Please join The Massachusetts Horticultural Society for an evening of cocktails and dinner and welcome keynote speaker William Cullina, Executive Director of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the 2013 George Robert White Medal of Honor Awardee.
The 114th Honorary Medals Dinner will take place Thursday, October 17, 2013 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Hunnewell Building Carriage House, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts. The keynote address is Gardening On the Edge of the Continent. Gardening in Coastal Maine has more than its share of challenges and opportunities. Close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean buffers the coast from the worst of winter cold and as importantly, summer’s heat. Still, winter is long and snow-cover unreliable. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is trying out many, many perennial species and cultivars for suitability and adaptability. In this talk, William Cullina will detail some of the Gardens’ triumphs, failures, and “too soon to tells” in an informative, humorous, and visually rich presentation about gardening on the edge of the Continent.
Other award winners include Mary Ann Streeter, Allandale Farm, Art Scarpa, the Garden Club of America, the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Katherine Tracey of Avant Gardens, and meteorologist David Epstein. Tickets are $125, and may be ordered online at www.masshort.org.
