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  • Tuesday, December 13, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Herbs for Stress

    A fast paced, stressful lifestyle can wreak havoc upon our physical and emotional well-being. While lifestyle changes are often the key to managing stress levels, there are many wonderful herbs that can help support us in making positive life changes. Steph Zabel covers practical herbal remedies that support the nervous system and help us to shift from a “fight or flight” state of being into a more relaxed state. In this Wellesley College Botanic Gardens workshop on Tuesday, December 13 from 1 – 2:30, you will review and sample relaxing nervine herbs that many people find useful for dealing with stress, anxiety, and sleep issues. Friends of Wellesley Botanic Gardens members $20, nonmembers $30. Register by calling 781-283-3094.

  • Friday, November 18, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – The Gingers and Their Relatives

    Friday, November 18, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – The Gingers and Their Relatives

    The final fall installment of the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens‘ Family, Form and Function lectures and greenhouse walks with Carol Govan will take place Friday, November 18 from 10 – 12, when Carol speaks on The Gingers and Their Relatives. Did you know that gingers, bananas, birds of paradise, heliconias, cannas, and prayer plants are all closely related? See a presentation of their unusual adaptations and amazing flowers and stories, then visit them personally in the greenhouses. Wellesley Friends free, nonmembers $10. Register at 781-283-3094.

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  • Saturdays, October 29 – November 19, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Painting: A Beginner’s Beginning

    Have you never held a paintbrush, have no idea where to start, or feel confused about art supplies and different media? The Wellesley College Botanic Gardens and Lynda Davis Jeha will help you experiment with b asic painting techniques using various media, including watercolor, acrylic and oil pastels. Demonstrations followed by exercises will reinforce concepts. There are no rights or wrongs, just the joy of trying something new in a supportive environment. Bring a note pad; all other materials are included. The class will be held on four Saturdays, October 29 – November 19, from 1:30 – 4:30. Friends of Wellesley Botanic Gardens $135, non-members $170. Call 781-283-3094 to register.  Image from www.wickedlocal.com.

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  • Friday, October 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Succulents

    Carol Govan talks about the connections among related plants and how they express their genetic heritage in response to their environments in this Friday, October 21 lecture and greenhouse walk at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, beginning at 10 am. Succulents have adapted to habitats that experience temporary drought. Observe the amazing forms, thick, fleshy leaves, stems and branches that help several plant families survive in this unforgiving environment. See Wellesley’s succulent collection, especially those from the cactus family, the most well known succulent.  Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens free, nonmembers $10. Register by calling 781-283-3094.

  • Thursdays, October 6 – November 17, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Watercolor Painting in the Botanic Gardens

    In this seven part series at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, award-winning artist and educator Susan Swinand offers critiques and projects to spark your creativity and develop your skill.  The class is suitable for adults at all levels of experience. Lessons will focus on basic design principles, learning to portray what you see, mixing color, and watercolor painting techniques such as applying washes and glazes, wet-into-wet color, achieving hard and soft edges, etc.  The classes begin Thursday, October 7 from 1 – 4 and continue through November 17.  Friends of Wellesley Botanic Garden member price $200, nonmembers $250.  Register at 781-283-3094.1822535-CVLKHJXM-7

  • Friday, September 23, 10:00 am – Cycads and Gymnosperms

    Friday, September 23, 10:00 am – Cycads and Gymnosperms

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay will kick off its 2016/2017 lecture series on The Prehistoric Garden on Friday, September 23, with a field trip to the Wellesley College Botanic Garden, 106 Central Street in Wellesley, to hear about Cycads and Gymnosperms.

    Carol Govan will talk about the connections among related plants and how they express their genetic heritage in response to their environments. Discover the beauty of the first plants to produce seeds. A remarkable adaptation to help plants survive on land, we will see many examples of cycads, conifers, ginkgo and plants that were dominant during the age of the dinosaurs. See hands-on examples of various twigs, cones and seeds. After the lecture, visit these plants in the greenhouses with Carol. Cycads are seed plants with a long fossil history that were formerly more abundant and more diverse than they are today, according to Wikipedia. The living cycads are found across much of the subtropical and tropical parts of the world. Carol, a professional artist, botanical illustrator, and teacher, is a graduate of New England Wild Flower Society’s Certificate in Native Plant Studies program, which has helped her gain insight into the connection between art and nature. Her work has been featured by the New England Society of Botanical Artists, Duxbury Art Complex, and most recently at the Ashland Public Library. Image below from www.berkeley.edu.

    Club members will receive a written notice of the meeting with car pool information.  The lecture is co-sponsored by The Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden and non-club members may register online ($10) at www.wellesley.edu/wcbg/wcbg_friends

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  • Saturday, September 24, 10:30 am – 6:00 pm – A Visit to Wildside Cottage and Gardens

    On Saturday, September 24, from 10:30 – 6, travel by van from Wellesley College to Wildside, the off-the-grid property in Conway, Massachusetts owned by Sue Bridge. Wildside is a demonstration site where energy efficiency and food security are on display. For a glimpse, visit http://wildsidecottageandgardens.org. Tom Sullivan (http://pollinatorswelcome.com) will lead a lecture and walk around Wildside, assessing food and habitat for native pollinators. This field trip, sponsored by the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, costs $60 for WCBG members, $75 for nonmembers, and includes van transportation, box lunch and snacks. Visit http://wellesley.edu/wcbg/learn for more information, or call 781-283-3094.

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  • Tuesday, July 12, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Nature Journaling at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

    Travel by Wellesley College van on Tuesday, July 12 to join Doreen Bolnick at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary for a morning of sketching and nature journaling.  Then go to Doreen’s home for a box lunch, followed by an afternoon of adding ink, color and research notes to your sketches.  Return to Wellesley with a nature journal documenting a lovely habitat.  Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens $85, nonmembers $110.  Price includes transportation, admission and lunch.  Register by calling 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

  • Mondays, July 11 – July 25, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Wellesley College Botanic Garden Florilegium

    Head outdoors with Carol Govan and Ellen Duarte to observe botany in action in the Wellesley College’s meadows, in this three session class to be held July 11, July 18, and July 25 from 9:30 – 3:30.  Bring flowering plant specimens to the Visitor’s Center to record them using pencil and pen sketches and dry brush watercolor.  All experience levels are welcome.  WCBG members $250, non-members $300.  Register by calling 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.  Image by Ellen Duarte.

  • Wednesday, June 22, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Private Conifer Gardens of Metro-West Boston

    Wednesday, June 22, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Private Conifer Gardens of Metro-West Boston

    Travel on the road with the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens on Wednesday, June 22, from 9 – 4.  The day trip will be by College van leaving from Wellesley to visit American Conifer Society members’ gardens.  After lunch, finish the day visiting the Walter Hunnewell Estate on Lake Waban – an historic property with unique horticultural and botanical features including the 350 specimen conifers in the Pinetum.  Friends member price $85, non-members $110, including box lunch and transportation.  To register call 781-283-3094, or visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

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