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  • Monday, August 16 – Sunday, August 22 – Wild, Wild Wellfleet Auction, Online

    After a successful debut last year, Mass Audubon’s reimagined annual fundraiser—the virtual Wild, Wild Auction—will be back again this August.

    The live auction was the heart of Wellfleet Bay’s annual Wild, Wild Wellfleet! summer gala. For more than 10 years, this beloved fundraiser served as the financial backbone of the sanctuary’s conservation science programs in local schools and day camp scholarships.

    Last year the auction moved online and offered a range of unique outdoor experiences and locally-inspired and crafted items, many priced for every budget. The response was so strong that the sanctuary was able to generate the necessary funds to maintain education programming and camp scholarships for the following year.

    This year’s week-long online auction starts on Monday, August 16. Proceeds will benefit education and conservation programs at both Wellfleet Bay and Long Pasture wildlife sanctuaries.

    There will be nearly 50 items available for bidding, including:

    • A week at a cottage at the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary in Texas
    • A diamondback terrapin hatchling tour with Bob Prescott
    • Pollinator garden consultation with Long Pasture Discovery Center landscape architect Bernice Wahler and Sanctuary Director Ian Ives, plus $500 of plants from Mahoney’s
    • A painting by Milisa Valliere, an artist who sees colors when she hears music
    • Sunset cruise on Pleasant Bay to see seals and birds with Captain Kenny Eldredge
    • Metal horseshoe crab from the Frying Pan Gallery in Wellfleet

    For complete information on registering and bidding, visit www.massaudubon.org

  • Wednesday, May 9, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Annual Geraniums and More Plant Sale

    The Reading Garden Club will hold its annual Geraniums and More Plant Sale on Wednesday, May 9, from 9 – 1 at the Reading Town Common. Geraniums, annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs and a number of pollinator plants (all from Mahoney’s) will be for sale along with the much sought after Member’s Perennial Plants.Rain or Shine!

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  • Friday, November 3 – Sunday, November 5 – World of Orchids New England

    Friday, November 3 – Sunday, November 5 – World of Orchids New England

    Mahoney’s Winchester is proud to host Massachusetts Orchid Society – MOS World of Orchids- New England November 3-5. The show features gorgeous displays of flowering orchids, hourly plant raffles, lectures, potting workshop as well as sales of orchids, supplies and artwork. This year, the show will focus on New England Orchids or how you can grow orchids in New England. Jennifer Sutton from Botanical Greenhouse will speak about designing, building and maintaining a greenhouse! Admission is $10 (MOS members and children 8 and under- Free. For more info, visit www.massorchid.org. Participating vendors include Andy’s Orchids, Bob Clevland Orchids, Botanical Greenhouse Builders, Cold Brooke Pottery, Cornstarch Flowers by Jai, Grace Emporia – Apparel, Kelley’s Korner Orchid Supplies, Marlow’s Orchids, New World Orchids, The OrchidPhile, and Piping Rock Orchids.

  • Friday, November 4, 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Saturday, November 5, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, November 6, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – World of Orchids

    Tantalize all your senses at the Massachusetts Orchid Society’s annual orchid show to be held November 4 – 6 at Mahoney’s Garden Center in Winchester. Exotic displays of blooming orchids from around the world will fill the 10,000 square foot greenhouse to showcase the World of Orchids theme. Guests can delve deeper into these staggering beauties by attending a talk by the Orchid Collection Specialist at the Smithsonian Institute, Tom Mirenda. He will speak on some unique topics within orchid pollination in a talk he calls Orchid Sex 101. The show will feature something for every level of enthusiast, from beginner to advanced, including hourly tours of the displays, plant raffles, seminars and educational events, vendors of specialty orchids and growing supplies, and orchid art. The fee is $10 per person, and MOS members and children under 8 attend free. A portion of the proceeds will help fund MOS, a non-profit organization.

    On Friday, November 4, judges from the American Orchid Society will judge and award the best plants in the show, placing ribbons on the winners. The show officially opens at 12:30 to the public and remains open until 5 pm. Saturday hours are 10 – 5, and Sunday 10 – 4. Mahoney’s is located at 242 Cambridge Street in Winchester. For more information visit www.massorchid.org/show or call 781-729-5900.

  • Friday, August 1, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm – P. Allen Smith Day at Pleasant View Gardens

    Spend Friday, August 1 in New England’s Premier Proven Winners Garden, Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, New Hampshire, and meet P. Allen Smith. Mahoney’s Garden Center is offering round-trip buses from Mahoney’s in Winchester. Feedback has been so positive the past two years that we’re offering the tour again. Join us as Mahoney’s chartered bus takes you to the area’s premier grower of Proven Winner annuals, perennials and shrubs. Meet and hear from award-winning garden and lifestyle expert, author and TV personality, P. Allen Smith. Day Includes:

    Watch Allen transform ordinary landscapes into extraordinary landscapes in before-and-after presentations. Take a guided tour of New England’s premier Proven Winners® trial garden showcasing over 500 Proven Winners varieties. Participate in educational sessions in and around the garden and learn how to maintain containers at home, water and fertilize, prune hydrangeas, properly maintain shrubs and start an edible herb garden.
    Join in the P. Allen Smith Container Design Throwdown contest. Take a chance to design your own container from plants in Allen’s Platinum Collection and other Proven Winners varieties. Photo opportunities and autographs with P. Allen Smith. Transportation to and from Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, NH. Morning refreshments and box lunch (vegetarian and gluten-free available.)

    Space is limited. Reserve your seat by July 11th. Cost is $40 per person, to cover the bus, morning refreshments and lunch. To make a reservation, visit any Mahoney’s location or call 781-729-5900. Credit card payment is accepted over the phone.
    Details:

    Winchester: Bus leaves at 7:30 am from Mahoney’s in Winchester, arrives at Pleasant View at 9:00 am, and returns to Winchester by 5:00 pm.

  • Saturday, June 8, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Lexington Field & Garden Club Garden Tour

    On Saturday, June 8, from 10 – 4, the Lexington Field & Garden Club will host Delightful Diversity: A Tour of Seven Unique Lexington Gardens.  Visit www.lexgardenclub.org for more information.  $20 in advance, $25 day of tour. Tickets can be purchased at the Lexington Visitors Center, Wilson Farm, Mahoney’s Garden Center in Winchester, Wagon Wheel Nursery, Seasons Four, and McCue Garden Center in Woburn.  Image from www.salliehill.com.

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  • Friday, April 5 – Sunday, April 7 – Ask The Experts Open House Gardening Event

    Attend Mahoney’s Garden Center’s second annual “Ask the Expert” weekend, April 5-7 at Mahoney’s in Winchester. Join them and all their garden experts as they answer your questions and help you succeed in the garden.

    Hours
    Friday, April 5 12pm – 5pm
    Saturday, April 6 10am – 4 pm
    Sunday, April 7 10am – 2 pm
    No question is too easy or too hard. This year look for the following booths:

    Andy Langley | Roses and Boxwoods
    Bobbex | Animal Repellents
    Bonide | Plant Solutions
    Campania | Classic Pottery & Fountains
    Chickity Doo Doo | Organic Compost
    Coast of Maine | Lobster Compost
    Damminix | Tick Control
    Droll Yankee | Bird Feeders
    Espoma | Organic Lawn Care and Fertilizers
    Green Leaf | “Nantucket Blue” Hydrangeaa
    Imperial Nurseries | Premium Shrubs
    Jonathan Green | Organic and Traditional Lawn Care
    Lechuza | Self-Watering Planters
    Lyric | Premium Birdseed
    Natural Industries | Houseplant Fertilizers
    Neptune’s Harvest | Fertilizer
    The Perennial Farm | Groundcovers
    Plantskydd | Animal Repellent
    Pleasant View Gardens | Premium Proven Winners Annuals
    Prides Corner | Trees and Shrubs
    Radius | Ergonomic Garden Tools
    Scotts | Lawn Fertilizers
    Serenade | Plant Remedy
    Sunny Border | Perennials
    Sweet Peat | Premium Mulches
    Thompson & Morgan | Flower and Vegetable Seeds
    Uncle Mike’s | Herbs & Vegetables
    Weeks | Roses

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  • Wednesday, August 8, 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Wake Up and Smell the Roses: Midsummer Restoration

    Roses will keep growing and blooming even if neglected, but they love some TLC. Your gorgeous roses may have taken a beating in the recent heat wave, so the efforts you make now will help to achieve beautiful roses for rest of your growing season. Join Mahoney’s Garden Center’s in-house expert, Linda Randlett, at the Mahoney’s East Falmouth location on Wednesday, August 8, from 10 – 11, to learn about how to repair damage, soil amendments needed for more colorful roses, how to prune properly, how to fix leaf drop, fertilization, solutions for diseases and insects, and some general care tips for theses classic plants all season long. Q&A welcome. Free, but sign up at www.mahoneysgarden.com.  Photo from www.everydayminimalist.com.

  • Saturday, June 16, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – South End Garden Tour

    Join your friends and neighbors for the 19th Annual South End Garden Tour on Saturday, June 16, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, rain or shine.  The 2012 Tour will feature private gardens and open spaces from Tremont Street to Berkeley Street, and from Albany Street to East and West Newton Streets.  South End artists will be creating paintings in the Tour gardens and other designated locations within the Tour area.  These paintings will be available for purchase at the reception immediately following the Tour.  For complete ticketing information, visit www.southendgardentour.org. Sponsors include Mahoney’s, Whole Foods Market, The Boston Courant, Rondeau-Tierney Real Estate, Eastern Bank, and William Raveis.

  • Friday, March 23 – Sunday, March 25 – Mahoney’s Three-Day Educational Gardening Weekend

    Want the garden of your dreams? Jealous of your neighbor’s lawn? Love heirloom tomatoes? Convinced you’re a houseplant killer? Think terrariums look fun? Mahoney’s inspirational and educational gardening weekend has it all. This Friday, March 23 through Sunday, March 25, Mahoney’s Garden Centers’ Winchester location will host over 50 garden experts, designers and enthusiasts to help educate and kindle those ventures this spring.

    In this drop-in open house 3-day weekend, experts will be on-hand throughout the store with displays, educational tools and more, to help anyone succeed in the garden, lawn, patio and home. Also on hand will be many of Mahoney’s own experts in garden design, perennials, annuals and lawn care. Overwhelmed? Simply stop-in for a guided tour around Mahoney’s as they educate you on their vast grounds.

    “We’re trying to make gardening ‘pretty’ and ‘easy’ for everyone,” says Paul Waxman, Director of Marketing for Mahoney’s Garden Centers. “The event is 50% inspiration and 50% education – and with this early spring, the timing couldn’t be better! We’ll have so many experts here, we’ll be able to answer every imaginable plant and garden design question. No question is too simple or too tough.”

    A complete list of exhibits and experts, categorized by day, is located at www.MahoneysGarden.com/openhouse. Take a peek for your specific interests, or stop-in and learn answers to questions you didn’t realize you had. Visit often!

    In addition to the educational tables, Amy VanDoren, Mahoney’s expert landscape designer, is offering a seminar on Saturday at 11:00 am called “Curb Appeal Strategies to Help Sell Your Home.” Geared toward those looking to sell their home, or those looking to buy, Van Doren will outline the many actions a homeowner can take to make the most dramatic and efficient improvements to their front and back yards. Solutions range in price from only a few hundred dollars to several thousand – it’s up to the homeowner.

    Whether you have a simple question about your troubled houseplant, or wonder how to get your lawn looking like your neighbors, you’ll find your answers here. Mahoney’s is here to help you succeed this spring and summer. For more information or to sign up for the seminar, please visit www.MahoneysGarden.com or call (781) 729-5900.  Photo from www.jenandtommy.com.