Boston Flora

Tag: Vegetable Gardens

  • Thursday, February 18, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Vegetable Garden Planning

    Do you want to get more out of your vegetable garden? Come to the KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market on Thursday, February 18 from 6 – 7:30. Learn about timing, spacing, succession planting and interplanting and leave with a draft of your spring planting plan. Members of The Trustees of Reservations pay $9; Nonmembers $15. The full program and events schedule through March of 2016 is currently available at thetrustees.org/KITCHEN and features regular tastings of what’s fresh at the market, engaging classes on cooking, gardening, and mixology, film screenings and discussions, yoga for kids and adults and so much more. Don’t let cabin fever get to you this winter – come on down to the KITCHEN to eat, learn and play.  Image from www.smartgardener.com.

  • Monday, March 3, 10:00 am – Vegetables for Your Garden

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will present a horticultural morning with Betty Saunders on Monday, March 3, beginning at 10 am at South Church, 41 Central Street in Andover.  Garden keeper of Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s bountiful vegetable garden at Elm Bank, Betty shows us how to grow delicious vegetables.  $5 payable at the door.  For more information contact Betsy Williams at 978-470-0911 or email betsy@betsywilliams.com.

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  • Saturday, June 12, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Growing Vegetables in Containers

    City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan, is the location of a second class on Saturday, June 12, from 1 – 2:30, this time dealing with the subject of container gardens, which offer many benefits to the urban gardener in terms of beauty, practicality, and most importantly, produce close at hand.  Jo Ann Whitehead, BNAN Garden Educator, will cover the techniques used to design, create, and maintain successful container vegetable gardens.  Reservations required.  Call BNAN at 617-542-7696, or email info@bostonnatural.org.

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  • Monday, December 7, Tuesday, December 8, or Wednesday, December 9 – The Blackberry Farm Cookbook at Stir

    A pastoral 4,200 acre estate in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, Blackberry Farm is one of America’s most celebrated luxury hotels with a restaurant that boasts the elite designation of “Relais Gourmand,” the highest mark of culinary excellence within the Relais & Chateaux Organization.  The property, a gastronomic wonderland, features orchards, a dairy, woods in which to forage, and heirloom vegetable gardens.  In addition to supplying the restaurant with amazing meats, veggies, cheeses, jams and more, Blackberry Farm offers the opportunity for guests to experience and better understand the relationship between the land, the food we eat, and the beauty of eating locally and seasonally.  In the farm’s first cookbook, chef/owner Sam Beall offers stories, photographs, and, of course, amazing recipes from this very special place.  Join him, Barbara Lynch, and the staff of Stir on Monday, December 7, Tuesday, December 8, or Wednesday, December 9 for an evening of food, wine and wisdom, at 102 Waltham Street in Boston.  The $145 cost includes a copy of Mr. Beall’s book.  Reserve now by calling 617-423-7847, or stopping by 102 Waltham Street in the South End (across the street from B&G Oysters.)  See more fabulous course offerings at www.stirboston.com.

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