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

    Gretel Anspach, Lifetime Master Gardener, will lead a session of Thursdays at the Hort on Thursday, March 7, from 7 – 8:30 at Elm Bank in Wellesley.  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. 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. $10 for Mass Hort members, $15 for non-members.  Reserve your space at www.masshort.org.  Image from www.motherearthnews.com.

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  • Sunday, February 5, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Starting Vegetable and Herb Seeds Indoors

    This Tower Hill Botanic Garden workshop, led by Christie Higginbottom on Sunday, February 5 from 1 – 4, will teach home gardeners how and when to start their favorite garden crops indoors. Topics covered include selecting and preparing supplies, seed sowing techniques, caring for developing seedlings, re-potting, and transplanting plants to the garden. Workshop participants will take home planted seed flats and handouts that include plans for a two-tiered plant table that can easily be constructed at home.  Then they can settle down to watch the Super Bowl that evening.  THBG member fee is $35, nonmembers $40.  For more information, and to register, visit www.towerhillbg.org.