The Garden Club of the Back Bay welcomes its new members – invitations will be sent – to lunch at the St. Botolph Club on September 13. The reception will follow the fall Executive Committee Board meeting. If you are reading this and wish to join the Club, visit https://bostonflora.com/membership/
Welcome new members and meet old friends at the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay’s 2015 Member Reception on Sunday, January 31 from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Avenue. Enjoy light hors d’oeuvre – a cash bar is available. RSVP at 617-247-3961, or email info@nabbonline.com. NABB gratefully acknowledges the Fairmont Copley Plaza for underwriting this event. Image from www.personalitytutor.com.
Please join The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay at NABB’s Annual Member Reception, sponsored by the Mandarin Oriental Boston, 776 Boylston Street, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 26, 2014. This is one of NABB’s favorite events each year. Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvre and a cash bar, and see your friends and neighbors in the beautiful ballroom of the Mandarin Oriental. Also, please feel free to invite potential new members, but be sure to sign up yourself and everyone else whom you are bringing to this wonderful event! To sign up, please visit http://www.nabbonline.com/event/nabb_annual_member_reception.
Visit Essex, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 17 (date change from original post,) from 10:00 to noon, and join Historic New England and Caroline Craig, who worked for the Little family for more than 30 years, for a lecture and demonstration on canning and preserving. In one summer at the property she put up more than 800 jars of jams, jellies and preserves. She will make the Little family’s favorite homemade preserve: raspberry jelly. Learn about traditional preservation methods, look at the equipment used, and see some of the produce of Bert and Nina Fletcher Little’s farm. Caroline will offer advice and expertise on techniques for preserving your own garden produce and recipes for other summer fruit delicacies. Samples will be available for tasting. $12 for Historic New England members, and $18 for non-members. Registration is required. Log on to www.historicnewengland.org, or call 978-768-3632.
Say goodbye to the season at Garden in the Woods in Framingham with a candlelit stroll through parts of the garden on Wednesday, October 21, from 5 – 7 pm. This is a New England Wild Flower Society members only event, but annual membership levels begin at $50, and entitle you to a host of benefits, which can be found on the web site, www.newfs.org. Make your reservation for this lovely evening by calling 508-877-7630, ext. 3001, or email information@newenglandwild.org. The Cabot Creamery Cooperative has donated cheese for this event. If you are interested in gardens at nightfall, we recommend Linda Rutenberg’s beautifully photographed book The Garden at Night.
Visit Essex, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 18, from 10:00 to noon, and join Historic New England and Caroline Craig, who worked for the Little family for more than 30 years, for a lecture and demonstration on canning and preserving. Learn about traditional preservation methods, look at the equipment used, and see some of the produce of Bert and Nina Fletcher Little’s farm. $10 for Historic New England members, and $15 for non-members. Registration is required. Log on to www.historicnewengland.org, or call 617-227-3956.
