and local garden segments, and was the recipient of Mass Hort’s 2014 Gold Medal of Honor for outstanding service to the field of horticulture. For more about Kerry and her business, Perennially Yours, visit www.pyours.com.

    5:30 Wine and Cheese Reception
    6:30 Presentation to be followed by book signing

    Books will be for sale at this event

    Event Fee: Mass Hort Members $15, Non-Members $20.  Register on line at http://www.masshort.org/Events.

  • Friday, April 4, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and Saturday, April 5, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium

    The 11th Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium, April 4 & 5, 2014 at The Equinox Resort in Manchester, Vermont , will be sponsored by: The American Horticultural Society, Corona Tools, Equinox Valley Nursery, Espoma, Gardener’s Supply Company, Liquid Fence, Neptune’s Harvest and Proven Winners.

    This premier symposium takes place April 4 & 5, 2014 and will be held at the world-class Equinox Resort (www.equinoxresort.com) in Manchester, VT. The symposium features six dynamic lectures, a Gardener’s Marketplace, great food, door prizes, and gifts. Over 200 gardeners from around the Northeast annually attend this popular event. NEW for 2014 is a special Garden Design Workshop on Friday from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. This workshop is in addition to the symposium. Featured speakers, horticultural experts and notable authors are: David L. Culp: owner of award-winning gardens that have been featured on HGTV and in Martha Stewart Living, VP of Sunny Border Nurseries, instructor at Longwood Gardens (PA), former contributing editor to Horticulture magazine, and author of the top selling book The Layered Garden; Thomas Christopher: a highly respected expert on sustainable gardening practices with articles in The New York Times and Martha Stewart Living; owner of a sustainable lawn consulting business, Greener Grasses/Sustainable Lawns, graduate of the New York Botanical Garden’s school of professional horticulture and editor of a best seller – The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening, which contains his own chapter on water-wise gardening; Deborah Trickett: a highly applauded container designer who works with clients throughout New England, owner of The Captured Garden, instructor at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, and her work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Garden Gate and New England Home magazines as well as on the TV show New England Dream Home; Adam R. Wheeler: a plant fanatic who is the propagation and new plant development manager for Broken Arrow Nursery – a destination garden center in CT, and adjunct instructor on plant propagation and woody plant identification at Naugatuck Valley Community College; and Kerry Ann Mendez: owner of Perennially Yours, garden designer and consultant, guest on HGTV, former TV garden series host, her gardens have been featured in Garden Gate, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, and Better Homes and Gardens SIP, and author of The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists and Top Ten Lists for Beautiful Shade Gardens.

    How-to, informative lectures include: 50 Perennials I Could Not Live Without; The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year Round Beauty; A Back Yard Revolution – alternative grasses and compatible perennials that provide all the benefits of a conventional lawn; Celebrity Pots, an entertaining presentation on creating flashy containers that portray celebrities like Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga and Grace Kelly; Fun with Color: Variegated Foliage in the Garden; and Flashy New or Underused Perennials for 2014. Overnight packages and day only rates are available. Symposium Day Only rates: $98 per person by March 1, $108 after March 1; special rates for groups and Master Gardeners. Overnight packages including symposium programming, accommodations, meals and all taxes & gratuities start at $300.29 for a single or $430.09 for a double ($215.05 per person). For more information and registration details, visit www.pyours.com/symposium.

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  • Wednesday, March 14 – Sunday, March 18 – Boston Flower & Garden Show

    The Boston Flower & Garden Show returns to the Seaport World Trade Center Wednesday, March 14 – Sunday, March 18.  Show times each day are 9:00 am – 9:00 pm, with the exception of Sunday, March 18, when the hours are 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.  This year’s theme is “First Impressions” and will feature 25 show gardens, 240 vendors selling plants and garden-related merchandise, free lectures and demonstrations, and a lively amateur competition area.  John Gidding, below, host of HGTV’s hugely popular “Curb Appeal: The Block” will lecture on Friday, March 16, at 11:30 am and again at 2:30 pm.  Learn more at www.TheBostonFlowerShow.com, or telephone 781-237-5533.

  • Thursday, November 4, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Festive Tables 2010

    “Festive Tables 2010” Opening Night at Shreve, Crump & Low, on the corner of Berkeley and Boylston Streets, will benefit The Room to Dream Foundation. An annual event sponsored by Shreve, Crump & Low, Festive Tables is a celebratory showcase of tablescapes with seven of the area’s top designers creating their ultimate table featuring merchandise selected from Shreve, Crump and Low’s extensive china, crystal and giftware departments and from their own collections. Designers include Taniya Nayak, star of HGTV’s Destination Design and Dennis Duffy, Michael Ferzoco, Erin Gates, Darlene Gentle, Eric Steven Jacobs, and Kathleen Sullivan Elliott. The designers will be on hand at the November 4th event to meet attendees. Tickets are $50 per person and includes cocktails and hors d’oeurve. Tickets can be purchased online at www.roomtodreamfoundation.org. All tickets sales, plus 10% of Shreve’s sales that evening will benefit the Room to Dream Foundation, a Boston-based not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create healing environments for children who are facing chronic illnesses.

  • Wednesday, April 21 – Friday, July 2 – HGTV Green Home Charity Tour

    HGTV has built its third annual “green” home in The Pinehills, an innovative master-planned community located at 33 Summerhouse Drive in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The 2010 HGTV Green Home, just eight miles north of Cape Cod, will be a custom-built, shingle-style cottage with approximately 2,100 square feet of living space. It will feature construction and design elements that are known to contribute to an energy efficient, cleaner and healthier living environment. Scheduled 60 minute tours of the HGTV Green Home at The Pinehills are available from April 21 – July 2. All proceeds benefit The Pinehills Affordable Housing Charitable Trust, a 501c (3) not for profit organization, established to assist the affordable housing efforts in the town of Plymouth. Viewers can also enter for a chance to win the HGTV Green Home Giveaway grand prize package during the entry period from April 16 – June 4, 2010. Visit  www.hgtv.com for information on how to enter to win.  For more information, log on to www.pinehills.com, or call 508-209-2000.

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