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Tag: Nuts

  • Saturday, February 22, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Eastern – The Future is Nuts! Online

    Is the future nuts? According to edible landscape and permaculture designer Michael Judd, it is, but in a good way! In this fun and informative presentation, the question of what nuts grow well in the mid-Atlantic region and beyond is cracked, while exploring how nuts help stabilize ecosystems and provide much-needed wildlife habitat. With personality and humor, permaculture designer and master grower and author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, Michael Judd translates the complexities of permaculture design into simple self-build projects, providing details on the evolving design process, materials identification, and costs.

    This program takes place online on Saturday, February 22, 2025. $25. Register at https://mtcubacenter.org/event/the-future-is-nuts-online/

  • Wednesday, October 4, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Eastern – Seeds, Nuts, and Berries, Online

    Fall is a great time to take a closer look at all the ways plants ensure their next generation successfully develops and thrives. The Massachusetts Audubon Society will explore the inner workings of seeds, nuts, berries, drupes, and more as we review how native plants prepare for winter and the subsequent spring in this online program on October 4 at 7:30 pm Eastern.

    Interested in learning more? This program is one part of a 4-session online Neighborhood Naturalists Series. By registering for the series, you get access to all 4 sessions for the price of 3. You do not need to register for other sessions, or the full series, to enjoy this one. Mass Audubon members $25, nonmembers $30. To register, and for more information on the dates and times of the other sessions, visit https://www.massaudubon.org/programs/mass-audubon-education/89086-seeds-nuts-berries

    You will receive the Microsoft Teams Link to log in to this online program in your confirmation. An email reminder will also be sent to you 24 hours before program start. Tia Pinney, Education Coordinator and Senior Naturalist for Metro West, will instruct.

  • Monday, October 20, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Are You Nuts?

    Nuts and seeds form the basic foundation of many Middle Eastern recipes – both savory and sweet. On Monday, October 20, from 6:30 – 9, Sofra Pastry Chef Emily Weber will illustrate how to use nuts more fully in your pastry dishes by experimenting with nut flour. Learn how to make Persian Love Cake: a moist, gluten-free Almond Rose Cake; spice up your house parties with Sweet and Smoky Pecans, and wow your dinner guests with a Sofra favorite – Black Walnut Baklava. Emily will finish off the evening with Fig and Almond Biscuits. Registration: $85. Picture from www.images.meredith.com. Class takes place at Sofra Bakery, 1 Belmont Street in Cambridge, and you may register on line through Eventbrite at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/are-you-nuts-tickets-12225684351.

  • Sunday, September 29, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Oh Nuts!

    This free event at the Arnold Arboretum offers a great way to explore plants. Take the guided tour, participate in fun science and craft activities for kids, look through a microscope, and chat with knowledgeable staff and volunteers. They will highlight different special collections each spring and fall. Free; no registration needed. Hickories, oaks, and walnuts—oh nuts! Look on the ground and look up above; in fall the Arboretum is a great place to see a diverse variety of both familiar and odd nuts. Come learn what a nut really is, go on a nut hunt, look closely at a variety of nuts and non-nuts, or take a guided tour to understand the conservation, ethnobotanical, and horticultural value of nut trees. Meet near the Centre Street Gate on Sunday, September 29 at 1 pm.

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  • Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Growing Nuts in the Northeast

    Sandra Anagnostakis, PhD, Department of Plant Pathology at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, will speak at the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum on Thursday, March 21, beginning at 6:30 pm, on the topic of Growing Nuts in the Northeast. There are many nut trees that can easily be grown in Massachusetts. These can be interesting hobby plants for your back yard, a source of nutritious nuts for your table, or provide a little extra income from their sale. In this talk you will hear about starting an orchard, the characteristics of several species of nut trees, their problems, and suggestions for harvesting and marketing the nuts.  $5 for Arboretum members, $15 for nonmembers, and registration may be completed on line at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.  Image from cdn.sheknows.com.

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  • Wednesday – Friday, March 20 – 22, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Botanical Illustration with Graphite Pencil: Fruits and Seeds

    Draw the beauty of seeds, including pods, nuts, fruits and cones, and investigate the amazing variety of nature’s bounty. Discover the features and texture of these objects while building your drawing skills. This is a great Berkshire Botanical Garden class for beginners or more advanced students who get ‘stuck’ drawing. Learn to solve this problem and develop your drawing step by step, from sketch to finished nature drawing. There will be exercises in: training the eye through quick sketching; drawing plants in proportion; the essentials of perspective; and applying tonal values for visual depth. Whether your love is quick field sketching or rendering plant portraits, this inspiring class will give you confidence to draw and train you to look at nature more closely.

    Carol Ann Morley is an illustrator and dedicated teacher of botanical illustration working in Dover, NH. She founded the Botanical Art Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden and teaches illustration there and for other botanical gardens. The classes take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 20, 21, and 22, from 10 – 4, and cost $260 for BBG members, $290 for nonmembers.  Sign up at www.berkshirebotanical.org.

  • Wednesdays, October 7 & 14, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Introduction to Home Orcharding

    With careful planning, home orcharding can be a low-maintenance means to grow lots of nutritious food in small and challenging spaces. This class would be useful to anyone who has a little space and wants to grow fruit, including pomes, stone fruits, berries and nuts. The class covers the process of planning, planting, and caring for a home orchard. The beginner home orchardist will receive a step-by-step guide to evaluating your space, selecting the right plant and nursery, developing a maintenance plan, and an introduction to reference materials.  The class will take place on two successive Wednesdays, October 7 and 14, from 6 pm to 9 pm at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts, and will be taught by Benjamin Crouch, proprietor of Land of Plenty Organic Landscaping.  Cost is $45 for Tower Hill members, $50 for non-members.  To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.  Last day of registration is September 30.

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  • Saturday, August 29, 1:30 – 3:30 pm – Oh Nuts!

    Spend an afternoon at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain with Michael Dosmann, curator of living collections, as he discusses the natural history of many of the Arboretum’s notorious nut species.  Mr. Dosmann was a popular speaker at a Garden Club of the Back Bay meeting a few seasons ago, and you will enjoy this walking tour with him.  Dress comfortably with good walking shoes.

    Free, but advance registration is requested.  Log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.