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  • Thursday and Friday, April 6 & 7 – Gardening Study School Course IV, Series 10

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will conduct a Gardening Study School, Course IV, Series 10 on April 6 & 7 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston.  Subjects covered will include Specialized Styles of Gardening with landscape designer Laura Eisner, Techniques for Growing Woody Ornamentals and Home Irrigation Techniques with Paul Rogers, Techniques for Growing Fruit with Joann Viera, Outdoor Identification of Plants with Dr. Judith Sumner, How to Exhibit Horticultural Specimens in a Flower Show with Sandy Joyce, and a test for those becoming consultants.  Suggested reading is Botany for Gardeners by Brian Capon.

    Fees are $100 for GCFM members (exam fee included), $100 for nonmembers, $100 for a refresher, and $70 for a one day registration.  Box lunches are available on advance order ($18/day).  Send a check made out to GCFM, Inc to Linda Jean Smith, Registrar, 23 Bentley Lane in Chelmsford, MA 01824-2021, and include your name, address, telephone and email, and Garden Club affiliation.  For more information email lindajean.smith@comcast.net.  Registration deadline is March 16, and there are no refunds. Image from www.newportmansions.org.

  • Sunday, February 14, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Coloring Outside the Lines: The Use of Annuals at Tower Hill

    Many of the gardens at Tower Hill have been purposefully designed to allow the professional staff a chance to paint a fresh scene, and create a new mood, each year with artful plant combinations. These annual and seasonal changes require all the skills that define the field of horticulture – the combination of the art and science of growing plants. It’s not enough to simply choose colors that look good together in the nursery in April – many other factors go into selecting combinations that will go from alluring in April to awe-inspiring in August. Spend an hour at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, February 14, beginning at 1 pm, with Horticulture Director Joann Vieira learning about where the horticulture team at Tower Hill derives their inspiration for fresh displays; how they balance the science of growing plants with the art of color and texture; and how space and time influence their choices.

    To register for this event, please call Gayle Holland (508) 869-6111 x124 or email gholland@towerhillbg.org. Free with admission.