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  • Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 pm – Restoring Historic Landscapes and Gardens

    The program “Restoring Historic Landscapes and Gardens” will be presented Tuesday, April 20th at 7:30 pm at the Acton Memorial Library. The evening’s speaker is JoAnn Robinson, Assistant Curator of Landscape, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Co-chair of the Arlington Historical Commission.

    Every historic property has a landscape component. Appropriate landscapes can make an immeasurable contribution to a property and town as whole.  Learn what some other towns such as Arlington have done, and how to begin researching and implementing a historic landscape to complement your property.  The program is co-sponsored by the Acton Memorial Library, the Acton Historic District Commission, and the Acton Historical Commission.

    The lecture is free and open to the public.  The library is located at 486 Main St., Acton, MA next to Town Hall.  The parking lot and entrance are reached from Woodbury Lane. For information, please contact the library at 978 264-9641 or Kathy Acerbo-Bachmann, Acton Historic District Commission, 617.536.0944 x217 or hdc@acton-ma.gov.

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  • Saturday, June 20, 10 – 4 – Pocket Gardens of Historic Charlestown

    Gardens for Charlestown, Inc. presents Pocket Gardens of Historic Charlestown on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Tickets are $15 each.  Pick up tickets and start at the Community Garden at the corner of Main Street and Bunker Hill Street.  For more information contact Pat McSweeney at patmcs@verizon.net. Gardens for Charlestown is a non-profit, all-volunteer garden and greenspace organization established in 1976.  It owns and maintains a 63 plot community garden and supports neighborhood initiatives to reclaim abandoned or neglected public spaces throughout Charlestown.   Log on to www.charlestownonline.net/gardens.htm for updated information.