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Tag: Waltham Field Station

  • Saturday, June 1, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm – Grow Native Plant Sale

    Grow Native Massachusetts’ sale at the UMass Waltham Field Station, 240 Beaver Street in Waltham om June 1 from 9:00 – 2:30, is now in its fifth year! Native plants are the foundation of our local food webs. Help support birds, pollinators, and other beneficial insects by adding more natives to your landscape.

    • Perennials for sun, shade, part-shade, and all types of soil conditions. 
    • A large selection of ferns, both evergreen and deciduous.
    • Grasses and sedges, for cool season and warm season interest. 
    • Trees and shrubs, at small sizes you can take home in your car. Remember that native trees and shrubs do the most to increase biodiversity and to enhance the wildlife value of your landscapes.
    • This year we will have three previously unavailable species—sweet goldenrod, bluestem goldenrod, and spotted beebalm—custom grown just for our sale.  

    All of our plants are native to the eastern United States, and the majority are indigenous to New England.

    Our friendly native plant and landscaping Experts will be available all day to answer your questions and give advice on plant selection. All sale proceeds support our programs. For complete information, and to download a pdf of the flyer, visit https://www.grownativemass.org/programs/plantsale

  • Saturday, June 4, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Patriot Daylily Society Sale

    The Patriot Daylily Society Sale features a wide selection of colorful daylilies from members’ gardens, freshly dug and ready to plant in your garden. There will be many modest-priced daylily classics (many not available in garden centers) as well as more recent introductions. Members will be on hand to give instructions on daylily planting and care. Members will also bring a nice selection of perennial companion plants including hostas, phlox, Shasta daisies, monarda, and ferns. The sale is a fundraiser for the non-profit Patriot Daylily Society, which welcomes all New Englanders interested in daylilies. The sale location is at the Waltham Field Station of the University of Massachusetts, 240 Beaver Street in Waltham, on Saturday, June 4, from 9:30 – 3:30, and will be held rain or shine! Below is ‘Leebea Orange Crush.’

  • Tuesday, September 15, 7:30 – 9:30 pm – Annual Orchid Auction

    The Massachusetts Orchid Society will hold its annual orchid auction on Tuesday, September 15, from 7:30 – 9:30 pm at the Waltham Field Station, 240 Beaver Street in Waltham, Massachusetts.

    The Massachusetts Orchid Society is a non-profit educational organization of individuals from all walks of life, who share an interest in orchids. These interests range from the simple appreciation of orchids as beautiful flowers to highly technical involvement in orchid breeding and taxonomy. Most MOS members are active orchid growers, growing their own plants under conditions ranging from window sills to artificial light gardens to automated greenhouses.

    The MOS holds monthly meetings throughout the year, encompassing a broad range of topics. The program for a typical meeting includes an orchid show table, plant sales, social time with refreshments, a short business meeting, a presentation by a guest speaker usually with slides, discussion, and Q&A, and a raffle for orchid plants.  Annual membership is $20.  For more information, log on to www.massorchid.org.