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Tag: Robin Wilkerson

  • Tuesday, June 4, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Native Shrub Heroes

    The New England Wild Flower Society and the Ecological Landscaping Association will co-sponsor Robin Wilkerson, Landscape Designer, in a lecture entitled Native Shrub Heroes on Tuesday, June 4, from 10 – 1 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.  Learn about plants that offer color and form to our landscapes, but also provide nourishment and habitat for birds, mammals, and insects.  Find out which shrubs can replace any non-native invasive shrubs lingering in a back corner of your garden – burning bush, anyone?  Discover the reasons for going native in your plant selection, as Robin introduces you to a choice collection of beautiful and well-behaved indigenous plant.  Following the lecture and slide program, walk the Garden to see these shrubs in their early summer glory.  $40 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $48 for nonmembers.  Register on line at https://www.eventville.com/catalog/eventregistration1.asp?eventid=1010242.

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  • Wednesday, October 3, 7:30 am – 7:30 pm – The High Line: An Extraordinary Urban Space

    Join gardener extraordinaire Robin Wilkerson for a day trip to the remarkable High Line in New York City on Wednesday, October 3.  The garden is built on a formerly abandoned mile and a half of elevated railroad line.  Both the hardscape and the plant material are informed by the structure’s history as a rail bed.  Native oaks, sassafras, sumacs, and an array of ornamental grasses are just a few of the plants rarely encountered in public gardens, but among many of the outstanding plant choices.  A High Line docent will lead this Friends of Wellesley Botanic Garden, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and New England Wild Flower Society tour.  There will be time for lunch and exploration on your own.  Don’t miss this chance to see and experience what has quickly become one of the world’s great urban wonders.  Fee ($120 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $145 for non-members) includes private coach with restroom, snacks, box lunch and guided tour.  Bus departs Garden in the Woods, Framingham, at 7:30 a.  To register, visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

  • Monday, April 25, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Champion Natives For Your Garden

    When making plant choices, a responsible gardener needs to consider much more than color and form.  In addition to providing a pleasing landscape, the ideal plant is well behaved – that is, it won’t escape into the natural community – and provides valuable nourishment and habitat for birds, mammals and insects.  Long-time gardener and naturalist Robin Wilkerson looks at the reasons to go native and introduces a choice collection of beautiful indigenous plants.  Be inspired and enhance your appreciation of our native species.  The program, to take place at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden, will be held Monday, April 25, with tea at 2 pm and the lecture beginning at 2:30.  WCFH members $10, non-members $15.  To register, log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.

  • Tuesday, October 19, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Fall in the Garden

    On Tuesday, October 19 from 10 – noon (rain date Wednesday, October 20, 10 – noon) get inspired by this hands-on opportunity to learn about all the various garden activities to do in the autumn. Get tips on planting, dividing, fall clean-up, pruning, and preparing for the winter months ahead. This combination garden walk and gardening workshop is set in a beautiful two-acre garden that includes a native plant woodland, a large vegetable garden and orchard, and diverse perennial beds. Robin Wilkerson leads this New England Wild Flower Society excursion, for a member fee of $24, non member fee of $29.  To register, and for directions, log on to www.newfs.org. Photo credit to allanbecker.gardenguru.squarespace.com.