LEARN + GROW
Cornucopia of Classes
This year we are saving paper, printing, and postage costs that normally go into a paper catalog. Instead, explore our offering online. Whether you are in the Nasami area, Northern New England, southern regions, or near Garden in the Woods, we invite your participation in our learning community.
Saturday, November 1
Horticulture Symposium
"Extending the Garden in Time and Space"
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA
Instructors Stephanie Cohen, Virginia Small, John Greenlee, and Nancy Rose help gardeners extend the season. Learn more.
To view our entire online course catalog, click here. To register, contact
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| BIG BUGS Fall Fun
Daddy Longlegs weekend
September 13-14
Monarch Butterfly Migration
September 20-21
Grasshopper Weekend
September 27-28
The sculptures look amazing amid the late-season blooms and berries. Sign up for the Night Flashers & Flyers Night Hike for children with adult companions Saturday, Sept. 20 for an exciting evening of moths and fireflies. Learn more |
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GRAND SLAM WITH DUSTIN PEDROIA
On Saturday, September 27, help support our mission by meeting Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox MVP candidate. Thanks to Salem Five's Grand Slam Event, 19 Concord Road in Sudbury, MA, you can have your photo taken with Dustin from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Open a new STAR checking account, select the Society as your charity, and Salem Five Bank will donate $100 to New England Wild Flower Society. You'll be helping to protect native plants while batting a thousand!
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| VOLUNTEERS SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday October 15, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Garden in the Woods.
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September 10, 2008
Dear Members and Friends,
As our region's most colorful season approaches, we want to share news from this peak time for plant conservation and for planting natives. Begin "Back-to-school" season with our new fall lineup of native plant educational programs. Nasami Farm has reopened for the season with lots of progress on the new Native Plant Center and the BIG BUGS exhibit continues at Garden in the Woods amid fall's fruits and berries. And finally, celebrate the fall baseball season with one of the sports rising stars: enjoy a special fundraising opportunity for the Society with Dustin Pedroia this month. Enjoy! |
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FALL PLANTING SEASON
It is a happy coincidence that some of the most  glorious fall foliage and berries can be had on some of the easiest native New England shrubs to grow, and there are some for every growing condition. Despite the unappealing name, chokeberries make a delicious and healthful traditional jam for humans. Birds and chipmunks take them straight. Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) has purplish leaves in fall and purple-black berries. A. arbutifolia (red chokeberry) has blazing red and orange leaves and red berries. Read more here about Retail Operations Director Nicola Cataldo's picks. |
LIP GRANT FOR CONSERVATION
The Society received a grant of approximately $9,000 from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's Landowner Incentive (LIP) Program to conduct habitat management at our Nasami Farm and Sanctuary for the benefit of rare and at-risk fauna like foraging wood turtles, bobolink, and sharp-shinned hawks.Please help to fulfill that grant and participate in our Conservation Volunteer Days at Nasami Farm September 24-26 and/or October 2-3. We'll train you--no experience necessary. Contact John Burns at jburns@newenglandwild.org or 508--877-7630 x 3204. Read more about the LIP Grant.
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 FALL FEATURES AT GARDEN IN THE WOODS
Explore our Cranberry Bog beauties, new autumnal containers, and the newly renovated Pitcher Plant Garden - all described by Horticulture Director Scott LaFleur. |
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NATIVE PLANT GRADUATES SALUTED
Sunday, October 5 at 1 p.m. join us at Garden in the Woods to recognize the accomplishments of our Certificate in Native Plant Studies graduates. Dr. Tristram Seidler, the Society's Seed Ecologist, presents the first annual Native Plant Lecture. It's a great opportunity to learn more about native plant conservation and critical horticultural issues. This free event concludes with light refreshments and the chance to view the BIG BUGS exhibit. Pre-registration encouraged but not required. Read more. |
| NASAMI FARM NEWS + GROWING CONNECTIONS
 Be sure to include a Nasami visit in your fall plans. Our Whately, MA farm is open for the fall season Thurs - Sun through October 5. Free demos take place Sundays at 1 pm. This Sunday, September 14, learn to plant trees the right way with Dr. Greg Lowenberg. This is a very exciting time for New England Wild Flower Society and the new Native Plant Center at Nasami. Through your generosity to the "Growing Connections" capital campaign, the Center's foundation has been poured, the barn improved, and we look forward to sharing this very GREEN future with you. Read all about our building news, bald eagles, campaign opportunities, and great new plants. |
| GOODBYE TO A FAITHFUL FRIEND
 If you have ever visited Garden in the Woods, you may have seen our black and white "rodent control officer" Ozzie, who passed away peacefully on August 13. Read Ozzie's story here. | |
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Happy, glorious fall to you!
Karen Pierce Debra Strick
Director of Membership Director of PR and Marketing
& the whole New England Wild Flower Society Staff |
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