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  • Sunday, June 18 – Thursday, June 22 – International Master Gardener Conference

    Join Master Gardeners for the International Master Gardener Conference 2023. It’s going to be five fun days of gardening inspiration and education. Gather new ideas from international experts and hands-on classes. Visit acres of lush gardens and one of North America’s most complex and vanishing ecosystems. Make new friends, share experiences. Enjoy heartland hospitality June 18-22, 2023, when you come to Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of the Kansas City Metro area, to Celebrate, Educate and Grow with Extension Master Gardeners from around the world.

    Keynote speakers include Jim Richardson, an award-winning National Geographic photojournalist, Abra Lee, a Longwood Gardens Fellow and groundbreaking historian and author of Conquer the Soil, Chuck Rice, Nobel Peace Prize winner, researcher, professor, mentor, and gardener, Jessica Walliser, author of seven gardening books including Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden, and Scott Beuerlein, Botanical Garden Outreach Manager at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.

    For complete information and registration, visit https://imgc2023.com/

  • Saturday, April 14, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Northern Gardening Symposium

    The New England Wild Flower Society will sponsor the Northern Gardening Symposium on Saturday, April 14, from 9 – 2 at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center, Vermont, cosponsored by The Fells, Hardy Plant Club, Friends of the Hort Farm, and Master Gardeners. The morning session features landscape designer Judith Irven speaking on “A Sense of Place: Gardens that Celebrate the Natural Landscape.”  New England’s spectacular rural landscape — with its mountains, farms and canopied forest – can inspire gardens that echo this wider world. Landscape architect Ann Milovsoroff then presents “Gardens around the World,” an exploration of contemporary garden design trends gathered from public, private, and exhibition gardens around the world. See images that delight, entice and provide ideas for northern New England gardens. After lunch, there will be a presentation by nationally recognized taxonomist and botanist Arthur Haines on the reasons for and stories behind his newly published Flora Novae Angliae.  Fee is $40 for members of the sponsoring organizations, or $47 for non-members.  To register, visit www.newfs.org, or telephone 508-877-7630.

  • Saturdays, June 19 and June 26, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – Mass Hort Garden Volunteer Parties

    Saturday is a great day to come out to Elm Bank, 700 Washington Street, Wellesley, and help Mass Hort and the Master Gardeners get the gardens into shape. Staff members and Master Gardeners will be there working between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, and Saturday, June 26, and you will weed, mulch, and deadhead until everything looks perfect!

    Whether or not actual perfection is achieved, volunteers and staff will do what needs to be done to allow the gardens to shine. The bulk of the work will be in the Bressingham garden and we will also finish planting the Trial Garden. You’ll also have fun – pizza for lunch, homemade goodies for dessert, and a plant raffle or two for extra excitement! There will be lots of friendly people working side by side, so this is a great opportunity for new volunteers to “break the ice” and familiarize themselves with the gardens and get to know people.

    Please do come out on one or both Saturdays. Bring your favorite tools and sunscreen, and, if you like, a treat to share. If you have any questions or need more information, email Vivien Bouffard, Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteers@masshort.org. She’s planning to be there both days. You may also telephone (617) 933-4934.

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  • Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15, and Monday – Tuesday, January 19-20 – NOFA Course in Organic Land Care

    The 9th annual NOFA Course in Organic Land Care will be held January 13, 14, 15, 19 and 20, 2010 at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, 6 Plum Island Tpke., Newburyport, MA. (pictured below).  This 5-day intensive course trains and accredits professionals to practice organic land care (caring for land without the use of synthetic pesticides or soil amendments). It is recommended for landscapers, designers, municipal and parks employees, horticulturists, master gardeners and entrepreneurs.

    $550 Course Course fee includes a delicious, catered lunch daily

    • $150 Exam & Accreditation (optional)

    Exam & Accreditation may be paid during the course

    • NOFA Membership Discounts

    Visit www.organiclandcare.net for more information or call Kathy Litchfield at (413) 773-3830 or email: kathy@nofamass.org.

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  • Friday, November 27 – Friday, December 4 – Festival of Trees

    Beginning November 27 and continuing through December 4,  the Massachusetts Horticultural Society will hold its first Festival of Trees. Decorated Christmas trees of all sizes and styles will fill the Hunnewell Building. The trees, all “near real” will be decorated by a myriad of groups, societies and clubs. There will be a “Trustee’s Tree”, a “Volunteer Tree”, a “Master Gardeners” Tree, a “Garden Club” Tree, “Children’s Trees” and many, many more!  For further information, log on to www.masshort.org.

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  • Saturday, October 3 – Sunday, October 4 – Harvest Festival

    Enjoy the Harvest Festival at the Barnstable County Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 to 5:00, rain or shine.  There will be an Arts & Crafts Show, Barnyard Animals, 4-H Activities for children, Hay Rides, Pony Rides, a Master Gardeners Soil Testing Clinic, Garden Tours/The Crooked Path, food, and much more.  Adult Admission $5, Children under 10 free.  The event is sponsored by the Barnstable County Agricultural Society and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension.  For more information, call 508-563-3200, or log on to www.barnstablecountyfair.org/harvestfest/index.html.

  • Thursdays, September 10 – December 10, 9 – 3 – Master Gardener Training Program

    The Massachusetts Master Gardener Association is comprised of amateur and professional horticulturalists with a mission to promote horticultural knowledge to the public through volunteerism. MMGA Master Gardeners become trained and certified through an intensive training program held at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The course consists of thirteen classroom and lab modules, including soil science, botany, entomology, plant pathology, pruning and propagation. Courses are conducted by both academic and industry professionals.

    12 Thursdays • September 10— December 10 • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    (No class on November 26)

    Application deadline: Friday, August 1.

    If you would like to pursue acceptance into the fall 2009 Massachusetts Master Gardener Association Master Gardener Training class, please download your application and enclose it, along with a nonrefundable registration fee of $25. The tuition fee of $500 is due within two weeks of acceptance into the program.

    Apply today. The class fills quickly!

    Location: MHS Horticulture Center
    Contact: Michael Opton, 617-933-4963; mopton@masshort.org