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  • Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 18 – August 8, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Permaculture Design

    In this seven-session tutorial course to be held in the Cheney Room of the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, Marie Stella, instructor, permaculturist and landscape designer, will introduce you to the principles and application of permaculture —a natural, ecological, and organic approach to land management and landscape design. This class is being offered through the Stockbridge School at UMass, and can be taken for 1 credit. MUST PRE-REGISTER.

    Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 18-August 8.

    For Credit, register at www.umassulearn.net.
    $482/in-state
    $691/out-of-state

    Audit this UMass Class through Massachusetts Horticultural Society. By registering here, you will be registering at a reduced rate, and will receive NO COLLEGE CREDIT. Sign up for the audit at www.masshort.org.  Mass Hort Member Cost: $150; Non Member Cost $200.

  • Saturday, November 6 – Sunday, November 7, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – GCFMA Environmental Studies School 2010

    Get ready for another exciting and informative weekend, this year in Hull, Massachusetts.  Welcome back some instructors you may have enjoyed before, and meet new ones.  Learn about weather and discuss global warming with a local meteorologist.  Trade in your toxic household products for healthy, non-toxic alternatives.  Explore pollution and develop a value system which respects the interdependence of all nature.  Explore the rain forest and discover new ways to protect endangered plants and wildlife.  Last, but not least, visit Hull’s wind turbines and learn about their development, construction, and how Hull benefits from clean, free energy.  This National Garden Clubs, Inc. program November 6 – 7 is entitled The Living Earth – Air and Related Issues.  The event will be held at the Nantasket Beach Hotel and Conference Center, 45 Hull Shore Drive in Hull, and the course fee is $110. Marc Fournier, Debbie Cook, Marie Stella, Rob Gilman, and Patrick Cannon will speak.  Required text: Living in the Environment by G. Tyler Miller, Jr., 7th Edition or later – Reference only.  For complete information, call Judy Dorner at 781-367-0626, or email her at Kayakflower@verizon.net.

  • Tuesday, October 12, 1:00 – 6:15 pm, and Wednesday, October 13, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Tri-Refresher

    Come to Ashfield, Massachusetts Tuesday, October 12 and Wednesday, October 13 for a two day intensive course in the foothills of the Berkshires.  This course of study will explore Beaver Lodge, a residence designed by Marie Stella, who spoke to The Garden Club of the Back Bay in March, 2010.  This handsome laboratory setting will offer information on the promotion of sustainability, innovative use of native plant materials, construction of rain gardens, green roofs, and vegetated walls.  Rainwater harvesting and organic vegetable gardening will also be featured.  A “petting zoo” of green materials will help familiarize you with the latest products available.  Enjoy locavore gourmet meals and learn about Slow Food.  Beaver Lodge is Platinum LEED certified, the highest level of achievement designated by the US Green Building Council in Washington, DC, and the only such home in western Massachusetts.  Cost per person for the two day Tri-Refresher Workshop (Landscape Design, Gardening Studies School, and Environmental Studies) is $200 for eight hours of instruction.  Room and Board: Per night including breakfast (12 persons can be accommodated dormitory style at Beaver Lodge), $75.  Tuesday dinner and Wednesday lunch – organic local produce and products: $75.  Note: One group can stay overnight Tuesday and the other on Wednesday.  Total immersion is an integral part of the Beaver Lodge experience.  A list of items to bring will be mailed to participants, as well as directions.  To register, or for a copy of the complete schedule, contact Marie Stella, 719 Barnes Road, Shelburne Falls, MA by emailing marie@mariestellabeaverlodge.com.  You may also check her website at www.mariestellabeaverlodge.com.

  • Monday, March 22, 11:00 am – Going Green: Constructing an Environmentally Engineered Home and Landscape

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s March meeting will take place Monday, March 22, at 11:00 am in the 4th floor Seminar Room in Michael VanVolkenberg’s LuLu Wang Campus Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.  Marie Stella will present an illustrated lecture entitled “Going Green: Constructing an Environmentally Engineered Home and Landscape”, co-sponsored with The Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, the Arnold Arboretum and the New England Wild Flower Society.

    The Renaissance ideal of the harmony of art and technology drives the design of systems for Marie’s new teaching site and landscape laboratory “Beaver Lodge.”  The objectives address environmental awareness, low energy consumption, the promotion of sustainability and innovative uses of plant material.  An ecological approach is outlined in the use of rain gardens, buffer zones, vegetated roof, and green architecture.  She will highlight the integrated process of building an energy efficient, sustainable house and seamlessly blending it into a responsibly managed landscape.  She questions how we can reduce energy consumption, conserve resources and intelligently choose healthy green materials.  Is the art and technology of our own Shangri-La within reach?

    Marie Stella, MA, MS, is a landscape historian and designer with Graduate Certificates in Landscape Design and Landscape Design History from Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Her firm, Kirin Farm Design specializes in environmental landscapes and in initiatives to foster the preservation of open space. She lectures frequently and leads local and foreign Garden History Tours. Marie teaches in the graduate program at The Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and currently is an adjunct faculty instructor in landscape design at The New York Botanical Garden, and Tower Hill Botanical Garden. Her ongoing design projects include a 3/4 acre environmental New York City Park, “El Jardin del Paraiso,” a Teaching Herb Garden at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Wellesley, MA (see below), and a master plan study for the new regional headquarters of the American Red Cross, Worcester, MA. She is a Gold Medal winner at the New England Flower Show, and has exhibited at The Urban Center, New York City, and the National Conference of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.

    This lecture is free to Garden Club of the Back Bay members, $15 for members of the New England Wild Flower Society, the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, and the Arnold Arboretum.  $18 general public admission.  For more information, log on to www.newfs.org.

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  • Wednesday, December 2, 4:00 – 6:00 pm – Designing an Ecological Home and Landscape

    Join Marie Stella and Aran Byrnes to explore the process of creating an ecological and sustainable home and landscape that features environmental awareness, reduced energy consumption, sustainability, and innovative uses of plant material.
    Marie and Aran will introduce us to Beaver Lodge, Marie’s LEED platinum certified home and teaching facility, and invite us to explore the process of building an energy efficient, sustainable home and integrating it with a responsibly managed landscape.
    They will highlight the ecological elements of Beaver Lodge such as rain gardens, buffer zones, a vegetated roof, and green architecture. This presentation will motivate and encourage us to blend landscape, art, and technology for a more sustainable future.  Sponsored by the Ecological Landscaping Association, www.ecolandscaping.org, the program will take place in Nordic Hall (below) at the Scandinavian Living Center, 206 Waltham Street, West Newton, Massachusetts.  Cost is $20 for ELA Members, $25 for non-members.

    Use This Link to Register Online Now

    Walk-ins Also Welcome!

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  • Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 pm – Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape

    The Maynard Community Gardeners host noted landscape historian and designer Marie Stella for a discussion on Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape.

    Ms. Stella teaches in the Graduate program at The Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and currently is an adjunct faculty instructor in landscape design at The New York Botanical Garden, and Tower Hill Botanical Garden. She also lectures frequently and leads local and foreign Garden History Tours.  She will be speaking to The Garden Club of the Back Bay in March, in a program co-sponsored by The Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture and the New England Wildflower Society, but this lecture will be on a different topic, so attending on November 17 will not be repetitive.

    Her design firm, Kirin Farm Enterprises specializes in environmental landscapes and in initiatives to foster the preservation of open space.

    Her latest design project is a Platinum certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) home and sustainable landscape.

    This lecture is free and open to the public.  For more information, log on to www.maynardgardeners.org, or email info@maynardgardners.org.

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  • Sunday, October 25, 1 – 2 pm – The Native Plant Center: It’s Easy Being Green

    Learn about the energy saving and other ‘green’ technologies used in the design and construction of the New England Wild Flower Society’s new Native Plant Center at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Sunday, October 25, beginning at 1 pm.  This walking tour of the new facility with Ron Wik addresses all ‘green’ attributes of the building, such as roof and wall insulation, use of local materials, radiant heating and other energy saving technologies. Find out how the Society is working towards LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification at the gold level for our newest, greenest structure. LEED Certification involves meeting a demanding suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction, and Garden Club of the Back Bay members will hear more about this at our March meeting with Marie Stella.  The program is free, but registration is required.  Call 508-877-7630, or log on to www.newfs.org.

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