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Tag: Millennium Park

  • Sunday, February 2, 8:00 am – 10:00 am – Winter Bird Walk in Millennium Park

    Join the Massachusetts Audubon Society on Sunday, February 2 at 8 am to observe resident birds and winter visitors in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite stomping ground for many bird species. A BNC naturalist will help us find and identify birds through field marks, sounds, and behaviors. Birders of all levels will enjoy these guided walks; beginning birders are encouraged to come! Most trails are flat and easy to walk, there are some that have an incline. This is a free event. Register at https://www.massaudubon.org/programs/boston-nature-center/94433-winter-bird-walk-at-millennium-park

  • Tuesday, May 17 – Saturday, May 21 – AHS President’s Council Trip to Chicago

    The year the annual American Horticultural Society President’s Council Trip destination is the greater Chicago area from May 17 – 21.  Participants will explore world famous parks and gardens, and stay at the historic Drake Hotel overlooking Lake Michigan.  The trip includes visits to notable private gardens in the area, as well as many of the city’s renowned public gardens including the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park, Chicago Botanic Garden, The Morton Arboretum, and Garfield Park Conservatory.  A special guided tour of the Ball Horticultural Company’s laboratories and trial and demonstration gardens also has been arranged.  To obtain a trip itinerary and learn how to join the President’s Council, email development@ahs.org, or visit www.ahs.org/ways-to-give/presidents-council.

  • Tuesday, June 23 – Sunday, June 28 – Gardens of Greater Chicago

    Join Pat Wipf and the Pacific Horticulture Society June 23 – 28 for a tour of top public and private gardens of the Windy City and surrounding towns and hamlets.  Check in to the Embassy Suites near the Magnificent Mile and have dinner at Rick Bayless’s Frontera Grill.  The next day you’ll visit Rick Bayless’s garden with Bill Shores (pictured below,) a completely organic garden serving as a model for urban food production.  Enjoy an architectural river cruise, a tour of a unique Bucktown garden designed by Julie Siegel, the Lily Pond at Lincoln Park, Millennium Park, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and a number of private gardens in Chicago and Evanston. Read details and get pricing information at http://www.sterlingtoursltd.com/Chicago2015.html. 

  • Sundays, January 26 – March 23, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Photography Workshops

    Individuals of all ages and skill levels are welcome to participate in these free and informal photography sessions presented as part of the ParkARTS program sponsored by Bank of America and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Participants will learn techniques for taking impressive photographs of Boston’s scenic parks as well as be given a theme to focus on each Sunday. The programs will take place Sundays from 11 – 12, at the locations below. Please note there is no session on March 16. Photo below from www.ultimate-photo-tips.com. For more information please call 617-961-3051 or email lauren.patrick@boston.gov. 
    January 26 -  Jamaica Pond Boathouse, Jamaica Plain

    February 9 -  Christopher Columbus Statue, Christopher
    Columbus Park, North End

    February 23  – Grampian Way Basketball Court, Savin Hill Park,  Dorchester

    March 9  – Millennium Park, Canoe Launch, West Roxbury

    March 23  – Lagoon Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston

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  • Saturday, November 23, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – City of Boston’s Household Hazardous Waste Recycling

    Drop off your hazardous waste on Saturday, November 23, from 9 – 2 at the West Roxbury Public Works Yard, 315 Gardner Street in West Roxbury at Millennium Park. No latex or acrylic paints, please. For Boston residents only, no commercial waste accepted, and proof of residency required. For more information please call the Mayor’s hotline at 617-635-4500, or visit www.cityofboston.gov/recycle. Thank you www.apartmenttherapy.com for yet another great photo.

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  • Thursday, September 27 – Sunday, September 30 – The Garden Conservancy Preservation Weekend 2012

    SAVE THE DATE for the next Garden Conservancy Preservation Weekend conference for September 27 – 30, 2012, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois.

    Preservation Weekend 2012 is devoted to professional development. It will consist of workshops and presentations by public garden professionals, Garden Conservancy staff, and volunteers and staff from gardens with which the Garden Conservancy is working. There will also be tours of some local gardens, including the Chicago Botanic Garden and Millennium Park. Pearl Fryar will give the keynote address. Since the early 1980s, Pearl Fryar has been creating fantastic topiary at his garden in Bishopville, South Carolina. Living sculptures, Pearl’s topiary are astounding feats of artistry and horticulture. Many of the plants in Pearl’s garden were rescued from the compost pile at local nurseries. With Pearl’s patience and skilled hands, these “throw aways” have thrived and have been transformed into wonderful abstract shapes. Pearl Fryar and his garden are now internationally recognized and have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, television shows, and even a documentary, A Man Named Pearl. Today, the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden draws visitors from around the globe.

    As in the previous Garden Conservancy Preservation Weekends, the Conservancy hopes to have representatives from each of its project gardens as well as other gardens and organizations dedicated to garden preservation across the country.  For more information, visit www.gardenconservancy.org, or email info@gardenconservancy.org and ask to be put on the mailing list when registration material is prepared.

  • Wednesday, June 16 – Sunday, June 20 – Gardens and Innovation: Chicagoland and Rockford

    Sign up for the next American Horticultural Society Travel Study Program June 16 – 20, 2010, with AHS Host Katy Moss Warner.  Chicago was incorporated with the Latin words Urbs in Horto, meaning a “city in a garden,” a motto that has long inspired the people who live here.  This tour will highlight the innovative gardens that have contributed to the greening of chicago and influenced the horticultural heritage that distinguishes the surrounding communities.  Katy Moss Warner, president emeritus of the American Horticultural Society and a city judge for America in Bloom, invites you to join her on this excursion.

    To experience the breadth of what Chicago has to offer, you will be staying downtown at the Raffaello Hotel, a four-star boutique hotel just steps away from Michigan Avenue in the heart of the Gold Coast.  You will see gardens that are in the heart of Chicago as well as the gardens in the surrounding area.  These range from modern gardens such as the Lurie Gardens in Chicago’s Millennium Park (below), to the world renowned Chicago Botanic Garden and Garfield Park Conservatory, which stems from the city’s early horticultural initiatives.  The tour will also take you to Rockford, Illinois, an award winning city of flowers and gardens that the residents have taken great pride in creating.  You will see private gardens and gain insight into Ball Horticultural Company’s international influence on ornamental horticulture.  Along the way you will feast on local cuisine (lunch, for instance, at Rick Bayless’s Frontera Grill, with a tour of Bayless’ organic garden)  and learn about the history of a city that has been a fountain of innovation.  Complete details are available at www.ahs.org.

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