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Tag: Historic New England

  • Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21 -Cape Ann Garden Festival

    Friday, June 19, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.    Beauport Reception and Talk $20/$15 members
    Enjoy an evening reception with wine, beer, and appetizers in the garden overlooking Gloucester Harbor and hear about the newly uncovered garden staircase that is part of the stunning new garden renovation at Beauport, The Sleeper-McCann House, a property of Historic New England.

    Saturday, June 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.    Garden Tour $35
    Tour glorious gardens with magnificent plantings and stunning vistas. This year new stops on the tour feature sculpture gardens, water views, private quarries and fabulous perennial and herb gardens. In addition several of the homes will be open for visitors’ viewing.

    Sunday, June 21,      Workshops, Lecture and Exhibition Tour

    10 a.m.-11 a.m. Planning a Garden for People and Pollinators, Kim Smith $15

    Author of Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! and an inspired designer and illustrator, Kim will talk about the ways to make a garden both beautiful for people and attractive to birds and butterflies.  Join us for a lecture and booksigning.

    11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. The Herb Garden in 18th Century New England, Judy Hallberg $20

    Herbs provide interesting foliage and are also the basis for lotions and salves with healing properties. Learn about herbs and the ways in which they were gardened and used in the 1700s. Judy Hallberg works with the 17th and 18th century gardens of the Ipswich Historical Society and recently completed restoration of the society’s 17th century Housewife’s Herb Garden.

    1:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Cape Ann Museum, Docent-led tour of the exhibit “A View from the Terrace” Free

    Free to Garden Festival ticket holders. The Museum is located at 27 Pleasant St., Gloucester. Call Jeanette Smith at 978-283-0455, extension 11 for reservations.

    3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Growing and Propagating Antique Roses, Peggy J. Flanagan $20, materials incl.

    Old Garden Roses are rewarding and easy to grow using organic methods. You’ll learn how to plant, prune and care for these beautiful roses. Each person will take home a potted rose cutting. Bring gloves and a pair of pruners. Peggy J. Flanagan is a landscape designer and an adjunct instructor in the landscape design program at North Shore Community College. She specializes in the history of New England gardening.

    For more information, and to purchase tickets on-line, log on to www.sargenthouse.org.  Tickets are also available at the Weathervane, 153 Main Street, Gloucester, and at the Sargent House Museum, 49 Middle Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

  • Thursday, May 28 – Sunday, May 31, 10-4 – Perennial Sale at Lyman Estate Greenhouses

    This sale offers hundreds of varieties of perennials, both those that are new to the market and old-time favorites. Let Historic New England’s gardening experts help you choose the right plants for your garden.  Free and open to the public. For more information and directions, call 781-891-4882, ext. 244, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.

  • Saturday, May 9, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Casey Farm Plant Sale & Open House

    Join Historic New England at Casey Farm’s kick-off event for the summer season. A variety of organic plants are available for sale, including unusual and old-fashioned varieties of annual and perennial flowers, heirloom vegetables, and culinary herbs.  Free tours of the grounds will continue throughout the day and the festivities extend through Sunday, May 10 (10-4).  Admission free.  Casey Farm, Saunderstown, Rhode Island.  For more information and directions call 401-295-1030, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.

  • Friday, April 3 – Sunday, April 5, 10 – 4 – Spring Orchid Sale

    Hundreds of orchid plants are for sale at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses, Waltham, Massachusetts, including many hard to find varieties.  Among the varieties on display and for sale: cattleyas, laelias, paphiopedilums, and phalaenopsis. Both species and hybrid plants are available in bud or blooming. Free admission.  Call 781-891-4882, ext. 244 for more information and directions.

  • February Discount – Historic New England

    Receive a $5 discount at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses in Waltham, Massachusetts when you purchase a Garden and Landscape membership at the greenhouses during the month of February.  The greenhouses are open Wednesday through Saturday, 9:30 – 4:00 (7:00 pm on Thursdays).  For more information, call 781-891-4882, ext. 244.

  • Friday, February 27 – Windowsill Herb Gardening Workshop

    Register for the Windowsill Herb Gardening Workshop at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Massachusetts.  The workshop runs from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Garden and Landscape members of Historic New England will propogate herbs to be grown at home.  Growing culinary, medicinal, and ornamental herbs is not difficult once you master a few important techniques.  The workshop is followed by a tour of the Historic Lyman Estate Greenhouses and includes lunch.  Admission is $25.  Call 617-227-3957, ext. 264 to register and become a Garden and Landscape member.

  • Sunday, June 29 – Lost Gardens of New England & Cape Cod

    Heritage Museums & Gardens, 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 10 am – 4 pm daily through October 31. This exhibition features reproduction drawings, watercolors, and photographs of New England gardens from Historic New England’s archives, supplemented by garden ornaments from Lyman and Codman Estates, and Hamilton House. Heritage Museums & Gardens has added items from their collection for a section about the lost gardens of Cape Cod. Admission $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 youth, and free to children under 3. For more information, call 508-888-3300.