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  • Friday, April 6, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Get Ready! The Spring Garden

    Get prepared for a productive and creative gardening season. Join Cheryl Monroe at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Friday, April 6 at 11 am. Topics covered include: what to prune now and why, tool sharpening (demonstration and bring yours, too!), flower bed cleanup and evaluation, transplanting, lawn care, pest control (voles, winter moth, and scale), houseplant basics, bulb care and bare root plants. Get through this busy season informed, prepared, and ready for whatever Mother Nature throws your way.

    Cheryl Monroe is a licensed adult educator who follows the science, reading constantly and taking classes to stay current with the latest in plant research, new plant introductions and design trends. Cheryl is a gardener who follows the motto “Pretty it up!” and strives to have beautiful pest free gardens on her 1 acre plot in central Massachusetts where she grows close to 100 clematis species and hybrids, dozens upon dozens of ornamental vines, hundreds upon hundreds of perennials , and a large variety of both deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs. $10 for THBG members, $20 for nonmembers. Register at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—get-ready-the-spring-garden

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  • Tuesday, December 15, 2 pm – On the Edge Knife and Tool Sharpening

    ON THE EDGE KNIFE SHARPENING was formed in 2008, when Patti Small decided to focus more on what makes her happy in life – working with her hands. She specializes in hand sharpening kitchen knives (serrated and straight edge, as well as Japanese knives). She also hand sharpen scissors, including dog grooming shears, utility scissors , garden tools, hunting knives, other pet grooming tools – sheep shears and other edges. She no longer does saws, axes or pocket knives.

    Her tools include a whet stone, ceramics and different types of polishing stones. Visit her at Allandale Farm, 259 Allandale Road in Brookline on Tuesday, December 15 at 2 pm, and get your garden implements ready for next spring. For directions and more information visit www.allandalefarm.com.

  • Saturday, March 26, 10:00 am – Start Sharp

    Before you head out this spring to cut off those broken branches or prune your shrubs back into shape, you need the right tools – saws and clippers with sharp edges free of sap and resin. Dull cutting surfaces can do serious damage to the plants you’ve nurtured through years of patient care. There’s no reason why you can’t sharpen your own tools and, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, members of the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association will show you how.

    Start Sharp, the first educational program of the new year at Elm Bank, is presented jointly by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and MMGA. And, it’s free. It’s Mass Hort’s way of kicking off ‘Saturday Mornings at Elm Bank’ and introducing the 2011 educational series to old and new gardeners alike.

    Bring a reasonable number of clean (dirt-free) tools you’d like to have sharpened to the Education Building at Elm Bank. If you have a sharpening tool, bring that, too. Master Gardeners will show you how to clean and sharpen blades. By the end of the morning, you’ll know what tools you’ll need to maintain your gardening implements at home and to use them properly. You’ll also learn the difference between bypass and anvil pruners and what type of job each tool is best for, and when you need to use a saw rather than clippers.  For more information, and directions to Elm Bank, log on to www.masshort.org.