Boston Flora

Tag: Lighting

  • Saturday, February 6, 10:00 – 11:00 am – Introduction to Hydroponics

    After last year’s excessive rain and crop failures caused by the pathogen late blight, it makes sense to grow vegetables in a more controlled environment. This class will cover the basics of growing vegetables using hydroponics, which is simply growing plants in a non-soil growing medium. This can be a very simple and effective way to grow vegetables which can yield amazing results.  Instructor Tom Dzaugis of Green Path Garden Supply in Northboro will cover the different growing mediums available, why pH is in important in hydroponics, the difference between fertilizers for soil and hydroponics, and lighting. We will conclude with a Q&A discussion on how to put all this information together and have success growing plants hydroponically.  The class will take place at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, Massachusetts, costs $6 for member of THBG, $8 for non-members, and you may register on line at www.towerhillbg.org.

    http://www.ancoraimparoblog.com/blog/Images/aerogarden.jpg

  • Friday, December 11, 2:30 – 7:00 pm – Hanukkah Menorah Lighting

    Starting Friday, December 11, join Rabbi Chaim Prus at the Brewer Fountain at Boston Common, between Tremont and West Streets, from 2:30 pm – 7:00 pm for the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah,  The Brewer Street Fountain is half a block down from Park Street Station.  For more information, call 617-424-1190.

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/80668607_98949d8335.jpg

  • Commonwealth Avenue Mall Lights

    Join your neighbors and friends in lighting the Mall again this year.  Funded entirely by donations, it is the neighborhood’s gift to the City.  Donations are currently being solicited, large or small.  Make checks payable to Committee to Light Commonwealth Avenue Mall, and mail them to the Back Bay Association, 234 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116.  Donations may also be made online at www.BackBayLights.com.  The Committee to Light Commonwealth Avenue Mall works with the Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee of The Friends of the Public Garden and with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

    http://images32.fotki.com/v1062/photos/4/439289/4731905/IMG_6749-vi.jpg