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  • Saturday, June 4, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Sprouts

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s Annual Specialty Plant Sale – Repotted! – will take place Saturday, June 4.  Members only hours are 9 – 11, and the general public is invited from 11 until 2.  Free to members, $5 per car for non-members.  This year for the first time Sprouts includes specialty nurseries of the highest caliber and purveyors of fine and unusual garden-related items.  Tower Hill is branching out to offer new resources for the finest quality plants and unique garden ornaments all in one location.  Knowledgeable volunteers and staff will help you with your plant selection and questions on cultural information.  Bid at two silent auctions featuring choice, specimen plants and garden ornaments.  Harvey’s Farm of Westboro will give away 100 plants during the 9 – 11 Members Only sale with any plant purchase of $50 or more, first come first serve, while supplies last.  Plant society participants will include Cactus & Succulent, Conifer, Daylily, Heather, Hosta, Lilac, Miniature Plants, and Rose.  Bring cash or check – many groups are unable to accept credit card purchases.  Please consider a donation to the Wagon Fund, so Tower Hill may purchase more carrying wagons for the Plant Sale customers – look for the donation boxes.  For more information, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Arnold Arboretum Lilac T-Shirt Design Contest

    Create a piece of Arnold Arboretum history.  Enter the contest to design next year’s Lilac Sunday T-shirt.  The Arnold Arboretum invites artists of all ages to submit T-shirt designs for Lilac Sunday 2011.  Lilac-themed T-shirts have been a tradition at Lilac Sunday for many years, and continue to be a highly anticipated and popular memento of this event.

    Designs must be original artwork for the front of a T-shirt, suitable for men and women.  Color of T-shirt will be determined by the Arboretum staff.  Design must be a maximum of 2 color for T-shirt screen printing, and white is considered a color.  Open to all ages, and you may submit up to three designs.  The deadline is January 31, 2011, so get sketching!  Please submit a digital file of your design (may be a digital photograph).

    Winning artwork becomes the property of the Arnold Arboretum.  Colors and fonts may be altered at Arboretum discretion.  Artwork may be used in other promotional materials for Lilac Sunday, possibly including but not limited to day-of-event signage and temporary tattoo (!). Submissions will be evaluated based on how well they reflect the spirit, history, and beauty of Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum. The competition will be judged by Arnold Arboretum staff, and the winner will be announced in February 2011.  The winner will receive ten T-shirts and be credited on all promotional materials.  For complete submission rules, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.  Questions and submissions may be sent to arbweb@arnarb.harvard.edu – put “Lilac Sunday T-Shirt Competition” in the email subject line.  Last year’s winning design below was created by Lisa Rosowski.

    Lilac Sunday T-shirt 2010