Boston Flora

Tag: Nursery

  • Wednesday, July 14, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Plant Shopping in the Summer and Fall

    MassHort’s ‘Wednesday Evenings at Elm Bank’ series of programs for the home gardener returns on July 14 with first-rate presentations by experts in the field.

    “We think of it as a garden club without borders,” says Gretel Anspach, MassHort trustee and chair of the Horticulture, Education and Outreach Committee that sponsors the event. “It’s all the best stuff you join a garden club for, without ever having to listen to someone read the minutes.”  (NOTE: The Garden Club of the Back Bay mails out the minutes, and our meetings are truly enjoyable without a lot of parliamentary fuss, but we know what Gretel means.)

    The series kicks off July 14 when Weston Nurseries’ Brian Karlsson-Barnes offers down-to-earth advice about plant shopping in the summer and fall. There are four more months of great gardening and planting weather. Prices come down and although plants always look best early in a season (especially herbaceous perennials), if well-maintained at a nursery or garden center, and planted right later in the season, the plants will look great the following year. Brian will detail what to look for at a nursery/garden center and how to tell a merely good plant from a terrific one.

    Sessions begin at 6:30 and go until 8 p.m. or until the last question has been answered. All sessions are held at Elm Bank, either in the Hunnewell carriage house or the Education Building.  MassHort members pay $8 per session. The cost for non-members is $10. Refreshments are offered.  For more information log on to www.masshort.org.

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  • Wednesday, April 22, 6-8 – How To Shop A Nursery

    Massachusetts Horticultural Society kicks off the first talk in the Wednesday Nights at Elm Bank lecture series on April 22 from 6-8 pm.  If you would like to get a professional’s tips on selecting the best from a nursery, come hear Tom Ward, who will answer questions including “Where do I find what I want to grow?’ and “How do I know which plant to buy?”  Putting in healthy plants is one of the keys to successful gardening and Tom will share his many decades of experience in choosing the right plant. He will talk about how to evaluate nursery stock when presented with dozens of seemingly identical plants, and how to put that plant in the ground once it’s purchased.  $10 public, $5 MHS Member.  You may register on line, and read more about the Wednesday Nights series,  at www.masshort.org.