Boston Flora

Tag: seed starting

  • Saturday, March 18, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – 42nd Annual Gardeners’ Gathering

    The Trustees and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh present the 42nd Annual Gardeners’ Gathering on Saturday, March 18 from 11 – 4 at Northeaster University’s Shillman Hall.  Free and open to all, The Gardeners’ Gathering brings together over 400 gardeners to kick off Boston’s gardening season. The Gardeners’ Gathering is the city’s largest educational forum for urban gardeners, and an opportunity for people to share ideas, network, and learn.

    **Special guest speaker LaDonna Redmond, food justice activist**

    **Over 2 dozen skill building and community organizing workshops**

    **Boston environmental, agricultural, and community exhibitors**

    The Gardeners’ Gathering offers more than two-dozen skill-building workshops for both vegetable and ornamental gardeners, with an emphasis on healthy practices for urban gardens. Topics range from seed starting, composting, fermentation, and urban beekeeping to community and youth organizing. Attendees will also be able to interact with exhibitors from Boston-area agriculture, gardening, and environmental organizations.

    Special guest speaker LaDonna Redmond will address “Food and Justice–feeding ourselves in uncertain times” during the noon plenary and will participate in a roundtable discussion during the workshop sessions about food justice as a movement toward liberation, and ending oppression in our food system and beyond.

    For more information visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-29688.html

  • Thursday, April 14, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Seed Starting Lecture

    Get a jump on the season by starting your own plants from seeds – less expensive than buying transplants, starting your own also gives you a much broader selection of interesting varieties to try!

    Master Gardener Gretel Anspach will discuss seed choices, start times, and growing methods, including windowsill and grow-light gardening. Whether you are interested in annuals, perennials, edibles, or even shrubs and trees, this lecture will give you the information you need to go from starting a seed to planting it in the ground.  The event will take place Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.  $12 for Mass Hort members, $20 for nonmembers.  Register at www.masshort.org or by calling 617-933-4973.  Image from www.parisfarmersunion.net.

  • Saturday, March 26, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 41st Annual Gardeners Gathering

    For 41 years, the Gardeners Gathering has provided an annual forum for gardeners to shrug off winter together and celebrate urban gardening in Boston. The 41st Annual Gardeners’ Gathering, presented by the Trustees of Reservations and the City of Boston, will take place on Saturday, March 26, at the Egan Center and Shillman Hall at Northeastern University in Boston, from 10 – 4:30. This year, back by popular demand, the Annual Community Garden Awards will be presented by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who will honor individuals, garden groups, and non-profit organizations with the “Hall of Fame,” “Rookie Gardener of the Year,” and “Most Valuable Gardener” awards. Award ceremony beings at 12pm.

    Free and open to all, The Gardener’s Gathering brings together over 400 gardeners to kick off Boston’s gardening season. As the city’s largest educational forum for urban gardeners, the Gardeners’ Gathering is an opportunity for people to share ideas and tips, network, and learn. The Gardeners’ Gathering offers more than two dozen skill-building workshops for both vegetable and ornamental gardeners with an emphasis on healthy practices for urban gardens. Topics range from seed starting to composting, urban beekeeping, and community and youth organizing to learning how to prepare garden-grown goodies like sauerkraut. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about Boston-area agriculture, gardening, and environmental organizations through the information gallery.

    This year, the Gardeners Gathering will start off with a keynote speaker and breakfast event at 10:00 AM in the Egan Center. Leading social entrepreneur Daniel Ross (pictured below) of Daisa Enterprises and formerly of Nuestras Raices and Wholesome Wave Charitable Foundation, will speak on “Dimensions of Change through Community Gardening.” This portion of the program is $15 for Trustees members and $25 for nonmembers, and requires online registration. The remainder of the program is free and attendees can register when they arrive.

    “The Gardeners’ Gathering offers an inspirational, educational venue for Boston residents and gardening enthusiasts to share information and expand their gardening skills while celebrating the City as a dynamic hub for community-based, urban gardening ” says Barbara Erickson, Trustees of Reservations President & CEO. “As the nation’s passion for gardening continues to grow exponentially each year, we are excited to move our mission to connect more Massachusetts residents with local food sources and programming forward with time-tested events like the Gardeners’ Gathering.”

    For a complete schedule of activities and workshop topics and more information, contact Michelle de Lima at mdelima@thetrustees.org or 617.542.7696 x2115. To register for the keynote, please visit www.thetrustees.org .

  • Tuesday, March 15, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Suddenly it’s Spring: Starting Your Seedlings Indoors

    Join the Haskell Horticulture crew on Tuesday, March 15 from 11 – 1 at the Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens, 787 Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford to discuss spring clean-up in your garden. This is a hands-on workshop where we will get out into the gardens and learn new garden techniques by doing! Trustees of Reservations members $15, nonmembers $25. Wear appropriate clothing for outside work. Call 508-636-4693, x 5011 for directions and more information.

  • Thursday, February 12, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Understanding Seeds

    Hybrid or heirloom, organic or conventional, days to maturity, different varieties–
    with so many options, selecting the right seeds for your garden can be a challenge.
    Join Michelle de Lima and The Trustees of Reservations as Michelle explains these terms and demystifies the process of choosing and starting seeds. Registration required: http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-1835.html The program takes place Thursday, February 12 from 6 – 7:30 at 62 Summer Street in Boston.
    Questions? Contact Michelle at mdelima@ttor.org or call 617-542-7696. Free. Image from www.offroaduruguay.org.

  • Saturday, January 24, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Starting Seeds Indoors

    Get your gardens off to a good start this spring by starting vegetable, flower and herb seeds indoors. This Saturday, January 24 Tower Hill Botanic Garden workshop will help you decide which plants will benefit most from a head start. You will learn the tools and supplies needed, the best sowing and nurturing techniques, and when and how to transition your seedlings into the garden. Participants will sow two flats to take home. Class meets from 1 – 4 at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive in Boylston.

    Christie Higginbottom has worked as a costumed interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village since 1981. From 1984 to 2004 she coordinated the historic horticulture program researching, planning and planting the re-created kitchen and flower gardens at the museum’s historic households. She also supervised the Village’s Herb Garden collection, a garden exhibiting over 300 varieties of historic herbs. From 2004 to 2006 she researched and developed a series of self-guided walking trails interpreting people and the environment in the early 1800s. She researched and designed the 2007-2009 exhibit Taking Root: Gardening in Pots in the early 1800s. Now retired from full-time work at OSV, she continues to work in costume part-time and to present garden programs for the Village. Christie writes and consults on historic gardens and their interpretation, antique plants, and herb use; and she lectures at museums and historic sites, garden clubs, historical societies, and libraries. She teaches home gardening classes at the Adult Education program at Bay Path Regional Vocational High School, the Worcester Regional Environmental Council and other venues. THBG members $35, nonmembers $45. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, March 29, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Seed Starting Workshop – POSTPONED

    The Beacon Hill Garden Club planned to offer a seed starting workshop on Saturday, March 29, from 2 – 4 pm at Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston, with a “seed whisperer” from the City of Boston greenhouses with excellent horticultural skills.  The session will be rescheduled.  For more information, or to register, email info@beaconhillgardenclub.org.

    http://www.gardeninginfozone.com//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/growing-vegetables-seeds.jpg

  • Thursday, March 13, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Seed Starting Indoors

    Get a jump on the season by starting your plants from seeds—it’s cheaper than buying transplants, offers a much broader variety of plants, and can be quite addictive. On Thursday, March 13, beginning at 7 pm at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, Gretel Anspach will discuss seed choices, what to start and when to start it as well as growing methods including windowsill versus grow light gardening. Whether you are interested in annuals, perennials, edibles, or even shrubs and trees, this lecture will give you the information you need to go from starting a seed to planting in the ground.

    Gretel Anspach is a Trustee of Mass Hort, a Lifetime Master Gardener, past-president of the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association and a systems engineer for Raytheon. Gretel is also a member of the Garden to Table committee at Mass Hort and helped to establish and maintain a food production garden at Raytheon that has provided fresh produce to the Marlboro Food Pantry for five years.

    Lecture Fee $10 Massachusetts Horticultural Society members; $15 non-members. Sign up at www.masshort.org, or call 617-933-4973.

    http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/hU/baker-creek-seed-sources-mdn.jpg

  • Saturday, April 6, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Growing Plants from Seeds

    There’s nothing more satisfying to a gardener than growing plants from seeds. From annuals and perennials to trees and shrubs, success can be achieved if you understand what triggers germination. On Saturday, April 6, from 9 – 1 at the Dana Greenhouse Classroom at the Arnold Arboretum, expert propagator Jack Alexander will share techniques for starting various types of plants— annuals (including vegetables), trees, and shrubs— from seeds. This workshop is for beginners and those who have been frustrated in past attempts to transform seed to seedling. Students will leave class with a selection of seeds raring to grow. Aftercare will be necessary. $50 for Arboretum members, $65 for non members. Register on line at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.  Photo from www.growingagreenerworld.com.

    http://www.growingagreenerworld.com//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Seedlings_DSC6771.jpg

  • Saturday, March 9, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Seed Starting Workshop

    This Massachusetts Horticultural Society workshop on Saturday, March 9 from 10 – noon will give you hands-on experience in starting your own seedlings. Each participant will take home a flat of planted seeds—flowers, vegetables, herbs, or a combination. Instructors David Fiske and Gretel Anspach will also cover the next step in the process, which is “potting seedlings on”, so some seedlings will be available to take home too. All materials will be provided. $25 for Mass Hort members, $30 for non members. Register on line at www.masshort.org.

    http://www.cindysantiqueart.com/frame-fullimage.php?maxH=600&maxW=300&c=0&pId=2086&wc=ffffff