Pepperell Garden Club presents Vegetable Gardening for Everyone with Susan Hammond, Master Gardner on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:45 PM at the Pepperell Senior Center, 37 Nashua Rd, Pepperell. Public is welcome! Free to Pepperell Garden Club members. $5 for guests ($2 for Seniors). For more information visit http://pepperellgardenclub.org/wp/
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Garden Keeper Susan Hammond will show you how your plan from seed catalogs grows into a producing vegetable garden. She will discuss the unique varieties growing in our educational garden, the techniques used to increase yields, and give you firsthand experience troubleshooting common garden problems. We’ll discuss late season planting, maintenance and harvest. And assess how all that snow affected our gardens. Come with questions!
The first part of this Saturday, July 11 program (10 – noon) will be held in the Elm Bank Education Building, and the program will end in the Garden to Table Vegetable Garden.
Susan Hammond is a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association. She’s been gardening since childhood, with a special focus on edible plants. She is responsible for the Mass Hort’s 6,000 square foot Garden to Table Vegetable Garden, where she enjoys teaching visitors and volunteers about vegetable gardening. Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $10, Non-Members $15. Register online at www.masshort.org. Photo from www.sharpercut.com.
Tufts University Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, in partnership with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, invites you to a Talk and Taste: Low-Calorie Cooking, a lecture on cooking low caloric dishes with preparation of Gingered Carrot Chicken Salad and Green Coconut Curry Sauce, along with gardening tips and tasting. The event will take place Saturday, November 16, from 2 – 3:30 on the mezzanine level of 711 Washington Street in Boston.
The event will feature Dr. Susan Roberts, Susan Hammond, Lisa Kamer, and Lisa Caldwell. Registration is $5, is required, and space is limited to 200 people. Register at www.tinyurl.com/Talk-Taste.
Thursdays at the Hort will present Susan Hammond, Master Gardener at the Keeper Vegetable Garden, on Thursday, June 20, at 7 pm, at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. Vegetable gardening is something everyone can enjoy, from the novice to the experienced gardener. It can be a way to bring fresh food to your table, teach children where food comes from, or even a way to beautify your yard! We’ll look at different types of vegetable gardens and discuss layout, variety choices, and growing techniques. $10 for Mass Hort members, $15 for non-members. Register on line at www.masshort.org. Image from www.meusprojeto.blogspot.com.
