Boston Flora

Tag: Poison Ivy Acres

  • Sunday, August 25, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Saving Summer

    You’re loving how your annuals are looking in the late summer, so you’re wondering if there’s a way to save these plants over the winter. This August 25 Tower Hill Botanic Garden class explains how to save commonly planted annuals and tropical plants. Learn which plants are worth devoting indoor space to, which ones can be dormant in a cool location, and what plantings you shouldn’t try to save. Discover how to take cuttings, save tubers, and enjoy some flowering plants all winter. Come with questions about the plants you have and hear how to keep them for next summer. $30 for THBG members, $44 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

    C.L. Fornari is the author of seven books and numerous articles. She’s currently the host of GardenLine, on WXTK and co-hosts the Plantrama podcast. C.L. speaks to horticultural trade shows, gardening groups and public gatherings. She writes and runs a consultation service for Hyannis Country Garden, an IGC. Her not-so-secret mission is to start a gardening revival and promote all aspects of the horticultural industry… in the meantime she cultivates plants at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod and blogs at www.GardenLady.com.

  • Wednesday, August 3, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The Cocktail Hour Garden

    Join author C.L. Fornari for a short stroll through the gardens at Tower Hill on the evening of August 3rd, as she talks about the creation of a cocktail hour garden. Learn about great plants for your evening landscape, sip a beverage from the cash bar, and see or purchase C.L.’s new book, The Cocktail Hour Garden. Bring questions about your yard and garden to this celebration of “after hours” plants.

    C.L. Fornari is a creative plant geek who fell into garden communications in 1995. She is the author seven books including her latest, The Cocktail Hour Garden, published by St. Lynn’s Press. C.L. is the host of two radio programs on Saturdays, heard on WXTK and WRKO Boston. She speaks to audiences at horticultural trade shows, garden clubs, botanical gardens, master gardener symposiums, alumni/women’s groups and neighborhood associations. In addition to speaking, radio, and writing, C.L. blogs and runs a consultation service for Hyannis Country Garden, an independent garden center on Cape Cod.

    In 2012 C.L. was awarded the Garden Communicator award from the Perennial Plant Association and in 2013 won three awards from the Garden Writers Association. In 2015 C.L. launched the first annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, a ten-day regional celebration of gardens that raised over $30,000.00 for local non-profits.

    Her not-so-secret mission is to cultivate the gardening revival in the USA…in the meantime she grows multitudes of plants on Poison Ivy Acres in Sandwich, MA. Free with admission to the Garden.