Boston Flora

Tag: Organic Garden

  • Monday, November 16, 10:00 am – Maintaining Your Landscape – Naturally

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts presents a Horticulture Morning on Monday, November 16, beginning at 10 a.m. at The Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street, North Waltham, Massachusetts (off Route I-95/128, Exit 27A Totten Pond Road).  Cathy Felton, Current Native Plants Chairman and organic garden expert, will speak on Maintaining Your Landscape – Naturally, using native and dry condition plants in the garden.  A donation of $5, payable at the door, is suggested.  To call for information on cancellations due to snow or storm, call 781-391-0261.  You may also contact Betsy Williams (betsy@betsywilliams.com) or Rita DeLollis (rdelollis@aol.com) for more information on Horticulture Mornings.

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  • Saturday, September 12 – “Native Plants” at The Mall at Chestnut Hill

    The final installment of The Mall at Chestnut Hill’s 2009 Organic Garden Series will take place Saturday, September 12 with “Native Plants.”  Hear a presentation on winterizing gardens, and best of all, there will be a tomato tasting and a lecture on how to preserve food (canning, freezing, fermenting) with results from June’s seedlings.  Also, there will be an opportunity to purchase from a vegetable and fruit stand.  For more information, log on to www.simon.com and click @Your Mall Now!, or call 617-965-3037.

  • Saturday, August 15 – “Hydrangeas” at The Mall at Chestnut Hill

    In the August installment of The Mall at Chestnut Hill’s 2009 Organic Garden Series, come to Chestnut Hill on Saturday, August 15 for a demonstration on cutting and drying hydrangeas for flower arrangements (and Garden Club of the Back Bay holiday wreaths!), see an exhibit by the Open Space Land Trust, and participate in a question and answer session with a wildliffe expert on foraging for wild edibles.  For more information call 617-965-3037, or visit www.simon.com, and click @Your Mall Now.

  • Saturday, July 18 – “Roses” at The Mall at Chestnut Hill

    As part of The Mall at Chestnut Hill’s 2009 Organic Garden Series, come to the Mall on Saturday, July 18, where there will be a bee keeper/apiarist on site, a live butterfly exhibit, an exhibit on coastal gardens and salt marshes, Chestnut Hill Garden Club Tour, and “Rose Art” – art groups featuring their interpretation of roses through live paintings.  For more information, call 617-965-3037, or log on to www.simon.com and click the @Your Mall Now! button.