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Tag: Potluck

  • Monday, November 18, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Potluck & Paint Night

    As we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month this November, we’re thrilled to announce our next Monthly Meet-Up: a Potluck and Paint Night in collaboration with the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB)!

    Join us for a shared meal and a guided painting session with Geraldine Barney, an artist-in-residence known for her captivating work. Bringing a dish to the potluck is optional but encouraged—you’re welcome to enjoy the food even if you don’t bring anything. This event is for BHWOCC members. If you identify as a woman of color working in green or blue spaces, you’re invited to join us! To learn more about the Boston Harbor Women of Color Coalition, visit @bhwocc on Instagram or visit http://bhwocc.org

    📅 Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
    🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    📍 Location: 105 S Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA

  • Thursday, August 29, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Berkshire Botanical Member Potluck

    Join Berkshire Botanical Garden on August 29 from 5 – 7 to celebrate the bounty of summertime with dishes created from veggies grown in your garden, and ours. Meet other nature-lovers, enjoy a cocktail on our Center House veranda, and share a meal straight from the garden. This event is exclusively for our members. We will be providing a few of our favorite veggie dishes and we ask you to bring your own. Drinks will be provided courtesy of the Garden.

    Please RSVP to mweiner@berkshirebotanical.org. To join the Garden, visit https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/

  • Saturday, September 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Gesneriad/Begonia Show

    Saturday, September 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Gesneriad/Begonia Show

    Visit Tower Hill Botanic Gardens in Boylston, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 25 or Sunday, September 26 for the annual plant show sponsored by the Buxton Begonia Society and the New England Gesneriad Society.   The Gesneriad family consists of over 3,000 species and over 133 genera.  It was named after 16th century Swiss naturalist Konrad von Gesner.  Most Gesneriads are from tropical parts of the world.  Some of the most common plants in this genera are the Cupid’s Bower (Achimenes), Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus), Flame Violet (Episcia), Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus), African Violet (Saintpaulia), Florist Gloxinia (Sinningia – below), and Cape Primrose (Streptocarpus). See beautiful displays of rare and unusual houseplants, take a guided tour of the show, hear lectures on begonia and gesneriad care, and visit vendors selling an incredible selection of begonias and gesneriads..  For more information, directions, and hours, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.


  • Saturday, February 6, 5:00 – 9:00 pm – Earth Dinner

    The First Parish Church, 3 Church Street in Cambridge will host an Earth Dinner potluck on Saturday, February 6, from 5 – 9 pm, which will feature local foods, with a Slow Foods Boston representative, local farmers, and food producers discussing the local food movement.  For more information, log on to www.slowfoodboston.com, or call the church at 617-876-7772.

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