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Tag: Native Shrubs

  • Friday, May 2, 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Eastern – Native Shrubs: The Unsung Heroes of Ecological Landscapes, Online

    Native shrubs don’t get nearly enough attention. They offer immense ecological value, amazing fall colors, tasty berries and nuts, hosts for rare caterpillars, fantastic flowers, and make great additions to ecologically minded landscapes. Join Dan Wilder, Ecological Landscape Alliance board member and Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation for this May 2 online lecture that aims to encourage you to pay more attention to the ecological value of shrubs.

    FREE for members $10 for non-members

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    Dan Jaffe Wilder is an ecologist, horticulturist, and botanist with over fifteen years’ experience working with native plants and their associated ecology. His work has ranged from classrooms to nurseries to botanical gardens to wildlife refuges specializing in native plant ecology, propagation, wildlife habitat construction, and native edible landscapes. Dan is currently the Director of Applied Ecology for the Norcross Wildlife Foundation whose mission is to protect, enhance, and expand wildlife through conservation, education, and support. A prolific photographer and author Dan’s book Native Plants for New England Gardens was released in 2018.

  • Wednesday, November 4, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Native Shrubs: Colorful Throughout the Year Webinar

    Shrubs are an important part of the New England landscape. Learn about a variety of native shrubs and where they will thrive that provide nice fall color, interesting fruits, or unusual growth habits. Most of these shrubs are also important landscape components for our migratory songbirds and other wildlife. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden program will be held virtually. Once you register you will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation. This November 4 webinar from 6:30 – 7:30 will also be RECORDED and available for 2 months to all registrants. $10 for Tower Hill members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

    Leslie Duthie, the instructor, is the horticulturist/plant propagator at Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Wales, Massachusetts, where she gardens for wildlife and habitat types. She has 40 years of experience in native plant gardens.

  • Thursdays, September 8 – 22, 6:30 pm – 8:45 pm, and Saturdays, September 10 – 17, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm – Native New England Shrubs

    Shrubs vary widely in size, shape, color, bark, flower, and fruit. This New England Wild Flower society five session course will introduce you to almost 50 species of native New England shrubs, emphasizing plant identification, family characteristics, and historical plant uses. Classes, taught by Roland “Boot” Boutwell, will take place at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road in Framingham, on Thursday evenings, September 8, 15, and 22, from 6:30 – 8:45, and on two Saturdays, September 10 and 17, from 9 – 1:30. Bring a hand lens. Weekend sessions are held in off-site locations; directions will be provided during the first class. $200 for NEWFS members, $250 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.newfs.org.  Imageof fothergilla from http://www.gardenia.net.

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  • Thursday, November 5, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Native Shrubs for Challenging Sites

    Jessica Lubell-Brand, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Connecticut, will speak at the Arnold Arboretum on Thursday, November 5 beginning at 7 pm on Native Shrubs for Challenging Sites.

    Native plants are popular for creating sustainable landscapes. Natives are also a desirable solution to the invasive plant problem, but they must be able to perform well in difficult landscape situations, like foundation plantings, and dry, shaded locations.

    Jessica will touch on readily available native shrubs, which can handle tough conditions as well as lesser-known native shrub taxa, suitable for challenging sites. $10. For more information call 617-384-5277, or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu.

  • Tuesday, June 4, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Native Shrub Heroes

    The New England Wild Flower Society and the Ecological Landscaping Association will co-sponsor Robin Wilkerson, Landscape Designer, in a lecture entitled Native Shrub Heroes on Tuesday, June 4, from 10 – 1 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.  Learn about plants that offer color and form to our landscapes, but also provide nourishment and habitat for birds, mammals, and insects.  Find out which shrubs can replace any non-native invasive shrubs lingering in a back corner of your garden – burning bush, anyone?  Discover the reasons for going native in your plant selection, as Robin introduces you to a choice collection of beautiful and well-behaved indigenous plant.  Following the lecture and slide program, walk the Garden to see these shrubs in their early summer glory.  $40 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $48 for nonmembers.  Register on line at https://www.eventville.com/catalog/eventregistration1.asp?eventid=1010242.

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  • Wednesday, February 13, 6:30 pm – Native Trees and Shrubs

    Guest Speaker Betty Sanders from the Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association will present Native Trees and Shrubs on Wednesday, February 13 beginning at 6:30 pm at the Millis Veterans Memorial Building, 900 Main Street, Room 130, Millis, Massachusetts. This free program is sponsored by the Millis Garden Club.

    “Native Trees and Shrubs will be more than a listing of those plants and the qualities that make them a desirable part of any garden,” said Ms. Sanders. “I will begin the Program with a thoughtful discussion of what qualifies as a native plant and why natives are a vital part of any landscape. I’ll wrap up by highlighting some of my favorites, what makes them special and why they belong in your garden.” For more information visit www.millisgardenclub.org.

  • Saturday, June 18, 1:00 pm – Native Shrubs Walking Tour

    Native shrubs add seasonal interest when used as specimen plantings, in mixed borders, as hedges or as hardscape accents for landscapes. Join Jim Gorman at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge on Saturday, June 18 at 1 pm for a walk focused on their impressive collection and take home a few planting ideas. Fee: $5 members; $10 non-members. For more information, telephone 617-607-1952.  Photo below by Curtis Adams.

  • Saturday, October 3, 9:30 – 12 noon – Autumn Beauties: Habitat Gardens in Acton

    Fall can be one of the most beautiful seasons in the garden. On Saturday, October 3, from 9:30 – noon, Dori Smith, landscape designer of Gardens for Life in Acton, leads this tour of several gardens designed primarily with native plants to please birds and butterflies, as well as her clients. Native shrubs such as fothergilla and cranberry viburnum glow with autumn color. Winterberries are ripening, and twigs of dogwood are turning crimson. Many of the fall flowers are still blooming. The designer shows you “before” photos of these landscapes, as well as photos taken in different seasons. She discusses the unique challenges, goals and methods of each project. Learn ways to use stone and water to enhance the effects of the plantings. You are welcome to tour the Acton Arboretum  before or after the garden tour. The tour is sponsored by The New England Wild Flower Society, and costs $25 if a NEWFS member, and $30 if a nonmember.  Limited to 20 participants.  To register, log on to www.newfs.org, or call 508-877-7630.

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