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Tag: Wildflower Garden

  • Wednesdays through August 25, 2021, 10:00 am – Wildflower Garden Tours

    The award=winning Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden at the Green Briar Nature Center in East Sandwich is offering guided tours every Wednesday through August, at 10 a. The one-third acre garden contains over 300 plants consisting of three zones: shaded hillside, freshwater wetland, and open meadow. Each week offers visitors something new to discover. Whether in bloom or going to seed, the flowers are always changing, Tours often include guest appearances from local animals who call Green Briar home. Past visits include bunnies using the garden paths, a woodcock in the underbrush, hummingbirds buzzing by, or a muskrat getting back to the Smiling Pool $5 for members of the Thornton W. Burgess Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen and the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, $7 for nonmembers. No reservations needed. Proceeds support maintenance of the wildflower gardens. Visit www.thorntonburgess.org for directions, or call 508-888-6870.

  • Wednesday, July 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Sandwich Garden Tour

    Visit a number of lovely private home gardens in Sandwich at your leisure between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday, July 9, sponsored by the Green Briar Nature Center, 6 Discovery Hill Road, East Sandwich, where the tour begins. Light refreshments will be served overlooking the Wildflower Garden at the Green Briar Nature Center. Tickets are $15 and contain a map and directions to each garden. They may be purchased in advance or on the day of the tour at Green Briar. All proceeds benefit the environmental education programs of the Thornton W. Burgess Society and its Green Briar Nature Center. Rain date is Friday, July 11. For more information visit www.thorntonburgess.org.

  • Wednesday, July 10, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Sandwich Garden Tour

    Visit a number of lovely private home gardens in Sandwich, Massachusetts at your leisure anytime between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday, July 10.  A new dimension is added to this year’s tour. Members of the Pen Women of Cape Cod will be painting and writing poems on site at each garden.  Light refreshments will be served overlooking the Wildflower Garden at Green Briar Nature Center, 6 Discovery Hill Road (off Route 6A) in East Sandwich.

    Tickets to the tour, with a map and directions to each garden, may be purchased in advance or on the day of the tour.  All proceeds benefit the environmental education programs of the Thornton W. Burgess Society and its Green Briar Nature Center. Visit www.thorntonburgess.org, or call 508-888-6870 for additional information.

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  • Wednesday, July 11, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Sandwich Garden Tour

    Visit a number of lovely, private home gardens in Sandwich at your leisure anytime between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday, July 11.  Enjoy light refreshments served overlooking the award-winning Wildflower Garden (below) at the Green Briar Nature Center.  Tickets are $15, and all proceeds benefit the environmental education programs of the Thornton W. Burgess Society and its Green Briar Nature Center.  Tickets, which contain a map and directions to each garden on the tour, are available in advance at Green Briar or on the day of the tour.  Rain date is Friday, July 13.  For further information, call 508-888-6870.