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  • Tuesday, September 15, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Design a Native Mixed-Border Garden

    The Trustees of Reservations is sponsoring an illustrated lecture and workshop at Long Hill Horticultural Center in Beverly, Massachusetts on Tuesday, September 15, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.  You’ll learn how to artfully combine shrubs and small trees with a selection of perennial and annual herbaceous plants, and to create a border garden with four seasons of beauty.  Horticulturist and landscape designer Laura Eisner will illustrate basic design principles you can apply to planning and planting a mixed border of any size and shape.  Also covered will be a range of native North American plants that thrive in borders.  Along with plant attributes and drawbacks, Laura will talk about those difficult areas where your plants never seem to thrive and she will discuss which plants will do well there.  Co-sponsored with the New England Wild Flower Society.  Members of the Trusees or NEWFS $25, nonmembers $30.  Registration required.  Contact bzschau@ttor.org.  Log on to www.thetrustees.org for directions.

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  • Sunday, August 30, 8:45 a.m. – New England Carnivorous Plant Society Cookout

    The New England Carnivorous Plant Society (www.necps.org) will hold a cookout and show on Sunday, August 30, beginning at 8:45 in the morning at the Black Jungle, 370 Avenue A, Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376.  This annual event is always much anticipated.  You will see all sorts of plants, and there are wonderful discounts for NECPS members.  See the site for information on joining ($20/year for adults).  This year, there will be a visit and talk from renowned author Stewart McPherson.  Stewart has written several amazing books on varieties of carnivorous plants, and has new ones on the way.  He will be giving a talk on Nepenthes, and will be signing books.  This is a wonderful chance to speak with and meet a true giant of the CP world.

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  • Friday, September 4, 10:00 a.m. – Growing Edible Tropical Fruit

    Few things are more rewarding than plucking a lemon off your plant in the middle of the winter or savoring your own fresh figs in the middle of summer. Learn to grow numerous types of citrus including; lemons, limes, and oranges, along with delicious figs, on your windowsill or in your garden. We will cover propagation, light, feeding, and general culture. Each participant goes home with a plant.  This workshop is sponsored by Historic New England at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses in Waltham, Massachusetts.  For more information and directions, log on to www.historicnewengland.org, or call Susanna Crampton at 781-891-4882.  She can also be reached by email at scrampton@historicnewengland.org.  The fee is $35 per participant.

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  • Friday, August 21, 10:00 a.m. – Planting and Growing a Kitchen Garden

    Learn about planting and growing kitchen gardens from the Pilgrims to the present, and find out what past generations relied on to nourish and cure them. We will talk about heirloom varieties, their culture, and how to plant and harvest herbs and vegetables for the rest of the season.  Admission is $35, and reservations are required.  The event will take place at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is run by Historic New England.  For further information, contact Susanna Crampton, 185 Lyman Street, Waltham, MA 02452, 781-891-4882, scrampton@historicnewengland.org.  You can get directions to the Lyman Estate on Historic New England’s website, www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

  • Saturday, August 29, 10:00 a.m. – Fern Identification Workshop

    Field trips are a long standing tradition of the Connecticut Botanical Society.  They provide an opportunity to learn about plants and habitats from some the area’s most knowledgeable botanists, and an opportunity to share your own knowledge with others.  The trips also add to the bank of knowledge of New England flora.  On each field trip. a list is made of all plant species identified, and this list becomes part of the Society’s records.  The Connecticut Botanical Society encourages the gardening public to participate in this Fern Identification Workshop at Lockwood Farm Cottage in Hamden , Connecticut, led by Casper Ultee, Past President of CBS.  Although many ferns are readily identified, some are easily confused with similar species.  This workshop will focus on those and others that are less common.  You may bring your own problem specimens (fronds only, no complete plants, please).   This workshop is limited to twelve participants, and pre-registration is required by contacting the leader in advance at 860-633-7557. For field trips, wear sturdy footwear and bring a lunch.  Sunscreen and insect repellant are also recommended.  For plant identification, you may wish to bring a field guide(s), a hand lens, and a small notebook.  Familiarity with plant taxonomy is helpful, but not required.    Free to CBS members.  Non-members must pay a $15 fee, which includes a one-year membership in CBS, and entitles you to join future trips this season at no additional cost.  For more information and directions, call Casper Ultee at the number above, or log on to www.ct-botanical-society.org.

  • Sunday, August 9, 10:00 a.m. – Botanizing Killingworth Bog

    Field trips are a long standing tradition of the Connecticut Botanical Society.  They provide an opportunity to learn about plants and habitats from some the area’s most knowledgeable botanists, and an opportunity to share your own knowledge with others.  The trips also add to the bank of knowledge of New England flora.  On each field trip. a list is made of all plant species identified, and this list becomes part of the Society’s records.  The Connecticut Botanical Society encourages the gardening public to participate in the botanizing of Killingworth Bog in Killingworth, Connecticut, led by Penni Sharp, CBS botanist.  This bog is a unique habitat for orchids, sundews, pitcher plants, and other interesting species.  Expect wet feet – boots are recommended.  For field trips, wear sturdy footwear and bring a lunch.  Sunscreen and insect repellant are also recommended.  For plant identification, you may wish to bring a field guide(s), a hand lens, and a small notebook.  Familiarity with plant taxonomy is helpful, but not required.  No pre-registration is required.  Free to CBS members.  Non-members must pay a $15 fee, which includes a one-year membership in CBS, and entitles you to join future trips this season at no additional cost.  For more information and directions, call 203-484-0134, or log on to www.ct-botanical-society.org.

  • Sunday, July 26, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Judged Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill

    Sunday, July 26, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Judged Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill

    Visit Tower Hill Botanic Garden and view the New England Daylily Society’s judged exhibition.  Log on to www.towerhillbg.org for directions, or visit www.nedaylily.org for more information.  The schedule is as follows:

    11:00 – 11:40 “Got Sun? Go Daylilies!” presented by Sandra Schaider. See their beauty and endless variety, learn about their easy care and propagation, the fun of cross pollinating and growing from seed… all in a series of extraordinary photographs.
    11:45 – 12:20 “Local Treasures” presented by Mike Huben, hybridizer
    12:25 – 12:50 “Propagation by Division” shown by Denise Pavlovich
    12:55 Raffle drawing for free plants and membership to the daylily society
    1:00 – 5:00 “Judged Exhibition” features New England’s prize daylilies.

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  • Friday, July 31, 6 – 9 pm – Garden Party at Naumkeag

    Delight in a festive evening amongst the gardens of Naumkeag – a National Historic Landmark and one of the most beautiful views in New England! Stroll through the world-famous gardens sparkling with fireflies. Feast on hors d’oeuvres and sip on cocktails while watching the sun set behind the Berkshire Hills. Bid on the best of the Berkshires at the silent and live auctions. All proceeds support restoration of Naumkeag’s historic kitchen.

    Naumkeag was the summer “cottage” of the Choate family who began summering in Berkshire County in the 1870s. Designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1885, this forty-four-room, shingle-style house is filled with original furniture, ceramics, and artwork collected from America, Europe, and the Far East. Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) was a prominent New York attorney. Between 1899 and 1905, he served in England as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James.

    Naumkeag is famous for its eight acres of terraced gardens and landscaped grounds surrounded by forty acres of woodland, meadow, and pasture that stretch to the Housatonic River Valley. The gardens and landscaped grounds, first designed in the late 1880s by Nathan Barrett, were transformed and expanded between 1926 and 1956 by Fletcher Steele and Mabel Choate. Separate garden “rooms” include the Afternoon Garden, Tree Peony Terrace, Rose Garden, Evergreen Garden, Chinese Garden, Arborvitae Walk, and Linden Walk. Perhaps the most famous feature of the landscape is Steele’s Blue Steps, a series of deep blue fountain pools flanked by four flights of stairs climbing up a gentle hillside and overhung by birch trees.

    Fees: $100 per ticket for members, $140 non-members (includes one year individual membership); $250 for a non-member couple (includes one year family membership)
    Notes: Call for event details and reservation information. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
    Telephone: 413-298-3239 x3000
    E-mail: westregion@ttor.org

  • Thursday, July 23, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Landscape and Garden Tour of Hamilton House

    Take part in a special oportunity to learn about the landscape and gardens at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick,  Maine, one of the properties administered by Historic New England, with Regional Landscape Manager Gary Wentzel.

    After railroads made the region accessible in the late 19th century, coastal Maine became a fashionable destination for wealthy summer people. Many of the newcomers bought and restored the fine old houses built during the prosperous years following the American Revolution.

    In 1898, Mrs. Emily Tyson and her stepdaughter, Elise, purchased the c. 1785 Hamilton House, built on a magnificent site overlooking the Salmon Falls River. The Tysons flung themselves into a lifelong project to restore the house to its former glory. Influenced by literary imagery, including the writings of their neighbor and friend, Sarah Orne Jewett, they decorated with a mixture of elegant antiques, painted murals, and simple country furnishings to create their own romantic interpretation of America’s colonial past.

    $6 for Members of Historic New England, $12 for non-Members.  For more information and directions, log on to www.historicnewengland.org.

  • Saturday, July 18, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.- Historic Homes and Summer Garden Tour

    The Hancock New Hampshire Woman’s Club will sponsor a Historic Home and Summer Garden Tour on Saturday July 18, 2009. Six distinctive homes and 5 additional gardens will be showcased. View 200 year-old homes and an adaptation of a mid 1800’s New England connected farmhouse. Luscious gardens on the tour vary from formal to off-the-grid. Birders will be interested in visiting the gardens of renowned birders, Don & Lillian Stokes. Don & Lillian will be available to discuss birds and their spectacular gardens.Tickets are $20 each or two for $30 if purchased in advance.  $25 at the door.  Tickets may be purchased on the Club’s website, www.hancockwomansclub.com.  You may also call 603-525-4970, or 603-547-7391.