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  • Sundays, March 3, 10, 31, and April 7, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Get Rooted in Urban Gardening

    Catherine Chamberlain, MSc, Biodiversity and Conservation, Trinity College Dublin and PhD student, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, and Wayne Daily, MSc, Biodiversity and Conservation, Trinity College Dublin, Assistant Property Manager, Habitat Sanctuary, will conduct a class entitled Get Rooted in Urban Gardening in four sessions: Sunday, March 3, 10, 31, and April 7, 2:00–4:00pm at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. Cat and Wayne will introduce basic gardening concepts and satisfy your desire to get growing. The class will include:

    • Basic Botany and Gardening

    • Site Analysis, Soil Preparation, and Irrigation

    • Growing Goals and Identifying Your Plant Palette

    • Horticultural Care and Maintenance

    Whether you want to grow perennials or vegetables, Cat and Wayne will proffer basic principles essential to good gardening.

    Fee $120 Arboretum member, $150 nonmember

    Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

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  • Saturday, March 17, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Urban Gardening

    On Saturday, March 17 from 1 – 2:30, Tower Hill Botanic Garden will sponsor a lecture on Urban Gardening in the education building at 11 French Drive in Boylston.

    Urban gardening is about growing food and ornamentals in small spaces. Whether you have a huge yard without the time or desire to tend it all, or an apartment with no outdoor space at all, this comprehensive talk will give you tips and techniques to start and maintain a garden you can call your own.

    Gretel Anspach is a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon. Gretel helped to establish and maintain two food production gardens that have provided fresh produce to the Marlboro Food Pantry for the last eight years.

    Tower Hill members – $10, nonmembers – $20. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, January 20, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Native Lawn Alternatives

    “Lawns are a soul-crushing timesuck…,” reads the headline of a recent article on washingtonpost.com. According to NASA, more surface area in the U.S. is covered by lawn than by any other single irrigated crop. Lawns are resource-heavy, requiring irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive in our climate. Learn some of the best, environmentally friendly lawn alternatives for urban gardens.

    This class is part of the Urban Gardening Series, a set of classes designed to help city dwellers grow healthy, sustainable, and beautiful urban gardens. Led by New England Wild Flower Society in partnership with the Cambridge Conservation Commission, these free classes take place at the Cambridge Public Library (449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA). Native Lawn Alternatives will be held Saturday, January 20 beginning at 1:00 pm. Free admission.

  • Wednesday, January 11, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Naturalistic Gardening

    Some prefer the pomp and precision of a formal landscape, while others enjoy gardens inspired by nature. Learn how to take inspiration from the mountains, rivers, and fields of New England and create beautiful, naturalistic gardens. Dan Jaffe will cover every topic from plant selection and layout to sustainable practices.

    This January 11 class is part of New England Wild Flower Society’s Urban Gardening Series, a set of classes designed to help city dwellers grow healthy, sustainable, and beautiful urban gardens. Led by Society staff in partnership with the Cambridge Conservation Commission, these free classes take place at the Cambridge Public Library (449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA). Cosponsored with the Cambridge Conservation Commission.

  • Sunday, December 4, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – City Gardening with New England Natives

    The Ecological Landscape Alliance and the New England Wild Flower Society team up to present a class taught by David Falk, Horticulturist at NEWFS and owner of Wild City Gardens.  The session will take place at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Sunday, December 4 from 1 – 2:30. Gardening in the city can be a challenge, as gardeners often have to cope with hot, dry, and shady conditions. Learn about the tough and beautiful plants that thrive in the harsh conditions common in urban environments. David Falk will tell you where to find these plants and share some basic gardening techniques that will turn your landscape into a lush, colorful, healthy space.  Image from www.nababutterfly.com. $20 for members of sponsoring organizations, $24 for nonmembers.  See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/city-gardening-with-new-england-natives/#sthash.56LveGlN.dpuf

  • Saturday, June 11, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon – Urban Gardening Series: Container Gardening

    Find out how to create beautiful container gardens using native perennials, trees, and shrubs, at a New England Wild Flower Society and Cambridge Conservation Committee Program on Saturday, June 11 at 10:30 am. We’ll explore materials, types of containers, maintenance, and plant selections that offer a full season of interest and wildlife value.

    This class, to be held at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway in Cambridge, is part of the Urban Gardening Series, a set of classes designed to help city dwellers grow healthy, sustainable, and beautiful urban gardens. Led by Anna Fialkov, this free class takes place in and around the Cambridge Public Main Library.  For more information visit http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/urban-gardening-series-container-gardening

  • Thursday, May 28, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Urban Gardening

    Living in an apartment? Have no yard? Downsizing? Attend this Massachusetts Horticultural Society lecture on Thursday, May 28 from 7 – 8:30 in the Parkman Room of Elm Bank Education Building, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, to gain tips and tricks on how to grow your own garden in small spaces even if you have no soil to call your own.

    Gretel Anspach is a Trustee of Mass Hort, a Lifetime Master Gardener, Education Coordinator and past president of the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association and a retired 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.  Image from www.ecosalon.com.

    Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $10, Non-Members $15. Register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/172/422|427|433/urban-gardening?filter_reset=1.

  • Susan Juretschke Profiled on BostonZest.com

    All Garden Club of the Back Bay members take note:  our own Susan Juretschke is featured today (May 24) at www.BostonZest.com. Susan is the Club’s Horticulture Chair, and recognition for all the work she does for the neighborhood and our Club is long overdue.   She will also talk about urban gardening in tomorrow’s BostonZest post, so be sure to log on!