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  • Saturday, June 7 & Sunday, June 8, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Museum of Old Newbury’s 46th Annual Garden Tour

    Come join The Museum of Old Newbury’s 45th Annual Garden Tour, Beyond the Garden Gate, on June 7 and 8 from 10 – 4. This year’s theme is Revolutionary Gardens, an homage to innovative and original elements in our featured gardens. You’ll enjoy access to the best we have to offer, from urban pocket gardens to larger, more formal landscapes.

    The 46th Old Newbury Garden Tour occurs rain or shine. It is an inspiration for those ranging from professionals seriously interested in garden design and horticulture to enthusiasts who simply love beautiful gardens.

    Tickets are $25 members, $40 non-members; your ticket is good for one or both days. Purchase on Eventbrite HERE. Tickets can also be purchased in-person at 98 High St., Newburyport during the event.

    Start at 98 High Street to pick up your garden tour guide, or use the digital guide that you’ll receive by email a week before the event.

  • Saturday, September 16, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Flora of the New England Coastal Sand Dunes

    Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport is home to extensive sandy beach and dune habitat where many shore birds and wildlife flourish amid the varied flora of the area. Join Seed Bank Coordinator Michael Piantedosi, Seed Bank Coordinator of the New England Wild Flower Society, on Saturday, September 16 at 10 am to discuss the plants of the salt marsh and sand dune habitats that make Parker River so unique. $28 for NEWFS members, $35 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/flora-of-new-england-coastal-sand-dunes

  • Sunday, November 6, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Birds of the Americas

    Boston-based photographer Eduardo del Solar will be showing his nature photography in an exhibit entitled Birds of the Americas at Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, Massachusetts from November 6 through December 31. The public is cordially invited to meet the artist at a free gallery reception on Sunday, November 6, 2:30-4:00 pm. A portion of all purchases made during the exhibit helps to support the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats.

    Eduardo del Solar finds that spending time inside as a technology teacher in Boston contrasts nicely with his extracurricular interest: to get outside in nature, find wildlife, wait for the best light, and take photographs. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, del Solar has been working since 2007 on a photographic series of American birds in such locations as his native country, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands, Canada, and, of course, New England. He is currently working with Goldenrod, an environmental agency at Plymouth Long Beach, where he is photographing birds through an entire year of seasonal changes. “As a photographer, providing artistic and technical renditions of species across the Americas is my primary goal. For this exhibit I have included a few endemic species from these places I have visited as well as some of my favorite images from the Goldenrod project,” says del Solar.

  • Massachusetts Holiday House Tours, December 11 and 12, 2010

    Last week we updated our readers on Holiday House Tours taking place the first weekend in December, and this week we highlight some events happening on Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12.

    We’ll begin in Newburyport, with the Custom House Maritime Museum Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 11. Now celebrating its 17th year, The Holiday House Tour is back and big as ever! This year’s tour is proudly sponsored by Stone Ridge Properties to benefit the Custom House Maritime Museum.  Prepare yourself for a treasured celebration of holiday traditions. The 2010 Holiday House Tour will feature ten prominent homes all decorated in splendid holiday fashion.  This year, six tour homes are located in Newburyport, along with one each in Newbury, Byfield, Rings Island and on West Newbury’s River Road. Highlights include an elegant Greek revival, a stately Georgian reproduction, the historical Wheelwright House (perhaps the finest example of Federal architecture in Newburyport!) plus an “over 55” gated community retreat and a magnificently restored 1700’s farmhouse.  Hours and ticket information will soon appear on line, or email hht@thechmm.org and you’ll receive information as soon as it becomes available.

    On Sunday, December 12, the West Falmouth Library hosts a Holiday House Tour and Boutique from 12 noon – 4 pm.   Tickets ($25) will be available in advance at the library beginning November 16.  Day of the event price is $30.  Further details will be available at www.westfalmouthlibrary.org in the coming days.

    Closer to Back Bay, the Forbes House Museum, 215 Adams Street, Milton,  will sponsor a Holiday House Tour on Sunday, December 12, from 1 – 4 pm.  More details will follow at www.forbeshousemuseum.org.