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Tag: Historic New England

  • Friday, October 18, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Tales and Ales

    In the late seventeenth century, the Swett-Ilsley House served the town as Swett’s Tavern, one of three watering holes in Newbury. The huge fireplace and massive beams make a perfect backdrop for an evening of historic fun on Friday, October 18, from 6:30 – 9. Join your friends around a rough tavern table and enjoy traditional local brews from Ipswich Ale Brewery and a hearty tavern dinner while listening to true tales of sword fights, scandalous romances, and bloody brawls, all from Newbury’s storied past. Participants must be over 21. The Swett-Ilsley House is located at 4 High Road in Newbury, Massachusetts, and the program is sponsored by Historic New England. $35 Historic New England members, $55 nonmembers. Registration is required. Please call 978-462-2634 for more information, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.

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  • Friday, October 18 – Sunday, October 20, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Fall Orchid Sale

    Celebrate orchid-blooming season Friday, October 18 – Sunday, October 20 at the Lyman Estate Greenhouse, 185 Lyman Street in Waltham. Hundreds of orchid plants are for sale, including many hard-to-find varieties. Visit the greenhouses and enjoy gorgeous floral colors, shapes, and scents. Among the many varieties on display and for sale are cattleyas, laelias, oncidiums, Paphiopedilums, and Phalaenopsis. Their long-lasting blooms make orchids a dramatic addition to any indoor environment. This adaptable species can grow in a variety of home conditions. Staff are on hand to offer expert advice. Historic New England Garden and Landscape members receive a 15% discount on purchases at the greenhouses. Free admission. Please call 781-891-1985 for more information.  Image from www.flowerpicturegallery.com.

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  • Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Classical Excellence in Boston: The Work of Isaac Vose, 1815 – 1825

    Historic New England will hold it second Boston Classical Furniture Lecture of the fall on Tuesday, September 24 from 7 – 9 at Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street in Boston, featuring Clark Pearce on Classical Excellence in Boston: The Work of Isaac Vose, 1815 – 1825. The first quarter of the nineteenth century produced some of Boston’s most creative and skilled cabinetmakers. Recent research by independent furniture scholar Clark Pearce has uncovered remarkable survivals and identified key players in the flowering of the early nineteenth century Boston furniture industry. $14 ($8 for HNE members). To register, call 617-994-5959.

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  • Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Flowering of Regency Style in Boston Furniture

    No, it’s not precisely garden related, but Historic New England will hold a Boston Classical Furniture Lecture on Tuesday, September 17 from 7 – 9 at Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street in Boston, featuring Robert Mussey on The Flowering of Regency Style in Boston Furniture. The first quarter of the nineteenth century produced some of Boston’s most creative and skilled cabinetmakers.  Recent research by independent furniture scholar Robert Mussey has uncovered remarkable survivals and identified key players in the flowering of the early nineteenth century Boston furniture industry.  $14 ($8 for HNE members).  To register, call 617-994-5959.

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  • Sunday, August 18, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Down to Earth: a how-to tour

    Learn the inside scoop on the day-to-day work of maintaining the gardens at Hamilton House, and pick up valuable tips to implement in your own garden, at this Sunday, August 18 class sponsored by Historic New England at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane in South Berwick, Maine. Gardeners Mimi Demers and Kathy Gray share their knowledge and experiences, touching on a variety of how-to topics including buying plant material, feeding and fertilizing, favorite tools, dealing with bugs, and more. $15 fee.  Register at www.historicnewengland.org, or call 207-384-2454.

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  • Friday, May 31 – Sunday, June 2, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Perennial Sale at Lyman Estate Greenhouses

    Hundreds of varieties of perennials, both new to the market and old-time favorites, are for sale at Historic New England’s Lyman Estate Greenhouses, 185 Lyman Street in Waltham. Let their experts help you choose the right plants for your garden. The sale will take place from 10 – 4 beginning Friday, May 31, continuing through Sunday, June 2, and admission is free.  For more information visit www.historicnewengland.org.

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  • Sunday, April 21, 2:00 pm – Historic Interiors: Evolution and Preservation

    Historic interiors are an often overlooked element of historic properties which can tell a compelling story of a house’s history and evolution over time. Join Historic New England’s Sally Zimmerman and Jess Phelps as they chart home interiors over time and explore options and tools for protecting these unique components of our collective built heritage, on Sunday, April 21, 2:00 P.M. in Eliot Hall (home of the Footlight Club), 7A Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain.  Co-sponsored by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society and the Footlight Club.

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  • Thursdays, April 4 – October 3, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Thorny Thursdays

    For those of you who like to help, join Historic New England volunteers and staff at the Codman Estate in Lincoln, Massachusetts every Thursday from April 4 – October 3, 9 – 12, to care for and learn about historic gardens and landscapes.  As with the program called Weeding Wednesdays at the Lyman Estate, wear comfortable clothes and bring hand tools.  Call 617-994-5900, x. 6321 for more information.

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  • Wednesday, April 3 – Wednesday, October 2, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Weeding Wednesdays

    Volunteer along side Historic New England staff and members to care for and learn about historic gardens and landscapes.  Weeding Wednesdays take place at the Lyman Estate in Waltham from April 3 – October 2, 9 – 12.  Call 617-994-5900 x 6321 for more information.  Dress comfortably, bring hand tools.

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  • Thursday, March 14, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Brooklyn’s Resilient Edge: The Transformation of Industrial Waterfront into Brooklyn Bridge Park

    Brooklyn’s Resilient Edge: The Transformation of Industrial Waterfront into Brooklyn Bridge Park, is a lecture by Nate Trevethan, Senior Associate at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and senior design team member for Brooklyn Bridge Park, sponsored by the Friends of Fairsted, to take place March 14, 2013, with reception at 6:00 pm, lecture at 7:00 pm, at Wheelock College, 43 Hawes Street, Brookline. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Reservations are requested: e-mail friendsoffairsted@gmail.com or leave a message at 617-566-1689, ext. 265.

    Ambitious and visionary goals guide the creative team in their transformation of Brooklyn’s former industrial waterfront into a new public landscape of diverse recreational, economic, ecological and social possibilities: to preserve the historic urban context and the way it is experienced in this dramatic waterfront site. The award-winning design by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates gives voice to physical history, geography, industry, urbanity and evolving recreational needs as it transforms a challenging waterfront into a sustainable public park of monumental vistas and diverse landscape experiences.

    Friends of Fairsted gratefully acknowledges the support of the following co-sponsors: National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site; Wheelock College; Arnold Arboretum; Boston Society of Landscape Architects; Brookline GreenSpace Alliance; Brookline Historical Society; Charles River Conservancy; Emerald Necklace Conservancy; The Fenway Alliance; Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery; Friends of the Muddy River; Friends of the Public Garden; High Street Hill Association; Historic New England; The Landscape Institute of the Boston Architectural College; Library of American Landscape History; Massachusetts Historical Society; Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee; National Association for Olmsted Parks; New England Landscape Design and History Association; Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter; The Trustees of Reservations.

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