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  • Tuesday, August 16, 12:00 – 1:00 pm Eastern – The Art of Bonsai Explained, Online

    In this Missouri Botanical Garden virtual presentation on August 16 at noon Eastern time, Jesse Gilbertson from the Bonsai Society of Greater Saint Louis will discuss the traditional Japanese art of Bonsai and how it is evolving in the modern world. Closely associated with Japanese Garden aesthetics, today many people are bringing miniature trees into their own small gardens and city yards to enjoy and engage with nature during a time when we are spending more time at home.

    Join Jesse to learn about the basics of bonsai aesthetics, plant care, and how this 2000 year old artform has evolved to become practiced all over the globe.  

    FREE for MBG members; registration required.  Click here to register and to learn more about becoming a member of MBG.

  • Tuesday, July 12, 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Eastern – Birds in Your Own Backyard, Online

    Join Bryan Prather of Wild Birds Unlimited in Warson Woods for a virtual presentation on the birds living in Missouri’s backyards and how to co-exist with them and provide sustainability for years to come. This event is sponsored by the Missouri Botanical Garden.


    Bryan will speak about the elements of creating a yard to encourage the entire family to enjoy the birds while helping create a sustainable environment for them. Bryan will elaborate on the work of Doug Tallamy and the National Wildlife Federation with a discussion on just how impactful one corner of your yard. Small changes like introducing native plants, providing a water source and place to nest, and offering quality bird food to supplement birds’ natural diets can bring a wide variety of regional and migrating birds to a backyard refuge.


    Bryan will introduce a few Missouri birds, including American Robins, Carolina Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, the Tufted Titmouse, and the Missouri state bird, the Eastern Bluebird. Learn more about the correlation between native plants and native birds and how one cannot exist without the other.   Registrants will receive a Wild Birds Unlimited Warson Woods coupon, valid July 12-16.

    FREE for MBG members; registration required. To become a member, or for more information, call (314) 577-5118. 

    Click here to register.

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  • Tuesday, July 27, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Grafting the Grape: Choctaw Foodways, Online

    Missouri Botanical Garden sponsors a free presentation and discussion on July 27 at 2 pm Eastern on Choctaw foodways with Choctaw Nation Tribal Preservation Officer Dr. Ian Thompson on the use of grapes and other plants and animals in the Choctaw Nation, from pre-contact to the present. Dr. Thompson will also present on the indigenous knowledge and land management principles. Preregistration is required. ASL interpretation and live captioning provided for each program, and presentations will be recorded for later viewing on the MOBOT’s YouTube channel. A Zoom link will be sent in your confirmation. Register at www.missouribotanicalgarden.org

  • Tuesday, July 14, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (Eastern Time) – Understanding 3Rs: Recycling 101 Online

    Webinars are now allowing us to access lectures from all over the United States, and the Missouri Botanical Garden is offering a talk with Maggie McCoy on July 14 from 5:30 – 7 Eastern (6:30 – 8 Central, where they are) on Understanding 3Rs: Recycling, 101.

    It’s often hard to figure out what can be recycled and what has to be thrown away, and even harder to explain it to skeptical friends and family. Are bottle caps okay? What about plastic bags? Does it even get recycled anyway? In this class, you will learn firsthand what actually can be recycled, where recyclables go, and what has to be tossed to the landfill. We’ll discuss the importance of recycling, the value of products, the process it takes for things to get sorted and recycled, and tips and tricks for you to get friends and family member to embrace recycling in their lives. Leave class feeling knowledgeable and empowered to become a community recycling ambassador. The Zoom link and handout will be sent the day before after registration has ended. $10 for members of SLBG, $12 for nonmembers. Register at www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.

  • Saturday, February 29, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – The Perennial Plant Palette

    With so many plants to choose from, how can one be sure of creating successful perennial garden designs? Analyze the site, pick the right plants for that habitat and create winning combinations based on growth habit, foliage, and flowers. Need some help? Join perennial plant expert Robert Herman on Saturday, February 29 at Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge at 2 pm as he provides inspiration through examples of wonderful combinations for every type of gardening situation. BBG members $25, nonmembers $35. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/perennial-plant-palette-combinations-every-garden

    Robert Herman has over 25 years of experience as a professional horticulturist, almost 7 of which were spent in Europe as “Meister” for the Countess von Zeppelin Nursery in Germany. He served in the horticulture and education departments at the Missouri Botanical Garden; at White Flower Farm he was Director of Horticulture. From 1999-2007, he lead his own international consulting business, Uncommon Plants, specializing in perennials for gardens and green roofs.

  • Saturday, February 16, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – The Genus Geranium: Hardy Cranesbills for Every Garden

    Not to be confused with the tender Pelargonium species, the hardy Cranesbills are a diverse group of plants in habitat, foliage and flower suited to practically every gardening situation. The medley of Cranesbills offers up a profusion of blooms in early summer while the fascinating foliage patterns, markings and fall color can provide three-season interest. As manager of the Countess von Zeppelin Nursery in Germany and Director of Horticulture at White Flower Farm, Robert Herman cultivated over 30 species and cultivars of the genus Geranium. He will share his knowledge and provide advice on selecting and raising some of the best plants for New England gardens, on February 16 from 2 – 4 at Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge.

    Robert Herman has over 25 years of experience as a professional horticulturist, almost 7 of which were spent in Europe as “Meister” for the Countess von Zeppelin Nursery in Germany. He served in the horticulture and education departments at the Missouri Botanical Garden; at White Flower Farm he was Director of Horticulture. From 1999-2007, he lead his own international consulting business, Uncommon Plants, specializing in perennials for gardens and green roofs.

    Advance registration is highly recommended, but walk-ins are always welcome, space permitting. BBG members $25, nonmembers $35. Register online at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/genus-geranium-hardy-cranesbills-every-garden

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  • Friday, September 14 – Sunday, September 16 – Vascular Plants of the Americas: A Searchable Database

    On September 14 – September 16, at the September meeting of the New England Botanical Club, Dr. Carmen Ulloa, Missouri Botanical Garden, will present Vascular Plants of the Americas: A Searchable Database, that includes 124,993 species. This will be a joint meeting with the Botanical Club of Cape Cod and the Islands (BCCCI) to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution meeting space has been reserved, and field trip planning with BCCCI is underway. For updated information visit http://rhodora.org.

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  • Wednesday, June 28 – Sunday, July 2 – 70th Annual International Lily Show & Symposium

    The North American Lily Society will hold the 70th Annual International Lily Show & Symposium beginning Wednesday, June 28 at noon and running through Sunday, July 2 at 3 pm at the Sheraton Westport Chalet in St. Louis, Missouri.  Featured events will include Dr. Wilbert Ronald on A Passion for Lilies, a Judges symposium with Kathy Anderson and Warren Summers, a Species Lily Preservation meeting, a tour of Bellefontaine Cemetery, Jan Riggenbach’s lecture Landscaping with Lilies: Complementary Companions, Judith Freeman on Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed … Something Blue?, a tour of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the keynote address by Dr. Peter Zale on Lily Species Around the World and in Cultivation.  There will be auctions, pollen swaps, demonstrations, and much more.  For Registration and complete information visit http://nals2017.lilies.org/events.html#wed

  • Tuesday, November 8, 10:00 am – Boston Committee Annual Meeting and Luncheon

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay is an affiliate member of the Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America, which has its Annual Meeting in the fall each year.  This year on Tuesday, November 8 (yes, election day), John R. Clark, President and Executive Director of the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) in San Diego, California  will speak.  Registration and coffee begin at 10:00 am at The Country Club, 191 Clyde Street in Brookline.  A short business meeting will follow at 10:30 followed by the lecture at 11.  Luncheon will follow.

    Dr. John Clark is a distinguished scientist with the CPC. In 2015, CPC moved its headquarters to San Diego in order to formally partner with the San Diego Zoo Global.  Together, these two world class organizations are working to “preserve the imperiled plants and animals of the world.”

    CPC is a non-profit association of 40 botanical gardens, arboreta, and other groups that work collaboratively on sustainability and restoration of native ecosystems, habitat monitoring and management, plant-animal interactions, and recovery programs for endangered species.  In addition, their global management models and seed bank initiatives include 800 of the nation’s endangered plant species.

    CPC originated by Harvard University scientists at the Arnold Arboretum and was formerly based at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Dr. Clark will speak on CPC’s model programs and collaborations with a particular emphasis on Sustainable Ecosystems to Protect Endangered Plants and Animals.  The event is open to all members of the member clubs of the Boston Committee and their guests. Please email info@bostoncommittee.org for more information.  Garden Club of the Back Bay members will receive a car pool notice.

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  • Monday, March 23, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – China, Biodiversity, and the Global Environment

    China boasts not only the largest percentage of the world’s population (19%) but also one of the Earth’s richest, most diverse floras. Yet its economic rise as an industrial nation and its population density, with the associated environmental degradation, put this biodiversity at risk. Add in climate change and it is a recipe for disaster. Professor Peter Raven, a leading botanist, advocate for the conservation of biodiversity, and one of the co-editors of The Flora of China, a joint Chinese-American census of all the plants of China, is uniquely qualified to assess the consequences of over-population, industrial pollution, economic inequalities, and natural resource exploitation in China—consequences not limited to that country but affecting the entire global environment. In this Director’s Lecture Series talk on Monday, March 23, from 7 – 8:30 at the Arnold Arboretum, he will consider what it means for humanity to lose thousands of species to extinction, many before they are known or described by scientists. He’ll present his thoughts on reversing environmental degradation in China and around the globe and what is required to move all people toward an ethic of conservation and securing sustainability. Free, but registration required at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=1.