Get ready for your best spring ever, inspired by the Society's Learn + Grow courses and field trips. Check out superb first-time offers, including programs on kitchen gardens, suburban diversity, insect safaris, getting kids in touch with nature, and more.
Here are some highlights:
The Garden As Muse:
A workshop on garden and nature writing
Friday, April 18
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA
Wild Flowers of New England
A great way to begin the study of native plants. This multi-session course is offered in CT, MA, VT, and ME over the course of the season, beginning April 14 in CT.
To view our entire online course catalog, click here. To register, contact
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NEW NATIVE NURSERY PLANTS
Nicci Cataldo, Director of Retail Operations reports, "I have never seen better Epigeae repens (trailing arbutus). We also  have, for the first time in years, the "Holy Grail" of native shrubs - Viburnum lantanoides (hobblebush)". Learn more. | |
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Dear Members and Friends,
Spring is definitely showing -- just in time for the opening of Garden in the Woods trails and nursery on Tuesday, April 15 and Nasami Farm on April 17. We invite you to take conservation action, tend your garden, enjoy new nursery plants, and come visit! |
HELPING LAND TRUSTS
Supported by grants from the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, we've entered a partnership with three western Massachusetts land trusts to do botanical surveys and invasive plant management on land trust properties in the towns of Hampden, Sheffield, and Sturbridge. Learn more |
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DON'T MISS A MINUTE OF SPRING
Horticulturist Rolf Schilling reports blooming Corylus cornuta (beaked hazelnut) Symplocarpos foetida (skunk cabbage) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-leaved hepatica) and more. Join us in observing the unfolding of the season at Garden in the Woods. Tours are weekdays at 10 a.m. and weekends at 2 p.m. rain or shine. Click here for more information about visiting Garden in the Woods. | |
APRIL SHOWERS BRING RAIN GARDENS
Be sure to see the new rain garden display at Garden in the Woods, just outside the Education Building. Horticulture Director Scott LaFleur shares the story, including tips on creating your own rain garden and his recommended plant list here. |
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A BIG NASAMI WELCOME
A friendly welcome awaits you this Thursday April 17, opening  day at Nasami, and at the Society's Open House celebration on Sunday, April 20 at 1 p.m. Enjoy refreshments and spectacular plant shopping and meet our new nursery staff.
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Here's to a scintillating spring!
Karen Pierce Debra Strick
Director of Membership Director of PR and Marketing
& the whole New England Wild Flower Society Staff |
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