Ready for Spring
There are some signs of spring in the garden, especially where the recent snowfall has melted and exposed patches of soil.
Beautiful white blossoms of snowdrops (Galanthus) and blue Siberian squills (Scilla) are accompanied by the emerging green foliage of daffodils along with those of daylilies and sedums.
Let's hope that the predicted wet snow doesn't do too much damage to them... Read More...
Saturday, April 21
in Stockbridge
War on Weeds: Controlling Invasive Plants - Berkshire Botanical Garden - Lecture
Saturday, April 21
in Wellesley
Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop - Mass Horticultural Society
Saturday, April 21
in Quincy
Earthapalooza - Celebration of Earth Day
Friday, April 27 - Saturday, April 28
in Westford
Annual Spring Plant Sale - Middlesex Conservation District
Friday, April 27
in Boston
2018 Green and White Ball - Friends of the Public Garden - Gala Fundraiser
National Cabbage Program
Each year Bonnie Plants trucks free cabbage plants to third grade classrooms whose teachers have signed up for the program online.
Kids can cultivate, nurture and grow giant cabbages, some much bigger than a basketball, tipping the scales, often at more than 40 pounds.
Bonnie Plants initiated the Cabbage Program with a mission to inspire a love of vegetable gardening in young people... Read More...