Memorial Garden Reopens
The Forbes House Museum in Milton invites visitors to its newly-renovated garden, The Island of Infinite Pleasantness, that includes many species of trees and plantings native to China and Asia.
Charles D. Webster created the Chinese-inspired garden in the 1990s in memory of his late wife, Natalie Peters Webster, president of the Garden Club of America, 1959-1962, who had a lifelong interest in the arts of Asia...
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Saturday, December 15 - Friday, March 01
in Stockbridge
Plant Shadows - Art Exhibition - Berkshire Botanical Garden
Sunday, December 16
in Watertown
Festive 'Fire & Ice' Vase Arrangement Class
Tuesday, January 08 - Tuesday, February 12
in Wellesley
Botany for the Home Gardener: Mass Hort's Six-Session Course
Wednesday, January 16 - Wednesday, January 23
in Wellesley
Designing the Winter Landscape - Mass Hort Society Classes
Thursday, January 17
in Wellesley
Potager Gardens - Mass Hort Society Class
Ripened Kousa Dogwood Berries
Savoring Fall! (Or, Savoring the Fall!)
It's officially Fall and there's much to savor. The days are shorter and cooler, and some tree leaves are beginning to come down.
Especially outstanding are the Kousa dogwood berries. The seven-son tree (Heptacodium) is spectacular. Called autumn lilac by some, its sepal-like rose calyces elongate after blooming and last into late fall...
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