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  • Thursday, September 21, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Art & Spirit in the Garden: Incorporating Sculpture into your Outdoor Landscape

    Gather inspirations from Karin Stanley’s love of poetry art and sculpture and from her travels and musings in Ancient Ireland, Scotland and other countries in creating meditative spaces, areas for serenity, healing, reflection, dynamic impact, drama, humor and allegory. Karin Stanley is an artist/sculptor and garden designer and a graduate of the Radcliffe landscape design and history program. On Thursday, September 21 from 7 – 8:30 she shares some of her process and practical ideas and advice on how to use sculpture and artistic enhancements that will help inspire a deeper vision and impact for your own garden, community or public project. The class is sponsored by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and is $12 for Mass Hort members, $20 for nonmembers. You may register online at www.masshort.org.  Image copyright KMStanley.

  • Thursday, July 13, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Art & Spirit in the Garden: Incorporating Sculpture

    Karin Stanley gathers inspiration from her love of poetry, art, and sculpture and from her travels and musings in Ancient Ireland, Scotland and other countries. She creates meditative spaces, areas for serenity, healing, reflection, dynamic impact, drama, humor or allegory. Her background as an artist/sculptor and garden designer and a graduate of the Radcliffe landscape design and history program enables her to share some of her process and practical ideas and advice on how to use sculpture and artistic enhancements in your own garden, community or public project. This Thursday, July 13 Massachusetts Horticultural Society lecture will take place at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, beginning at 7 pm, and is $12 for Mass Hort members, $20 for nonmembers. Register online at www.masshort.org or call 617-933-4973. Image from vbgardendesign.co.uk.

     

  • Monday, May 16 – Thursday, May 19 – Delaware Valley Garden Tour

    Don’t miss this incredible opportunity – a spring garden tour of the Delaware Valley. Join Polly Hill Arboretum Executive Director Tim Boland and Education and Outreach Administrator Karin Stanley from May 16–19 to visit the gardens of the Delaware Valley including Winterthur, the Scott Arboretum, Chanticleer, Mt. Cuba Center (pictured below), and the Jenkins Arboretum, as well as two private gardens. The tour package includes accommodations at the extraordinary Wayne Hotel in Wayne, Pennsylvania, as well as all garden tours, daily lunch and a spectacular dinner at the Mt. Cuba Center.  Tour price is $1,200 per person based on double occupancy, with a $262 single supplement.  This price includes 3 nights lodging, private transportation with guide, entrance fees to gardens with private guided tours, 3 lunches, 1 dinner, tips and taxes.  $200 is ta tax deductible donation to the Polly Hill Arboretum. Maximum number of participants is 24, and the deadline for reservations is April 14, 2011. Space is limited. Call Karin for more information. 508-693-9426.  Image from www.thegardenlady.org.

  • In The Garden Online Auction

    COGdesign announces the In The Garden Online Auction to benefit community green spaces.  Bids will be accepted through Tuesday, April 13, at www.cogdesign.org. Items include a granite compass rose by sculptor Karin Stanley (pictured below), a weekend getaway on Martha’s Vineyard, organic compost from Coast of Maine, a 7’ tall hand-crafted iron tuteur in Mediterranean blue, and many other wonderful items for bidding! Hand tools, house improvement services, garden-inspired art, personal adornments (beads), wine & food, garden consultations, museum memberships, books, ONE-OF-A-KIND treasures, and, naturally, a Garden Club of the Back Bay holiday wreath.

    In The Garden Online Auction is brought to you by COGdesign – the Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design – landscape professionals dedicated to providing pro bono planning and design services to homeless shelters, public schools, community gardens, low income housing, and neighborhood parks. Wherever people need plants, gardens, and parks, you’ll find COGdesign volunteers lending a hand.

    Celebrate the start of spring by visiting IN THE GARDEN Online Auction to invigorate your hibernating soul and satisfy your craving for sunshine and warmth! Color, crafts, and creative inspirations will be yours for the highest bid.

  • Tuesday, August 11, 10 – 11:30 a.m. – Identification and Control of Invasive Plants

    Invasive plants pose a serious threat to the biodiversity and visual character of gardens in Massachusetts.  Join Polly Hill Arboretum Collections Management Intern and certified arborist Matt Lobdell for a presentation covering invasive plant issues.  Learn how to identify and control these menacing plants.  Also, find out how you can become involved in efforts to control and eradicate the invasive plants that are threatening our most treasured natural areas.  Controlling invasive plants is a global concern and a growing field in professional horticulture.  $5 admission (free to PHA members).  For more information contact Karin Stanley at 508-693-9426, or email karin@pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • Tuesday, July 21, 10 – 11:30 a.m. – Flower Arranging: Fresh From the Garden

    The stunning arrangements of garden-grown flowers in the Polly Hill Arboretum Visitor Center in West Tisbury wow visitors, volunteers, and staff all season long.  These vibrant bouquets of familiar and unusual flowers are grown and arranged by PHA volunteer and retired commercial grower Susan Silva in her West Tisbury garden.  Join Silva from 10 – 11:30 as she shares techniques for growing and arranging cut flowers.  Using flowers from her garden, participants will create their own spectacular bouquets. Bring a container to transport your flowers home. Space is limited, please pre-register.  Call 508-693-9426.  $45 per person ($40 PHA members).  You may contact Karin Stanley by email, karin@pollyhillarboretum.org, for directions and more information.