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Tag: Vegetable Gardening

  • Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Vegetable Gardening for Everyone

    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.

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  • Saturday, March 31, 11:00 am – Elegant Edibles for the Home Garden

    Moderator Dawn Davies, staff horticulturist at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, will present a slide show of 50 plant varieties focusing on vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers selected for their productivity, time tested reliability, and, of course, their visual appeal, on Saturday, March 31 beginning at 11 am at Russell’s Garden Center, 397 Boston Post Road in Sudbury.  She will show how combinations of these stunning edibles can be utilized to make your own garden a little more elegant and edible.  Free.  For directions, visit www.russellsgardencenter.com. Garden below designed by Bunny Guinness, photo from www.aerialediblegardening.wordpress.com.

  • Saturday, March 10, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Optimizing the Growing Season in Your Vegetable Garden

    Work with Jessie Banhazl, owner of Green City Growers, a raised bed vegetable gardening company, to learn how to make the most of the New England growing season.  The Tower Hill Botanic Garden class will be held Saturday, March 10, from 10 – 12, and you may register online at www.towerhillbg.org.  THBG member fee is $10, nonmembers $12.  Come prepared to chat about your garden and make a four season plan for producing food all year long.

  • Saturday, March 19, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm – So You Want to Have a Vegetable Garden!

    Planning your first vegetable garden or hoping to improve the quality of your backyard vegetable garden? Join the staff at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road in Sturbridge on Saturday, March 19, beginning at 8:30 am,  for this full-day workshop to learn practical information and environmentally-sound growing techniques for your home garden. No experience necessary. As a special benefit, participants are invited to a series of follow-up demonstrations.  The cost is $30 ($25 for OSV members), and you may register by calling 1-800-733-1830, emailing osvinfo@osv.org, or logging on to www.osv.org.  Photo by Charlie Kellogg.

  • Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Vegetables on Parade

    How do you avoid flea beetles on your arugula or tomato horn worms on your tomatoes? Wondering when to harvest garlic or how to hard-off winter squash? If these are questions you’re asking then this class at The Berkshire Botanical Garden on Saturday, August 28, from 10 – 12,  is for you. This demonstration will cover how to care for vegetables once the garden is already planted and growing. The focus will be on specific vegetables with detailed information on cultivation, pests problems/control, planting companions, weed control, moisture requirements and how and when to harvest. Take a walk through the vegetable garden for new ideas on what to grow. Tips for preserving the harvest will be included.  $18 for BBG members, $24 for non members.  Register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413- 298-3926.

    Pat Parkins owns Gardens of the Goddess, an organic gardening business, focused on enhancing nature’s beauty through landscape design, installation and maintenance. She incorporates her interest in ecology into her landscaping practices. She tends a large home vegetable garden in Becket.

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  • Saturday, May 22, 10:30 am – Vegetable Gardening

    Join Russell’s Garden Center’s vegetable gardeners for tips on caring for your vegetable plants over the summer.  On Saturday, May 22 at 10:30 am, find out how to fertilize and water, stake and harvest your crops.  All questions welcome, and the advice session is free.  For directions, call 508-358-2283, or log on to www.russellsgardencenter.com.  Russell’s is located at 397 Boston Post Road in Wayland.

  • Tuesdays, April 6 – 27, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Growing Vegetables in the City

    Abby Hird, Putnam Fellow at the Arnold Arboretum, will give a three session class in the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum on Tuesdays, April 6, 13 and 27, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.   Learn the where, what, and why of urban vegetable gardening with horticulturist Abby Hird. Raised on a Nebraska farm, educated in horticulture, and now living here in Boston, Abby Hird will talk about her gardening adaptations in the city environment. She will guide you through site evaluation, plant selection, and common problems and possible solutions in raising home-grown food. She’ll also talk about community resources for gardening, ideas for maximizing yield from a small plot, as well as ways to grow food more sustainably. This class is for nascent gardeners and those who have been frustrated by previous run-ins with vegetables.  Fee $60 Arnold Arboretum member, $72 nonmember. To register, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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