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Tag: Native Plant Trust

  • Tuesdays, September 10, September 27, and October 4, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Cultivating Your Plant Communities, Online

    Your backyard has a unique plant community based on the ecology and geology of the area.

    In this three-part Native Plant Trust workshop to be held online, learn to identify appropriate native plants and groupings for your site and create a personalized plant palette and design that is beautiful and enhances biodiversity. Leave the workshop inspired to integrate science and art in your garden. Tickets: $135 Members  –  $162 Non-Members. Sessions will be held from 6-9 on September 10, 27m and October 4. Staci Jasin, Landscape Designer, will instruct.

    All ticketing done through Native Plant Trust.


  • Saturdays, September 17 & 24, 10:00 am -12:00 pm – Garden Design for Child Development, Online

    Whether in a home setting or a schoolyard habitat, children’s gardens require not only an understanding of basic landscape design but also special consideration of the development of children for their safety, engagement, and socialization. In this two session class taught by Staci Jasin, you will learn how to design a children’s garden that appeals to all five senses, evokes playfulness and learning, and instills a love of nature that will grow into stewardship and environmental sensitivity. Classes will take place virtually on September 17 & 24 frin 10 – noon. $60 for members, $72 for nonmembers. You may register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/garden-design-child-development/

  • Saturday, September 17, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Botany of the New Hampshire Coastline

    Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located along the eastern shore of New Hampshire’s Great Bay in the town of Newington. The refuge protects more than 1,000 acres along the seacoast for migratory birds and other wildlife. One of the longest stretches of undeveloped shoreline along the bay, it consists of mud flats, salt- and freshwater marshes, swamps, ponds, streams, woodlands, and fields. Join Native Plant Trust’s Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi on September 17 from 10 – 12:30 pm as we explore this diverse refuge and learn about its dynamic flora. $38 for NPT members, $45 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/botany-new-hampshire-coastline/

    A tidal creek flows through a salt marsh into Great Bay in Newmarket, New Hampshire. The Nature Conservancy’s Lubberland Creek Preserve. CopyrightJerry and Marcy Monkman EcoPhotography.com

  • Tuesday, September 13, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Gardening for the Birds, Online

    Go beyond conventional bird feeders—use native plants to turn your backyard into a diverse, year-round avian habitat! Learn what the birds of New England actually need from us and become part of the new, natural approach, using planting aesthetics that embrace the ecological value of native species, variety, and untidiness. This Native Plant Trust virtual live program on September 13 at 1 pm addresses fruit-bearing shrubs, pollinators, and birds’ feeding and nesting preferences. Chris Leahy is the lecturer and the cost is $12 for members of NPT, $15 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/gardening-birds/

  • Saturday, September 10, and Sunday, September 11, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – Asters and Goldenrods

    Asters (Asteraceae) and goldenrods (Solidago) are autumn showstoppers, but they can be a large and complex group to identify. Through a visual presentation, herbarium specimens, and field application, you will learn several species of asters and goldenrods, their habitats, and how to use identification keys to distinguish between visually similar species by subtle characteristics. The two day Native Plant Trust class on September 10 and September 11 (10:30 – 2:30 ) will take place at Garden in the Woods and at a field site. Taught by Ted Elliman, the fee is $120 for NPT members, $144 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/asters-and-goldenrods/

  • Thursday, September 8, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Lessons From Plants, Online

    Join Dr. Beronda Montgomery and the Native Plant Trust on September 8 at 6 pm Eastern for an engaging virtual discussion about her recent, acclaimed book, Lesson from Plants. Lessons from Plants enters into the depth of botanic experience and shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms, to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on perception and awareness? Montgomery’s meditative study puts before us a question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do? $15 for Native Plant Trust members, $18 for nonmembers.

  • Tuesday, July 26, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Native Plant Guides, Online

    Picking out your plants should be fun and creative, not daunting or complicated. In this live virtual webinar, we will learn how to create a native plant palette with trees and groundcovers. Using sample plant lists for various conditions, you will receive step-by-step guidance to inspire you with ideas for Fall 2022 planting. $12 for NPT members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/native-plant-guides/

  • Wednesdays, July 13 – 27, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – Field Identification Techniques

    Equip yourself with the skills and confidence you need to identify native plants in the field. Learn how to use field guides and professional keys, observe floral structures, recognize reliable family characteristics, and become familiar with botanical Latin. This three session course on Wednesdays, July 13 – 27 from 10:30 – 2:30, is designed for students who have taken the Native Plant Trust’s Wildflowers of New England course or have some previous experience identifying wildflowers. Bring a hand lens and a bag lunch. The class takes place at Garden in the Woods in Framingham. $216 for NPT members, $264 for nonmembers. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org

     

     

  • Sunday, July 10, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary

    Explore a five-acre stand of great laurel (Rhododendron maximum), the largest and northernmost stand known in the region, owned by Native Plant Trust. We will discover a multitude of other native plant gems on the rest of the 30-acre property, from yellow blue-bead lily (Clintonia borealis) to painted trillium (Trillium undulatum), hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), and northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). The Native Plant Trust tour will be held July 10 from 10 – 12:30 at the Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary in Springvale, Maine, and is led by Heather McCargo. $38 for NPT members, $45 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/harvey-butler-rhododendron-sanctuary/ The Sanctuary is about an hour and 45 minutes from Boston up Route 95.

  • Wednesdays, June 15 & 22, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Online) and Saturday, June 25, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Off Site Field Study) – New England Plant Communities

    Join Lori Benoit for an exploration of native New England plant communities. Two Native Plant Trust Wednesday online lectures will cover many of the forest, meadow and wetland habitats found in New England, discussing their physical and ecological features— topography, geology, soils and moisture— as well as their characteristic plant associations, including both common and rare plants. The Saturday field trip will take us to a variety of forested, open and wetland habitats, and we will take a close look at the flora and features of each of them. This class is an expanded version of a course given last year with Ted Elliman and Berkshire Botanical Garden. You will also see the impacts of invasive species and possible changes to natural communities in response to climate change. For the Saturday field study, please dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes (we will be walking nearly the entire day) and bring a bag lunch. Masks are recommended. BBG members $216, nonmembers $264. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/new-england-plant-communities-2/