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  • Saturday, May 17, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – One Subject, More than One View: Studies on Vellum

    Flowers, leaves, and seed pods are often just as beautiful from the back or sides as they are head on.  Explore a botanical subject of your choice from various angles and include these different perspectives in a work on vellum.  Esther Klahne will discuss nuances of composition and ways to integrate several small studies into a beautifully cohesive painting, in this class to be held at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens on Saturday, May 17,  from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm.  Tips on using graphite and watercolor on vellum will be discussed. Fee ($95 for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, $120 for non-members) will include project vellum, backing board and handouts.  To register call 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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  • Wednesday, May 7, 1:00 pm – Feng Shui: Enhancing Your Environment

    The guiding principle of Feng Shui is that everything is connected and that when the environment is balanced and filled with positive energy, it enhances life goals and leads to a feeling of tranquility.  Based on thousands of years of philosophy, Feng Shui has grown in popularity due to the extraordinary results it can bring.  Lisa Law will give an overview of Feng Shui philosophy, show how to use Feng Shui tools such as the Bagua, and will teach you to employ plants and nature to enhance your environment, in the Wellesley College Botanic Garden lecture on Wednesday, May 7, beginning at 1 pm in the Botanic Garden’s Visitor’s Center.  Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens: free; non-members: $10. Call 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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  • Thursdays, May 1 – June 12, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Watercolor Landscapes

    The Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens will sponsor a class on seven consecutive Thursdays, May 1 – June 12, from 1 – 4 pm on campus, entitled Watercolor Landscapes.  Susan Swinand teaches adults at all levels of experience to solve those awkward problems of painting on location: changing natural light and cast shadows, elements of atmospheric and linear perspective, color and composition and all the techniques you’ll need for success.  Learn to use ordinary elements of nature for expressive purposes.  Follow your own interests in the classroom or work on site in the gardens.  One-on-one instruction and group critiques further your progress as you explore what makes a painting work. Friends price is $200, nonmembers $250.  Register by calling 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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  • Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 pm – Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: An Armchair Visit

    Experience a photo tour of this fabulous plant paradise in Boothbay, Maine, with garden designer and Wellesley College Botanic Garden Friends docent Maureen Bovet on Wednesday, April 16, at 1 pm.  Maureen returns to this garden by the sea as often as possible.  Opened in 2007 after 16 years of planning, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens offers visitors stunning beauty and intimate experiences as it enhances the botanical heritage and natural landscapes of its 250 acres in coastal Maine.  CMGB Director Bill Cullina describes it best with the subtitle of his book about the garden: “A People’s Garden.”  Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens – free; nonmembers $10. Register by calling 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu. Image below from the Garden Club of the Back Bay’s favorite photographer Rich Pomerantz.

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  • Wednesday, March 5, 1:00 pm – Wild Flavors

    Award winning food writer and chef Didi Emmons presents a slideshow at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden Visitors Center on Wednesday, March 5 at 1 pm, featuring 25 off-the-beaten-track herbs, greens, and foraged foods easily found or cultivated in Boston’s climate.  Didi also profiles the eccentric, sustainable lifestyle of farmer Eva Sommaripa, whose 2-acre organic farm grows unusual herbs and greens exclusively for Boston’s top chefs.   It was Eva who taught Didi to love these plants, and inspired her to write Wild Flavors, a seasonal cookbook celebrating Eva and her herbs.  There will be an author book sale and signing at the lecture.  Wellesley Friends of Horticulture – free, non-members $10. Visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends, or call 781-283-3094 to register.

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  • Monday, February 17, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Spice Plants

    Drop in to the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens anytime between 1 – 4 on Monday, February 17 for a free exploration of Spice Plants.  Meet some plants whose spices inspired long trading voyages, sold for incredible prices, and transformed cooking.  Learn what spice combinations characterize some of the world’s cuisines.  Take a spice taste test and see if you can identify these popular flavors.

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  • Wednesday, February 12, 1:00 pm – Well-Designed Gardens

    Wednesday, February 12, 1:00 pm – Well-Designed Gardens

    You know a well-designed garden when you see it. You enjoy the space. There are places to go. There are surprises. There is lush vegetation. Enjoy a trip through several well-designed residential gardens with Professor Emerita Mary Coyne as she shares images from her garden travels and explain what makes a garden work from her point of view as a landscape designer. The lecture will take place at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden on Wednesday, February 12 beginning at 1 pm.

    After her retirement from the College, Mary Coyne embarked on her retirement career and received her Certificate from the Landscape Institute in 2010. The Harriet B. Creighton Educational Garden across the driveway from the Visitor Center is designed and maintained by her. WCFH Members Free / Non-Members $10. To register, contact wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu, or call 781-283-3094.

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  • Monday, January 20, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Superplants

    Just like Marvel comic characters, there are plants with superpowers.  Have you heard of a plant whose fruit has the power to make sour foods taste sweet?  Some superpowered plants are highly nutritious, while others are super-competitive – which is great for them, but not for the plants around them!  Search the Wellesley College Botanic Garden greenhouse for greenhouse superplants and start some super sprouts to take home, on Monday, January 20, between 1 – 4 (drop in anytime.)  Free. Thank you www.psmag.com for the great illustration.

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  • Friday, January 10 – Sunday, January 12, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves in Pen and Ink

    Friday, January 10 – Sunday, January 12, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves in Pen and Ink

    Following a brief review of the Crowquille pen’s basic techniques, Carol Ann Morley encourages you to bring classic sophistication and grace to your pen and ink illustrations. Move beyond beginning stipple to create texture and tone with hatch and cross hatch.  Through the study of selected pieces by master illustrators and the practice of recreating sections of those works, find the confidence to effectively apply these techniques to your own pen work.  Some drawing and dip pen skill advised (but it’s also a great way to polish up your dip pen skills!)  This Wellesley College Botanic Garden class takes place Friday, January 10 – Sunday, January 12 (snow date Monday January 13) from 9:30 – 3:30.  Wellesley Friends $250, nonmembers $300.  For complete information, call 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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  • Wednesday, December 4, 1:00 pm – The Botanic Garden and Southeast Asian Cooking

    Items for a Southeast Asian meal in the middle of a New England winter are relatively easy to source in our global world.  this is possible because of research pioneered in botanic gardens, often overlooked immigrant entrepreneurs, and consumers who equate consuming ethnic food with cultural cosmopolitanism.  Professor Alex Orquiza, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies at Wellesley College, shows how many of the plants from the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens connect to our everyday lives, with individual histories that include both old and new cultural exchanges.  The Wednesday, December 4 talk, beginning at 1 pm at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Visitors Center, includes a cooking demonstration.  Professor Orquiza is completing his first book, A Pacific Palate: Food, Culture, and American Imperialism in the Philippines, 1898-1935.  WCBG members free, nonmembers $10.  Sign up by calling 781-283-3094, or visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

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