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  • Thursday, October 25 & Friday, October 26, 8:45 am – 3:30 pm – Landscape Design School

    The popular Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Landscape Design School (LDS) will be held at St. Brigid’s Keilty Hall, 2001 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington on October 25 and 26, 2018. Landscape Design School (LDS) is a series of four courses presented by distinguished lecturers on landscape design, methods, history, theory and analysis. LDS is open to the public. While the courses do not confer professional status, it is an enriching experience and can serve as an entrée to the subject.

    The speakers this year include Historian Lucinda Brockway; Darrah Cole, Senior Horticulturist and Designer on the Rose Kennedy Greenway; Christie Dustman, APLD; Heather Heimarck, ASLA, of HighMark Land Design; landscape architect and designer Laura Eisener; Designer Yvonne Watson, and Andrew Whittaker, Green Abundance by Design.

    To find out more and obtain a registration slip visit https://sites.google.com/site/ldcmass/lds-course-1—oct-30-to-nov-1-2014. Registration deadline is October 15. $110 for NGC Garden Club Members, $125 for nonmembers.

  • Tuesday, September 16, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Native Plants for Four Season Gardening

    By carefully choosing trees, shrubs and perennials, we can have something of interest even in the coldest winter months! Wandflower, Galax urceolata, with its glossy foliage and rich green American holly, Ilex opaca, are just a couple of the plants that brighten the garden throughout the year. Don’t underestimate the charms of decorative bark, evergreen foliage, fruits, and dried leaves and flower stalks with a dusting of snow. Learn about some of the best native species, with an emphasis on fall and winter interest, and discuss design to ensure that your garden framework works well in the “off-season” as well as at the peak of bloom.

    On Tuesday, September 16, from 6 – 8 pm, Laura Eisener will present a Cambridge Center for Adult Education class on Native Plants for Four-Season Gardening at 56 Brattle Street in Cambridge. The fee is $47, and you may register online at http://www.ccae.org/catalog/detail.php?id=571264. Galax picture below from the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Tuesday, July 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Design Inspirations from New England’s Wild Landscapes

    Join the Ecological Landscaping Association on Tuesday, July 10, from 7 – 9 at Garden in the Woods at 180 Hemenway Road in Framingham for a program by Laura Eisener entitled Design Inspirations from New England’s Wild Landscapes.  Recapture the flavor of your favorite part of New England by designing a native plant community into your garden  The lecture will include several examples of local naturalistic landscapes, some wild sites that “just grew,” some managed natural landscapes, and some that were designed as a recreation of a woodland, seacoast, or meadow location.  Register at www.ecolandscaping.org. $24 for ELA or NEWFS members, $29 for nonmembers. Design below by Douglas Brine.

  • Tuesday, July 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Design Inspirations from New England’s Wild Landscapes

    Recapture the flavor of your favorite part of New England by designing a native plant community into your garden.  This Tuesday, July 10 lecture at Garden in the Woods in Framingham will include several examples of local naturalistic landscapes, some wild sites that “just grew,” some managed natural landscapes, and some that were designed as a recreation of a woodland, seacoast, or meadow location.  The instructor will be Laura Eisener, principal landscape designer at Laura D. Eisener Landscape Design.  Fee is $24 for NEWFS and ELA members, $29 for nonmembers.  Register at www.ecolandscaping.org.

  • Thursday, May 17, 7:00 pm – Designing a Dramatic Perennial Garden

    Once limited to a handful of tried-and-true choices, gardeners today can choose from an abundance of cultivars when creating a perennial garden. Creating that dramatic garden is a matter of both choosing the right plants and knowing how to combine them to best effect. Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and Laura Eisener of Laura Eisener Landscape Design on Thursday, May 17, at 7 pm at Elm Bank in Wellesley. Register online at www.masshort.org.  Based in Saugus, Massachusetts, Landscape Designer Laura Eisener also teaches at the Arnold Arboretum Landscape Design Institute of Harvard University.

  • Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 pm – Native Perennials for Spectacular Borders

    As part of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Wednesdays at Elm Bank series, on Wednesday, May 18, they welcome Laura Eisener to speak on Native Perennials for Spectacular Borders. Laura is that rare horticulturalist – one whose passion for her subject is equaled by her communication skills. One thing she is especially keen on is the use of ‘nativars’ – cultivars of native plants – in the garden.

    Resistant to disease and ignored by deer and rabbits, native plants deserve close attention from gardeners. Now, plant breeders are crossing natives to create new terrific new varieties. The perennial border is a great place to showcase these plants and Laura will show you how to incorporate them into your own garden.  The fee for the program is $10 for Mass Hort members, $15 for non-members.  For directions and more information log on to www.masshort.org.  Photo from the excellent online journal www.thegardenerseden.com.

  • Tuesday, February 1, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Native Groundcovers

    Groundcovers act as living mulches, preventing erosion and soil compaction, while conserving moisture and moderating soil temperatures. Beyond strictly practical considerations are the aesthetic delights of groundcovers—they bring refreshing seasonal changes and a pleasing rhythmic interplay of form, texture, and color to the ground plane. This New England Wild Flower Society workshop, led by Laura Eisener on Tuesday, February 1 from 7 – 9 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, is appropriate for garden designers, landscapers and homeowners, and focuses on the attributes and availability of native plants for groundcover use.$22 for NEWFS members, $26 for non-members. Log on to www.newfs.org to register.  Bunchberry image below from The Down East Dilettante.

  • Tuesday, October 5, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Native Bulbs for New England

    A large variety of North American species actually perform better if the whole plant is transplanted from a container in the spring rather than bare root in the fall. Laura Eisener highlights some of the beautiful native plants that grow from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers, including spring and summer blooming species. These hardy, long-lasting perennials make delightful additions to your sun or shade garden. The Tuesday, October 5 class  (from 7 – 9) is co sponsored by the New England Wild Flower Society and by Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm, and the fee to participate is $22 for members of either group, or $26 for non members. To register, log on to www.newfs.org.