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Tag: Priscilla Purinton

  • Saturday, September 24, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Thrift Store Terrariums

    Create a beautiful, functional terrarium without wrecking your budget! Using items from Salvation Army and dollar stores you can enjoy a lush terrarium at a bargain price. Come to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston on Saturday, September 24, from 10:30 – 11:30, see how it’s done and go home with the inspiration and the knowledge to do it yourself. Past Garden Club of the Back Bay lecturer Priscilla Purinton will show you how, and the program is free with admission to Tower Hill. Visit www.towerhillbg.org for more information and directions.

     

  • Saturday, September 24, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – My 100 Favorite Begonias

    This Tower Hill Botanic Garden presentation is all about begonias. Most come from the far-flung tropical areas of the world, but cultivars abound too. Discover the varied colors and textures of leaves, flowers and seed pods. Join Bonnie Lambert in her addiction to the over 1000 species and oodles of cultivars – there’s something for everyone. “Go green” and enjoy the begonia! The program will take place Saturday, September 24 from 2 – 3, and is free with admission to Tower Hill. If you’ve come out in the morning for Priscilla Purinton’s terrarium class, have lunch at Twigs, then sit in on Bonnie’s presentation. For more information, visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Wednesday, November 3, 10:00 am – Bog Gardens

    Instructor Priscilla Purinton of the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will speak at The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 3, beginning at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue. Learn to create a  bog habitat for your garden or patio with rare and interesting plants.  Bogs are unique habitats saturated with acidic, low nutrient water that would spell death for most plants.  However, they support a surprising diversity of unique flora that can grow nowhere else.  You will learn how to create a good soil mix, what plants do well (and why) in bog situations, and will also learn how to keep your bog flourishing for years.  The program is free, but reservations are required – email info@bostonflora.com.  An optional lunch will follow the meeting ($20 members of GCBB, $25 for non-members), for which reservations must be made no later than October 29.  Garden Club of the Back Bay members will receive written notice of this meeting.

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  • Saturday, April 24, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Create a Mini Bog

    Instructor Priscilla Purinton of the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will conduct a hands-on workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Saturday, April 24, from 1 – 3 pm.  Priscilla will be a featured speaker of The Garden Club of the Back Bay in November, 2010, and here is a chance to get down and dirty with her! Create a miniature bog habitat for your garden or patio with rare and interesting plants.  Bogs are unique habitats saturated with acidic, low nutrient water that would spell death for most plants.  However, they support a surprising diversity of unique flora that can grow nowhere else.  Wow your friends with this most unusual container garden filled with carnivorous plants, rushes and other bog endemics.  Participants will be provided with all materials and plants, and will learn how to create a good soil mix, what plants do well (and why) in bog situations, and will also learn how to keep the mini bog flourishing for years.  Tower Hill member price $40, non-members $43.  To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.

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