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  • Sunday, August 9, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – A Visit to Appledore Island

    REGISTRATION DEADLINE JULY 30! In the late 1800’s Appledore Island, 7 miles off the NH/Maine coast and the largest of the Isles of Shoals, was alive with writers, artists and musicians. Celia Thaxter and Childe Hassam are among the best known of the group. To gardeners, their books have become classics. Spend a summer day with Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, August 9 on unforgettable Appledore, see Celia Thaxter’s recreated garden, and learn from docents about the island’s colorful past and current marine science-focused present. We’ll depart from Tower Hill at 8:00 a.m. and travel by bus to New Castle, NH where we’ll board a UNH/Cornell vessel at 10 a.m. for the 40 minute trip to the island. We’ll have 2 docent-led island tours and a break for lunch before departing the island around 2 p.m. If you wish to meet the group in New Castle, please call. Limited to 30; please register by July 30th; rain or shine; for more information about the trip please contact Kathy Bell (kbell@towerhillbg.org; 508-869-6111 x116). Appledore island is rugged terrain and visitors are required to walk on unpaved, hilly paths. Must be 14 years and older and be willing to sign a waiver regarding the conditions. $125 for THBG members, $150 for nonmembers. Price includes bus transportation from Tower Hill, boat trip to Appledore, tours and box lunch. You may register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Sunday, July 19, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, and 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm – Local Medicinals for Health & Wellness

    Join Emily French of Sweetgrass Herbals for a two part medicinal plant workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, July 19. The first session from 1 – 2:30 will be a lecture, and the second session from 2:45 – 3:45 will be a wild edible plant walk.

    Emily French is the founder of Sweetgrass Herbals, based in Sterling, MA and Lincoln, VT. She is a clinical herbalist, medicine-maker, educator, and farmer with a deep respect for the healing plants and a commitment to empowered community education about local, nature-based health and healthcare. Emily holds a degree in Clinical Herbalism from the Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine and a degree in Holistic Medicine & Sustainable Agriculture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has served on the Council of the Northeast Herbal Association. Each session is $15 for THBG members, $25 for nonmembers, and may be taken separately or together. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Wednesday, July 15, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Tower Hill Vegetable Garden Tour

    Tower Hill’s vegetable garden for 2015 highlights hot colors and flavors.  Tour the garden on Wednesday, July 15 from 5 – 6.  Free with admission.  For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Tower Hill Botanical Garden Summer Artist Series

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden is offering a summer art series featuring a different nature-themed exhibit each month. Painter Susan Valentine’s show will run now through Aug. 2. Illustrator Natalya Zahn’s works will be on display from August 4 to September 12. Multimedia artist Danielle LaPointe’s exhibit runs September 1 to October 4. All shows are open to the public and included with the cost of admission.

    Valentine’s “Close to Home” show will feature oil paintings of the Pioneer Valley landscape. She is originally from the North Shore, and now paints intimate portraits of garden characters in the Western Massachusetts town of Leverett.

    Zahn’s “Birds and Bees and Tulip Trees” illustrates the relationships between North American plants and their pollinators. The Tower Hill opening reception and gallery walk for this Boston area artist will be Saturday, August 8, at 1 p.m.

    “The Rebuild,” presented by LaPointe, a Dedham resident, explores the development of internal and physical structures and will have an opening reception and gallery walk on Wednesday, September 2, at 6 p.m.

    The nonprofit Tower Hill Botanic Garden is located at 11 French Drive in Boylston, Mass. For more information, visit towerhillbg.org or call 508-869-6111. Natalya Zahn’s work is shown below.

  • Saturday, July 11, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, July 12, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – 56th Annual Lily Show

    On July 11 and 12, the Lily Show, presented by the New England Lily Society, returns to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, for its 56th annual exhibit. The show – which will include hundreds of flowers and varieties such as Asiatic, Canadense, Longiflorum, Trumpet Lily, hybrid American species, and the giant Orientpets – will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Attendees can stop by several educational workshops, including Growing Lilies, Pests and Progress on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Growing Lilies Without Chemicals on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.  Free with admission to Tower Hill.  For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Wednesday, July 29 – Sunday, August 2 – Begonia Revolution New England 2015

    The American Begonia Society’s 2015 Annual Convention will take place at The Verve Crowne Plaza Boston-Natick, 1360 Worcester Road in Natick, Wednesday, July 29 – Sunday, August 12.  A variety of tours will be available to participants. On Wednesday, see the Harvard Glass Flowers and Marine Life Collection at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the greenhouses of the Lyman Estate in Waltham. Thursday, travel to Logee’s Greenhouses in Danielson, Connecticut and the Roger Williams Botanical Center in Providence.  Friday features a tour of Tower Hill Botanic Garden.  In addition to travels, hear Mike Flaherty speak on Begonias of the Rich & Famous, Drew Norris on Growing Begonias Like African Violets, Randy Montes Kerr on Species Begonias for Every Home, Pablo Jourdan on Germplasm Research Update, Mark Tebbitt on Begonias of Andean South America, and Lloyd Traven on How to Bring Begonias to Market. Of course there will be a Judged Plant Show, a Boutique, and Plant Sales in addition to Luncheons and a Seafood Bake.  Complete information on registration and programs is available at http://www.begonias.org/events/2015%20Buxton/ABS_2015.pdf. 

    If you wish to stay at the hotel, there are special room rates ($115 per night, plus taxes) if you book by June 29.

  • Tuesday, June 2 – Sunday, June 28 – Every Human Soul is a Garden

    Tuesday, June 2 – Sunday, June 28 – Every Human Soul is a Garden

    The public is invited to see Every Human Soul is a Garden by Robin Reynolds, the latest art exhibit at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, which will be on display from June 2 to 28. Walking out her back door into her garden, Reynolds’ paintings are her interpretation of nature. She is not concerned with a literal depiction of the landscape, but rather a sense of place, carefully constructed and woven together to form her vision of nature. “I have always been drawn to spaces in nature where most would see disorder and complete randomness, but, in fact, a structure exists,” says Reynolds. “My garden was no exception.” Reynolds has had recent solo exhibitions with the Prince Street Gallery in Chelsea; the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe; the Soprafina Gallery in Boston; and gWatson Gallery in Stonington. She received her master’s in fine arts from the Savannah College of Art & Design, bachelor’s in fine arts from the Massachusetts College of Art, and a bachelor’s degree in art history and economics from Colby College. Exhibit visitors will also be able to see Tower Hill in its spring splendor by exploring the gardens in full bloom. In addition, admission includes access to the gift shop, restaurant, trails, and scenic views of Wachusett Reservoir. Tower Hill will host an opening reception and gallery talk on Thursday, June 4, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit towerhillbg.org or call 508-869-6111.

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  • Friday, May 29, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, and Saturday, May 30, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Tower Hill 30th Annual Preview Party and Plant Sale

    On Friday, May 29, from 6:30 – 9 enjoy a silent auction, light fare, cash bar, and an opportunity to purchase prior to Saturday’s plant sale at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston.  Tickets are $30 per person for THBG members, $40 for nonmembers.  On Saturday, THBG members may shop for outstanding plants of all kinds, plus garden accessories, from 9 – 11, and nonmembers are admitted at 11 am.  Premier vendors include Broken Arrow Nursery, Garden Vision Epimediums, My House Leeks, Harvey Farms, The American Conifer Society, and many more.  Visit www.towerhillbg.org  for a complete listing of vendors.

  • Wednesday, June 3, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Passing Along the Passion: Sowing the Seeds for Lifelong Horticulture Appreciation

    Mentoring a child with hands-on gardening is a powerful force for developing an understanding of the natural world. When children start young, nature’s values become permanently imprinted, forming the basis for appreciation of how horticulture is relevant in all aspects of their lives. Wayne Mezitt of Weston Nurseries discusses some concepts on developing a compelling lifelong engagement with horticulture for young and old alike, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Wednesday, June 3, from 7 – 8. Free with admission. To register, visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Wednesday, May 27, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Walden Warming

    On Wednesday, May 27, from 7 – 8 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Richard Primack will talk about his book Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods. By combining Thoreau’s observations from 160 years ago with modern observations, Primack and his colleagues have used Concord as a living laboratory to study the impacts of a warming world.

    Richard Primack is a Professor of Biology at Boston University and past President of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Biological Conservation and author of two widely used textbooks, Essentials of Conservation Biology and A Primer of Conservation Biology.  28 foreign language editions have been produced with local co-authors adding in examples from their own countries. He is also co-author of the book Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison. For the past 13 years, Prof. Primack and his colleagues have been investigating the effects of a warming climate on the plants and birds of Massachusetts, with an emphasis on continuing the observations made 160 years ago by Henry David Thoreau in Concord. Free with admission.  To register visit www.towerhillbg.org.