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Get creative!
Highlights of upcoming art-related courses:
May 20, 27, June 3 Get up EARLY (6:30 a.m.) for 1 or more Tuesdays of Early Morning Photography, Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Watercolors in the Garden May 29 8 Thursdays starting 5/29. Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Rustic Trellis, Obelisk, and Gate Workshop
June 7 New Canaan Nature Center, New Canaan CT.
June 21 Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Great for adults or parent/child teams.
To view our entire online course catalog, click here. To register, contact
Free demonstrations at Nasami Farm This Sunday, May 18 bring your landscape design questions along with photos for a free 15-minute consultation with a certified horticulturist. On Sunday, May 25 groundcovers go native when Ron Wik spotlights favorites for every garden condition. Learn more. |
CONTAINERS USING NATIVES
When it comes to planting a great container, choose a "thriller", a "filler" and a "spiller". Use one plant as a vertical feature, another to fill the middle level and one to drape over the side of the container. You can add multiple plants to fill those roles. Choose plants that share the same requirements for water and light.
Some of our favorites include "thrillers": Iris setosa, various penstemons, echinaceas, columbine or even a small shrub like gray dogwood or feathery cedars. Great "spillers" include mountain mint, woodland phlox, crowberry or bearberry. Tiarella, heuchera, wild geranium and ginger make great "fillers".
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Dear Members and Friends,
New England Wild Flower Society announced the launch of two bold initiatives that promise to change the future of native plant outreach, education, and conservation. Your participation makes all the difference! |
HELP US GROW
We proudly announce "Growing Connections", the Campaign for New England Wild Flower Society in support of two key initiatives: Building a LEED-certified Native Plant Center at Nasami  Farm; and endowing the Online New England Flora, making our region's native plant identification accessible to all. We've raised $2.5 million toward the $3.8 million campaign goal. Groundbreaking takes place at Nasami next month. There are many ways to help. Learn more. |
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INVASIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION
The Society's 2008 Invasive Plant Card "Know Them, Don't  Grow Them" now lists three additional invaders: Polygonum perfoliatum (mile-a-minute vine) Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass), and Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan jewelweed). Stay informed with the Society's newly-revised invasive plant information and image gallery. | |
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Horticulture Director Scott LaFleur says more visitors this year describe Garden in the Woods using this word than ever before. "The snowy winter may have gotten the best of us but it was just what the garden wanted. The Erythronium spp.(trout  lilies),Trillium, and Tiarella spp. (foamflowers) responded to the extra sun with the most profuse blooms in years. Be sure to make way for ducklings around the lily pond, home to the next generation of newly-hatched mallards, and look for Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady slippers) in full bud, just beginning to bloom. Wherever you turn there is something to amaze you. Learn more. |
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PBS' DESIGN SQUAD BIG BUGS CHALLENGE
The BIG BUGS exhibit and web-of-life extravaganza returns to Garden in the Woods July 12-October 31. Tune into the popular engineering reality show produced by WGBH TV to view teens sculpting insects from found plant material at Garden in the Woods, with advice from BIG BUGS artist David Rogers. Airing May 16 in New Hampshire, and June 1 in Massachusetts, check your local listings for details. To view the clip, click here. |
| WINTER MOTH
Be on the alert for winter moth caterpillars, now chewing their way through some areas in New England. If "bullet holes" appear in woody plant foliage (they especially like fruit and ornamental trees) water thoroughly (two inches of moisture needed each week) to encourage a second flush of foliage, which can help the plants withstand the effects. Check with your certified arborist for more bio-safe strategies. For more information, click here. |
SPACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR NEW MEMBER TOURS
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GARDENERS go WILD!
Originally created as annual fundraising events to spread interest in native plants, we are very pleased to announce that our Plant Sale and Preview Party accomplished their goals, allowing us to offer native plants in our nurseries every day. We announce two new celebrations: Reserve tickets for the Thursday, June 5 party: Go WILD! An Evening of Garden Delights & Irresistible Plant Shopping. To purchase tickets, click here. For more information, click here. | |
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With deep appreciation for our growing connections,
Karen Pierce Debra Strick
Director of Membership Director of PR and Marketing
& the whole New England Wild Flower Society Staff |
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