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  • Thursday, February 7, 10:00 am – Ellen Shipman and the American Garden

    Thursday, February 7, 10:00 am – Ellen Shipman and the American Garden

    Judith Tankard is a landscape historian, author, preservation consultant, and member of the Garden Club of the Back Bay. She received an M.A. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU and taught at the Landscape Institute for over 20 years. Ms. Tankard has authored or co-authored ten books on landscape history, including her latest book Ellen Shipman and the American Garden. There will be copies available for purchase and signing at The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s February 7 meeting, beginning at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.  Garden Club members will receive notice of the meeting and optional lunch following the lecture. If you are not a member but are interested in attending, please email info@bostonflora.com.

  • Friday, August 1, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Federal Reserve Bank Green Roof Tour

    The 18,000 sq ft. roof garden at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston was installed in 1976 and is considered one of the oldest, still original roof gardens in the country.

    The roof garden was designed by Robert Fager, ASLA who worked for the building architects, Hugh Stubbins & Associates. Frank W. Sellner was the landscape architect consultant for the project. He often told stories of interning for Beatrix Farrand and his work experience with Fletcher Steele!

    The garden is on the fourth floor, 90′ above the ground floor with sweeping views towards Boston Harbor and the Seaport District. The roof garden has many specimen trees. Organically grown edibles are incorporated into the seasonal plantings.

    The FRB property has over 200 trees and a 60′ roof top greenhouse all maintained by the Bank’s horticulture staff.  The street address is 600 Atlantic Avenue, and the cost of the tour is $15. Sponsored by The Landscape Institute at the Boston Architectural College, you may reserve a spot for the Friday, August 1 tour by emailing pce@the-bac.edu.

  • Wednesday, February 12, 1:00 pm – Well-Designed Gardens

    Wednesday, February 12, 1:00 pm – Well-Designed Gardens

    You know a well-designed garden when you see it. You enjoy the space. There are places to go. There are surprises. There is lush vegetation. Enjoy a trip through several well-designed residential gardens with Professor Emerita Mary Coyne as she shares images from her garden travels and explain what makes a garden work from her point of view as a landscape designer. The lecture will take place at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden on Wednesday, February 12 beginning at 1 pm.

    After her retirement from the College, Mary Coyne embarked on her retirement career and received her Certificate from the Landscape Institute in 2010. The Harriet B. Creighton Educational Garden across the driveway from the Visitor Center is designed and maintained by her. WCFH Members Free / Non-Members $10. To register, contact wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu, or call 781-283-3094.

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  • Thursday, October 17, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Therapeutic Landscape Collaborations: Successful Evidence Based Design

    The Landscape Institute at the Boston Architectural College and The Underground will sponsor a Commemorative Forum in honor of the late Landscape Institute instructor Michael Weinmayr entitled Therapeutic Landscape Collaborations: Successful Evidence Based Design, on Thursday, October 17, from 9 – 12:30 at The Union Hospital, 500 Lynnfield Street in Lynn, Massachusetts.

    Panelists include Harvey Zarren, MD, FACC, Christine Wojnar, Feng Shui Institute of America, Elizabeth (Zibby) Ericson, FAIA, LEED AP, Deborah Gaw, Owner of Garden Scapes Landscape Design, Lisa Bailey, ASLA, BayLeaf Studio, David Jay, ASLA, LEED AP O+M, Weinmayr/Jay Associates, Anna Pelosi, Lead HRO – NSMC Inpatient Psychiatry Services and Manager of the Patient and Family Relations Department.

    One can almost say that all gardens heal. So what differentiates a healing garden? The main distinction is in how a healing or therapy garden caters to its targeted user group such as cancer, rehabilitation, psychiatric and eldercare patients. This forum pairs healthcare providers, researchers and designers that focus on creating healing spaces and restorative landscapes to promote health and well-being. These experts will demonstrate down to the cellular level why gardens heal, and we will explore how different aspects to a healing garden can promote healing in the different user groups. Many examples of healing gardens will be shown, and participants will tour the Dr. Harvey Zarren Healing Garden, pictured below, at the site as a case study.  The fee is $50, and you may sign up by calling 617-585-0101.  You may also register online at http://theunderground.pbworks.com/w/page/22166298/Programs.

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  • Tuesdays, July 9 – July 30, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Chinese Painting and Garden History Workshop

    The Landscape Institute at Boston Architectural College will take a workshop on the road at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, on four successive Tuesdays, July 9 – 30, from 6 – 9.  Entitled Chinese Painting and Garden History Workshop, this rich seminar is collaboratively taught by Chinese landscape historian YoYi Chen and landscape painter Ma Qingxiong.  His work is shown below. This unique offering is a creative course, exposing students to historical concepts in Chinese landscape design, such as using multiple viewpoints and evocative juxtapositions, as well as teaching participants to compose artistic landscape ink drawings.  The format is a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and workshop painting in the gardens.  $300.  To register, log on to www.the-bac.edu/LI.

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  • Thursdays, July 11 – August 1, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Soil & Plant Association Field Trip Course

    This Landscape Institute of Boston Architectural College summer course, to be held Thursdays, July 11 – August 1 from 9:30 – 4, kicks off with an orientation at the Doyle Center (below) in Leominister, Massachusetts, and concentrates four full days on different landscape locations from Central Massachusetts to the North Shore.  Classes will explore the relationship of geology and soils to plants and hydrology.  Alluvial, glacial, and seacoast processes will be examined to analyze prevailing ecological factors such as site drainage, ecology, specific site soil potentials and restrictions.  Techniques to observe microclimate factors and their effect on site design and maintenance will be discussed.  Using the power of observation, you will infer soil development, site hydrology and nutrient flow.  Students will be able to outline potential sustainable planting plans and maintenance recommendations using native plants and controlling invasive plants by the end of this hands-on course investigation.  Individual transportation or ability to carpool will be necessary to complete the course.  The instructor is Marty Michener, and the audit price is $730. Register at www.the-bac.edu/LI.

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  • Monday, May 21, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Defining Gardens: A Global View

    From meadows and forests to desert or barren glacial till, how do cultures in different environments satisfy their need for gardens? Is the focus on planned order or wild nature, on plants or man made structures? Are there favorite plants or flowers? How do the residents interact with their gardens? Wellesley College Professor Emerita Mary Coyne’s extensive travels to many lands always include garden visits. With her as our guide, we’ll armchair-wander to the Arctic, Europe, Asia, South and North America, and Africa to take a peek at gardens old and new. After many years teaching in Wellesley College’s Department of Biological Sciences, Mary Coyne embarked on a retirement career as a landscape designer. She received her Certificate from the Landscape Institute in 2010. The Harriet B. Creighton Educational Garden (below) across the driveway from the Visitor Center is designed and maintained by her. The May 21 lecture will be preceded by tea at 2 pm. Co-sponsored by the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture and by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, the cost to attend is $10 for members of either sponsoring organization, or $15 for non-members. Register at www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.

  • Saturday, April 30, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm – City Garden Ideas: Expert Advice and Practical Tips to Beautify Small Urban Spaces

    Need information and inspiration to garden in your city space? Come learn how to plant for success at First Church, Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, on Saturday, April 30. Light refreshments will be served at 9:30, with presentations beginning at 10 am. Learn about basic gardening tools and supplies. See a window box and container garden created before your eyes. Listen to experts share their gardening knowledge and planting secrets. Ask questions and get answers to your garden challenges.

    Featured Presenters are Ellen Abdow, Owner, Perennial Gardens, Steve Baxter, Grounds Superintendent, 1000 Southern Artery Senior Housing, Quincy, Heather Heimarck, Director, Landscape Institute, Boston Architectural College, Frank Re, Owner, ReCreations – Gardens Brought to Life, and Tom Smarr, former Superintendent of Horticulture, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

    The fee to participate is $25, and you may register at http://citygardenideas.eventbrite.com. For more information, contact Garden Club of the Back Bay member Janine Mudge at  Janine@citygardenideas.com or call 617-921-4540.

  • Thursday, July 8, 4:00 pm – Beatrix Farrand, Private Gardens, Public Landscapes

    Judith Tankard continues her book tour with a stop at Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road in West Stockbridge,  on Thursday, July 8 at 4 pm. Beatrix Farrand (below) was one of the foremost landscape architects of the early 1900s and one of the earliest women to take up the profession. She studied privately under the renowned horticulturist Charles Sprague Sargent and learned about garden design through extensive travel abroad. Many of her clients were members of high society, with estates in Newport, the Berkshires, and Maine. Learn about this remarkable woman and her lasting influence on the field of landscape design.  $20.  To register, log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413-298-3926.

    Judith B. Tankard is an art historian specializing in landscape history. She is the author of seven books and has taught for over twenty years at the Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.

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  • Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 pm – Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape

    The Maynard Community Gardeners host noted landscape historian and designer Marie Stella for a discussion on Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape.

    Ms. Stella teaches in the Graduate program at The Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and currently is an adjunct faculty instructor in landscape design at The New York Botanical Garden, and Tower Hill Botanical Garden. She also lectures frequently and leads local and foreign Garden History Tours.  She will be speaking to The Garden Club of the Back Bay in March, in a program co-sponsored by The Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture and the New England Wildflower Society, but this lecture will be on a different topic, so attending on November 17 will not be repetitive.

    Her design firm, Kirin Farm Enterprises specializes in environmental landscapes and in initiatives to foster the preservation of open space.

    Her latest design project is a Platinum certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) home and sustainable landscape.

    This lecture is free and open to the public.  For more information, log on to www.maynardgardeners.org, or email info@maynardgardners.org.

    Marie Stella