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  • Saturday, September 17, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Redbrook Harvestfest

    Join Massachusetts Audubon Society at the Redbrook Harvestfest being held on September 17th from 10 – 2, sponsored by Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. The annual event is held in partnership with the the A.D. Makepeace Company, the Redbrook Community in Plymouth and Old Colony YMCA and features live cranberry harvesting, wagon rides, music, food, vendors, children’s activities, and site tours. We’ll have a table and will be leading guided walks and hosting crafts for kids of all ages – stop on by!
    Directions to Redbrook for GPS: 237 Wareham Road, Plymouth, MA 02360; free, and registration not required. For more information visit www.massaudubon.org.

  • Saturday, September 24, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Moon Over Drumlin 2016

    Drumlin Farm’s Annual Farm-to-Table Gala will take place Saturday, September 24 from 6:30 – 9:30 at the Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Support Drumlin Farm’s leadership in nature-based education and programming for children and adults of all ages and abilities. Drumlin Farm’s Partner Chefs will serve delicious tastings using the farm’s freshest, seasonal ingredients. Exciting raffle and live auction led by returning auctioneer John Terrio. Moon Partner Chefs are committed to supporting sustainable agriculture and local sourcing. This year the roster includes:

    Chef Anthony Mazzotta, Artistry on the Green at the Inn at Hastings Park, Lexington
    Chef David Drew, Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge
    Chefs Carl Dooley and Robert Harris, The Table, Cambridge
    Chef Heather Schmidt, Union Square Donuts, Somerville
    Chef Carolyn Johnson, 80 Thoreau, Concord

    Also featuring Counter Culture Coffee at our dessert bar. Tickets are $175 and may be purchased at www.massaudubon.org.

  • Saturday, August 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Boston Area Beekeepers Association Open Hives

    Drop in at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan Saturday morning August 27 (from 10 – noon) and learn all about honey bees from the Boston area beekeepers. The Massachusetts Audubon Society, Boston Nature Center, and the Boston Area Beekeepers Association will host an apiary on the sanctuary, and the beekeepers will “bee” more than happy to help you explore all aspects of bee life. Learn how they make honey, how they survive the winter, and much more! Free. Registration is required. Register online at www.massaudubon.org or call 617-983-8500 to register by phone.

  • Saturday, June 4, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Wildflower Walk

    Whether you are new to native wildflowers or a long-time enthusiast, there is no better way to learn about regional flora than in the field. In this New England Wild Flower Society program, co-sponsored by Mass Audubon’s South Shore Sanctuaries, participants will learn to identify native flora in a variety of habitats. The walk will take place Saturday, June 4 beginning at 10 am in Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield, and will be led by Ted Elliman. Members of sponsor organizations $15, nonmembers $20. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/wildflower-walk

  • Garden Club of the Back Bay Announces 2016 Grants

    At the Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of the Back Bay held at the College Club on May 16, the membership voted to award the following grants to a group of worthy recipients whose projects fulfill our mission to protect, beautify and educate.  In addition, we again commit $20,000 for tree care in our neighborhood.

    Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee – $5,000 for its tree care program, Dutch elm disease monitoring, and soil improvement.

    Friends of the Public Garden – $5,000 for inoculation of certain mature  elm street trees not located on the Mall, planted beyond Massachusetts Avenue.

    The Esplanade Association – $4,000 allocated to tree pruning.

    Boston Nature Center/Mass Audubon – $3,500 to support scholarships for BNC’s summer camp program for children ages 5 – 14, from local neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy – $2,500 to the Olmsted Tree Society for planting a pathway tree.

    The Food Project – $2,000 for its Build A Garden Program, building raised bed gardens for neighborhood residents and community centers in and around Dorchester.

    Charles River Clean Up Boat – $2,000 for continued operational expenses.

    Friends of Copley Square – $1,500 for treating trees for root stress, with fertilizer and fungicide.

    The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America, Inc. – $500 to the Blossom Fund in support of the 9.2 mile Fairmount Indigo Corridor Planting Project.

    Please click on to the links above, where available, to read more about these organizations and specifically the projects which we are helping to fund.  The Garden Club thanks all our supporters who, through donations and patronage of our fund raising efforts, allow us to share our money and expertise in a substantial way.

  • Wednesday, January 13, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm – Large-Scale Landscapes Symposium

    On January 13, 2016 (Snow Date January 14), join ELA and Wellesley College for a symposium on the development and maintenance of large-scale landscapes that utilize fewer inputs, are designed and maintained with the environment in mind, and become more sustainable over time. Experts who work daily in successful, sustainable large-scale landscapes will lead four presentations and one panel discussion. If you are a landscape professional responsible for planning and maintaining the landscapes of college campuses, municipal parks, cemeteries, public gardens, land trusts, private estates, or other large landscapes, join ELA as we explore ecological options for large-scale landscapes with a distinguished lineup of presenters. Included in the program are Ronnit Bendavid-Val of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Addressing Wear and Tear in High Use Areas, a panel discussion on Maintaining the Maturing Landscape with Mark Richardson, Horticulture Director of the New England Wild Flower Society, Ray Oladapo-Johnson, Director of Park Operations at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Sue Pfeiffer, an arborist at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and John Olmstead, Wellesley College Landscape Manager. Also featured is a talk on Designing Rain Gardens for Long-lasting Success with Clay Larsen, Healthier and Lower-Cost Lawns with Chip Osborne, and Reawakening Large Landscapes: Activating the Space with Sandy Vorce of Audubon’s Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary. Fees $85 – $110. For complete information and registration visit http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/large-scale-landscapes-symposium/

  • Thursday, June 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Beaver: Building Habitat, Improving Eco-Systems

    Beaver are unique among mammals in that they alter their habitat to meet their needs by damming streams to form ponds. This behavior actually benefits other species (including people), as well. By building dams and flooding woodland swamps, beaver play an important part in the restoration of lost wetlands, providing habitat and food for a wide variety of plants and animals. Over 50 percent of our wetlands have disappeared since European settlement in North America. Beaver build their dams in order to create deep ponds that won’t freeze at the bottom in winter. Because of the flooding beaver create, trees often die off, providing nesting sites for great blue herons, wood ducks, tree swallows, and other birds. These new ponds become homes to amphibians, turtles, fish, otters, muskrats, and other animals.

    Beaver-created wetlands also enhance human habitat by storing and slowly releasing floodwater, which controls downstream flooding. They improve water quality by removing or transforming excess nutrients, trapping silt, binding and removing toxic chemicals, and removing sediment. And finally, flooded areas can also recharge and maintain groundwater levels, and provide flow to streams even during droughts.

    Join conservationist Cindy Dunn at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Princeton, Massachusetts, on Thursday, June 25, from 10 – noon, for this unique walking tour of the 85 acre beaver pond to learn about the important ecological role that beaver play. Wachusett Meadow is one of the spectacular wildlife sanctuaries within Mass Audubon. This property consists of 1,200 acres accessed by 12 miles of trails. The sanctuary protects a diverse landscape of shrubland fields and meadows, forests, Wachusett Meadow’s Wildlife Pond, and beaver wetlands. Rain or shine event. $22 for ELA members, $32 for non-members. Register at http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/beaver-building-habitat-improving-eco-systems/#sthash.a7IC3Fga.dpuf

  • Tuesday, June 9, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Gardening for Pollinators

    Pollinators are all the buzz these days, but what are they and why are they so important? In this New England Wild Flower Society class on Tuesday, June 9, from 10 – 12:30, you will learn how essential pollinators are to the reproductive success of the world’s flowering plants, and take away easy tips for attracting and supporting pollinators to your own garden and yard. The class is given by Ellen Sousa at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, and the fee is $33 for NEWFS and Mass Audubon members, $40 for nonmembers, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/gardening-for-pollinators-1. Image from www.extension.org.

  • Friday, December 5, 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm – Chasing Ice and Birds in a Changing Climate

    The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem has announced a special event to take place Friday, December 5, from 7:15 – 9:15.  Attend a special screening of the award-winning film Chasing Ice by environmental photographer James Balog, a featured artist in the Museum’s Branching Out exhibition. His videos of Arctic glaciers reveal ancient mountains of ice disappearing at a breathtaking rate. Following the film, researcher and author Trevor Lloyd-Evans presents the effects of climate change on migratory birds. Chasing Ice, 2012, 75 minutes. Book signing follows. Co-sponsored by Mass Audubon and Essex County Ornithological Club. A brief business meeting of the E.C.O.C. is held 7-7:15 pm. Reservations not required.  For directions, visit www.pem.org.

  • Saturday, September 13, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Monarchs by Moonlight Gala

    Please join Massachusetts Audubon Society President Henry Tepper and Sanctuary Director Carol Decker on Saturday, September 13 from 6 – 9 for a special evening gala and auction to benefit educational programming at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, 87 Perkins Row in Topsfield.  Enjoy an intimate evening in the tent under the stars where you will dine on creative cuisine from Lantern Hill Catering of Topsfield, dance to live music with the Chuck Walker Trio, and participate in a very special silent and live auction run by auctioneer Aurelia Nelson of Northshore 104.9.  Tickets are $100, $250 (sponsor level,) and $1,000 for a reservation table for 8.  Contact Sue Ann Pearson at 978-887-9264 with questions, or buy tickets online at https://secure2.convio.net/mas/site/Ecommerce;jsessionid=A086657968391AA41C54D076E359AA3D.app271b?store_id=1961.