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  • Tuesday, July 14, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Garden to Glass

    Learn fresh cocktail making tips & tricks featuring ingredients from the UP roof garden during this free class on July 14 at Urban Park.

    Let’s shake things UP! During this class we’ll be learning cocktail making tips and tricks, featuring ingredients growing in the raised veggie beds at the Urban Park roof garden! For July we will be making a “Garden Gimlet” with cucumbers and basil from our garden.

    Each class will last approximately 1 hour. We ask that registered attendees arrive no later than 10 minutes after class start to ensure they can participate. Guests that have not checked in by this time, may be counted as no shows so that we can open spots to walk ins.

    Every occurrence of this popular series is free to attend and open to all, but space is limited and registration is required. T The only way to register is via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-garden-to-glass-garden-gimlet-tickets-1990439263418?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

    As space is limited for these classes, please cancel your registration if you can no longer attend, and do so a minimum of 1 hour prior to the class start. Each session typically has a waitlist, so cancelling your registration in a timely manner gives those waiting a chance to register and attend.

    The Urban Park (UP) roof garden is a public park atop the Kendall Center Green Garage in Cambridge, MA. Come on up and enjoy a rooftop oasis; accessible via the garage’s elevators and stairwells or via the Main Street social stair next to the MBTA outbound station.

  • Monday, October 19, 2:00 pm – The Gardens of Paris

    Experience the gardens of Paris as close up as you can hope for without being there.  Wellesley College Botanic Garden docent and former Paris garden tour guide Maureen Bovet provides us with her unique view of Paris’ most beautiful parks and gardens.  Maureen will show us well known historic parks – Luxembourg, Parc Monceau (pictured below, photo courtesy of Marcel Germain), Jardin des Plantes, Medieval Garden of Cluny Museum, and Parc des Buttes-Chaumont – as well as several exciting new Paris gardens – Parc de Bercy, Promenade Plantee and Andre Citroen, with their innovative urban park designs.  She will discuss French garden design and plant cultivation, along with the fascinating history of these parks.  The program will begin with tea at 2:00 pm, and the lecture follows at 2:30.  WCFH members $10, non-members $13.  To register, or for more information, log on to www.wellesley.edu/SCFH, or email horticulture@wellesley.edu.

    Parc Monceau by marcelgermain.