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Tag: Leaves

  • Sunday, September 10, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern – Love Your Leaves

    Learn to love your leaves with Sustainable Princeton and Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton, New Jersey. Join them for a free interactive workshop focused on loving and managing leaves in a sustainable way at your home.

    Every fall, we welcome the beautiful colors and sights of Princeton’s foliage. Fallen leaves, however, can be a nuisance for homeowners who often remove them from lawns and backyards. Unfortunately, these practices lead to piles of leaves in municipal streets, creating safety hazards, blocking stormwater drains, and feeding unhealthy algae blooms in our waterways.

    What can you do to make a difference? Leave your leaves where they can do some good for your soil!

    This FREE workshop includes:

    • A hybrid talk (in-person and virtual) with Morven Horticulturist and Master Gardener, Louise Senior, on how to use your piles of leaves to care for your yard and garden this fall (starts at 2:00 p.m.)
    • A Leaf Corral DIY Workshop with Sustainable Princeton (starts at 3:00 p.m.)
    • Leaf-inspired crafts for the whole family
    • A raffle to win an all electric leaf blower / vacuum (must be present in-person to win)

    LOVES YOUR LEAVES TALK*: The hybrid talk with Louise Senior will be offered both virtually and in-person. If you’d like to participate in the program virtually, please select the virtual ticket option upon registration. You will receive a Zoom link in your email confirmation. The program will be recorded and a link shared publicly following the event.

    LEAF CORRAL DIY WORKSHOP: Join Sustainable Princeton in a Leaf Corral DIY Workshop at 3:00 p.m. A leaf corral can hold the leaves in your yard and allow them to mature into compost, providing a rich fertilizer for future application. All materials will be provided for free. Please indicate your interest in participating upon registration (pre-registration is required). We will close registration for the workshop one week prior to the event. Questions? Contact info@sustainableprinceton.org

    *A virtual ticket does not include the DIY Leaf Corral Workshop or door prize raffle. Register through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-your-leaves-tickets-680347556857

  • Wednesdays, October 30, November 6, 13, & 20, and December 4 & 11 – Leaves 101: Foundations of Botanical Drawing & Painting

    Through demonstrations and tutorials, celebrate the colors of seasonal leaves while learning how to realistically depict your subject matter in pencil, and then in watercolor, with Sarah Roche, on six Wednesdays, October 30 – November 20, plus December 4 & 11,  from 9:30 – 1:30 at the Putnam classroom at The Gardens at Elm Bank. All abilities are welcome! This course is the core of WCBG Friends’ botanical art program. Friends price $295, nonmembers $345. Register at http://wellesley.edu/wcbg/learn.

     

     

  • Monday, October 23, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Be as a Tree Planted by the Waters: The Magic of Roots, Leaves, and Everything in Between

    Hope Jahren, PhD, Center for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, will speak on Monday, October 23, 7:00–8:30pm at the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretm. Trees are the oldest, biggest, and most successful creatures in the world. Using energy from the sun, and carbon from the air, they have thrived on land for more than four hundred million years. Hear about the amazing and unique methods that plants around us use to establish, grow, flourish, and defend themselves. Learn how plants are much more than food, medicine, and wood — they form the living, striving foundation of Planet Earth.

    Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist and the author of Lab Girl, her revelatory treatise on plant life and a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. Fee: Free Arboretum member, $20 nonmember. Member-only registration through October 15; open registration thereafter. Space is limited. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

  • Friday, January 10 – Sunday, January 12, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves in Pen and Ink

    Friday, January 10 – Sunday, January 12, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves in Pen and Ink

    Following a brief review of the Crowquille pen’s basic techniques, Carol Ann Morley encourages you to bring classic sophistication and grace to your pen and ink illustrations. Move beyond beginning stipple to create texture and tone with hatch and cross hatch.  Through the study of selected pieces by master illustrators and the practice of recreating sections of those works, find the confidence to effectively apply these techniques to your own pen work.  Some drawing and dip pen skill advised (but it’s also a great way to polish up your dip pen skills!)  This Wellesley College Botanic Garden class takes place Friday, January 10 – Sunday, January 12 (snow date Monday January 13) from 9:30 – 3:30.  Wellesley Friends $250, nonmembers $300.  For complete information, call 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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  • Friday, January 3 – Sunday, January 5, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves in Perspective: Opposite, Alternate, Whorled

    Friday, January 3 – Sunday, January 5, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves in Perspective: Opposite, Alternate, Whorled

    Do all your careful observations fall flat when you sit down to draw leaves?  Heighten your artist’s eye by learning how to analyze shapes and bring correct perspective to your compositions.  Under the guidance of Carol Ann Morley, discover  how to depict with botanical accuracy the tricky angles of foreshortened leaves.  Through a series of graphite drawing exercises, explore creating clarity and visual depth while bringing shape and form into your art.  This Wellesley College Botanic Garden class will be held January 3 – 5 (snow date January 6) from 9:30 – 3:30.  Friends price $250, nonmembers $300.  For complete details and to register email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu, or call 781-283-3094.

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  • April 30 – May 25 – Leaf & Yard Waste Four Week Collection

    The Boston Public Works will collect and compost Boston residents’ yard waste during a four week collection period, April 30 – May 25, on your recycling day (Back Bay, that means Mondays!)  Place leaves in large paper leaf bags or open barrels marked “yard waste.”  For free “yard waste” stickers, call 617-635-4500 – up to two stickers available per household.  Cut branches to 3 foot maximum diameter, and tie branches with string.  Place leaves and yard waste at the curb by 7:00 am on your recycling day.

  • Monday, July 18, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Herbal Dyes and Inks

    Spend a practical day on Monday, July 18, from 9 – 5 at Plimoth Plantation dyeing with wool and silk for embroidery, and preparing ink.  Under the guidance of renowned herbalist Christina Stapley, you’ll use fresh and dried dyes to illustrate dyeing methods and techniques and their results, while experimenting with leaves, roots, flowers, and barks of plants such as madder, woad, sumac, tansy, elder tree, logwood and elderberry.  You’ll look at the importance of herbs in embroidery, needlework, and tapestry design.  Bring your sketch pad.  Fee for Museum members: $95; nonmembers: $120.  Register at www.plimoth.org, or call 508-746-1622, ext. 8359.

  • Saturday, February 20, 9 am – 12 noon – Pruning in Winter

    Join Jen Kettell, Horticultural Technologist at the Arnold Arboretum, on Saturday, February 20  at 9:00 a.m. in the Hunnewell Building at the Arboretum for this single session pruning workshop. Jan presented this program earlier in January, and you have a second chance.  With no leaves on the branches to obscure your view, this is the best time of year to study a tree’s structure and shape it for improved air circulation, silhouette, and strength. Jen Kettell, an International Society of Arboriculture-certified arborist and accredited Organic Land Care professional, will explain the reasons for pruning and what to consider when pruning dormant trees, shrubs, and vines. She will demonstrate techniques, give guidelines for determining which plants benefit from winter pruning, and explain how plants heal from pruning wounds, even when dormant. Bring your questions to this classroom discussion and demonstration. Fee $30 Arnold Arboretum member, $35 nonmember.  To register, or for more information, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

  • Saturday, January 23, 9 am – 12 noon – Pruning in Winter

    Join Jen Kettell, Horticultural Technologist at the Arnold Arboretum, on Saturday, January 23 at 9:00 a.m. in the Hunnewell Building at the Arboretum for this single session pruning workshop. With no leaves on the branches to obscure your view, this is the best time of year to study a tree’s structure and shape it for improved air circulation, silhouette, and strength. Jen Kettell, an International Society of Arboriculture-certified arborist and accredited Organic Land Care professional, will explain the reasons for pruning and what to consider when pruning dormant trees, shrubs, and vines. She will demonstrate techniques, give guidelines for determining which plants benefit from winter pruning, and explain how plants heal from pruning wounds, even when dormant. Bring your questions to this classroom discussion and demonstration. Fee $30 Arnold Arboretum member, $35 nonmember.  To register, or for more information, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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  • Saturday, October 31, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Barking Mad!

    Michael Dosmann, Curator of Living Collections, Arnold Arboretum, will speak on Saturday, Oct 31 , 1:00–2:30pm, at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.
    As the weather changes and leaves drop, focus your attention on bark, an often-overlooked ornamental feature of woody plants. The Curator of Living Collections is mad for bark! Join him on a stroll to find trees and shrubs with beautiful, colorful, textural bark. Free.  Advance registration requested.  Log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu for directions and registration.

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