Sweet Starts: Potato Slips and Potluck
Location: The Dudley Greenhouse, 11 Brook Ave, Roxbury Gather at The Food Project’s Dudley Greenhouse for a night all about sweet potatoes! Seasoned gardener Elnora Thompson of Nightingale Community Garden will lead a demonstration on how to start your own sweet potato starts (“slips”) using potatoes from the grocery store… Read More
Seed Selection: Where to Shop & What to Get
‘Tis the season for ordering seeds! Join us for a conversation about where to buy seeds, and the best seed varieites to grow in your garden. We’ll cover some of favorite varieties that resist common diseases, produce a lot of food in a small space, and taste great – but… Read More
Winter Solstice Celebration
Location: Leland Community Garden, 2-6 Leland Street, Jamaica Plain Join Leland Cooperative Garden for their annual solstice celebration at their garden in JP! A gathering of neighbours and friends to welcome the Return of the Light by placing candles all around the garden. At 5:30 we will share a brief… Read More
Natural Wreath Making Workshop at Appleton Farms
Decorate your door with a gorgeous holiday wreath, created from a variety of textural evergreen boughs all foraged from our historic farm property! Join us in our historic barn where we will demonstrate a simple technique for making your wreath. You will then have the opportunity to make your wreath… Read More
Illuminate Mytoi
As we near the shortest and darkest day of the year, it is helpful to remember the warm, inner hearth that nurtures us through the year. In honor of the holiday season, we invite you to join us in gathering at Mytoi on Chappaquiddick. On this self-guided walk, explore the… Read More
Native Seed Sowing Workshop with Erin Hammes
This event has sold out. Join Erin Hammes, Plant Records and Production Horticulturist at Native Plant Trust, for this native seed sowing workshop. Learn about our native seeds and then get your hands in the soil to sow some seeds that you can take home. Class will be held… Read More
Natural Wreath Making Workshop at Appleton Farms
Decorate your door with a gorgeous holiday wreath, created from a variety of textural evergreen boughs all foraged from our historic farm property! Join us in our historic barn where we will demonstrate a simple technique for making your wreath. You will then have the opportunity to make your wreath… Read More
Cancelled – Illuminate Mytoi
As we near the shortest and darkest day of the year, it is helpful to remember the warm, inner hearth that nurtures us through the year. In honor of the holiday season, we invite you to join us in gathering at Mytoi on Chappaquiddick. On this self-guided walk, explore the… Read More
Winter Wreath Making Workshop
This event has sold out. Learn how to craft a beautiful wreath for the holidays or for the winter season with Iris Weaver! Using fresh greens, foraged dried plant stalks, pine cones, nuts, faux berries and leaves, cinnamon sticks, and more, you’ll create a unique 8″ to 12” wreath during… Read More
Building with Natural Materials: Wreath Making Workshop
Decorate your door with a gorgeous holiday wreath that you have created from a variety of textural evergreen boughs! We will demonstrate a simple technique for making your wreath; then you will have the opportunity to get to work making the wreath and decorating it with a variety of natural… Read More
Building with Natural Materials: Family Wreath Making Workshop
Work together to learn how to create a gorgeous holiday wreath from a variety of textural evergreen boughs! This class demonstrates simple techniques for wreathmaking so you can get to work on construction and decoration using a variety of natural materials such as berries, pinecones, and other natural materials. We… Read More
Top Native Shrubs for the Home Landscape
For this special class Senior Horticulturist Dan Bouchard shares suggestions on native shrubs that make excellent substitutes for common, non-native landscape plants. Walk through the Sedgwick gardens at Long Hill for ideas to help your garden with local ecology in mind. Remember to dress for the weather and come… Read More