Boston Flora

Tag: Perennial Border

  • Sunday, June 13, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – First Annual Tour of the Gardens of the Foyer of Charity

    We apologize for the late notice, but on Sunday, June 13, from 11 – 3, you may enjoy the first annual tour of the Gardens of the Foyer of Charity, 74 Hollett Street in beautiful Scituate, Massachusetts.  Explore the lush and verdant gardens, spread over 14 acres of rolling lawn, woodland and marsh in a bucolic country setting.  Be enthralled by the intoxicating scent of exquisite English roses, the joyous bloom of a multitude of perennials in the 100 foot border, and the refreshing cool in the dappled shade gardens.  See successful solutions for tough gardening sites, rare trees and exotic plants, and even purchase some to take home.  Meet and chat with gardeners, designers and horticulturists who have labored to make the Gardens of the Foyer the special retreat that it is.  Refresh your spirit and appetite with complimentary home-made beverages and sweet and savory treats.  $5 admission.  For directions and more information, call 781-545-1080, or log on to www.foyerofcharity.com.

  • Saturday, October 10, 10 am – 12 noon – Gardening with Bulbs

    Consider the many ways to integrate bulbs into the home landscape including enhancing the perennial border, designing foundation plantings or naturalizing a woodland setting. Learn all about the cultivation of bulbs both minor and major. Review a wide variety of both traditional bulbs (daffodils, tulips, lilies and hyacinth) and learn about the more unusual ones including allium, colchicum, scilla, galanthus, camassia, and frittilaria. Watch a demonstration on planting. David’s wonderful bulbs will be on sale following the lecture. David Burdick has been a practicing horticulturist in Berkshire County for more than twenty years. He worked for nine years at BBG and an additional nine years at Windy Hill Nursery. He is a popular teacher for the Horticultural Certificate Program and is currently operates a specialty bulb and cut flower business Daffodils and More at Holiday Farm, Dalton.  This program will take place at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 10, from 10 – noon, and costs $16 for BBG members, $21 for non members.  For more information, log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org.

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