Raspberry

City Natives Workshop – Raspberry Harvest

Each month City Natives will be hosting a different skill building workshop. For July, learn to cultivate, harvest, and prepare fresh raspberries! City Natives hosts red and golden raspberries, plus some blackberries. City Natives Plant Nursery is located at 30 Edgewater Dr. in Mattapan, a short walk from the… Read More

tai chi

Tai Chi in the Garden

Want to feel your best this summer? Come start the day with a weekly Tai Chi class at Nightingale Community Garden every Friday from July 10 – July 31, 9AM-10AM. Tai Chi is an incredibly effective and gentle exercise that improves strength, flexibility, aerobic conditioning, and balance. Tai Chi is… Read More

herbs

Identifying Medicine in Our Garden: Plant Walk & Herbal-Infused Vinegars

Join herbalist Taina Vargas for a guided walk through the Lenox & Kendall Community garden followed by a demonstration on how to make herbal-infused vinegars. This guided plant walk invites us to slow down and tap into our senses as we engage with the plants growing around us. Learn to… Read More

flower pressing sample

Souvenirs and Science: Flower Pressing and Herbarium Workshop

Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley, one of the many illustrious residents of the Old Manse and the finest Harvard professor who never attended, was a noted botanist who left behind her collection of pressed flowers and other plant material known as an herbarium. Herbaria have long been used as both scientific… Read More

Beach Plum

City Natives Workshop – Beach Plums!

Each month City Natives will be hosting a different skill building workshop. For August, discover a rare Massachusetts native fruit, the Beach Plum! Grown in coastal areas of MA, City Natives hosts two large productive bushes. City Natives Plant Nursery is located at 30 Edgewater Dr. in Mattapan, a… Read More

botanical dye

Growing Together: Natural & Botanical Dye Workshop

Explore the beauty of botanical color in this hands-on Natural Dye Gardening Workshop. Participants will learn how to grow plants traditionally used for natural dyes while discovering the process of transforming flowers, leaves, and roots into vibrant pigments for fabric and fiber. Together, we’ll explore the connection between gardening and… Read More

mixology

Taste the Seasons – Summer Mixology

Taste the season and explore our gardens in the first of our three part mixology program! Stay tuned for future dates for the coming seasons. Join us for the summer rendition of Taste the Seasons. Explore Rutland Washington Community Garden, also known as Gazebo Garden, and learn about summery… Read More

tai chi

Tai Chi in the Garden

Want to feel your best this summer? Come start the day with a weekly Tai Chi class at Nightingale Community Garden every Friday from July 10 – July 31, 9AM-10AM. Tai Chi is an incredibly effective and gentle exercise that improves strength, flexibility, aerobic conditioning, and balance. Tai Chi is… Read More

Cut Flower Garden

Garden Open Hours July

Explore Lydon Way Community Garden in Dorchester at this casual meetup! Come prepared with garden questions to ask our expert gardener, Max. Discuss solutions and brainstorm with the group! This is an open forum meeting for Dorchester gardeners of all backgrounds to ask their niche questions and see Lydon Way… Read More

garlic mustard

Horticulture 101: Get to Know Your Weeds Workshop

Not all weeds are created equal! Join us for Horticulture 101: Know Your Weeds, an engaging and informative workshop led by Senior Horticulturist, Dan Bouchard, designed to help gardeners identify common weeds, understand their growth habits, and learn effective management strategies. Discover how to distinguish invasive species from beneficial plants,… Read More