Upcoming Events
2023 - 2024
September 12, 2023 – 10:00 am
Morning Stroll through the Boston Public Garden
Learn about the history, sculpture, and horticulture of America’s first public botanical garden.
Meet at the Make Way for Ducklings Sculpture near the corner of Charles and Beacon Streets.
October 10, 2023 – 10:00 am
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary Tour
We’ll explore the sanctuary’s local flora and fauna with an experienced teacher naturalist.
500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, MA 02126
November 14, 2023 – 10:00 am (Coffee will be served at 9:30)
Heidi Pickard, PFAS from a Gardener’s Perspective
This meeting is our annual collaboration with the Chestnut Hill Garden Club and is organized by the CHGC.
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill
December 12, 2023 – 11:00 am
Holiday Social and Library Collaboration
Continuing our new tradition of supporting the community during the holiday season, we are partnering with the Brookline Public Library to help expand its collection of books on gardening, nature, and the environment for children and adults. The featured speaker will be Amanda Hirst, Director of Libraries for the Town of Brookline. Details are being finalized and will be shared soon.
Location to be announced.
January 22, 2024 – Monday!!! 12:30 pm
Lawns and Lawn Alternatives
Look at options for tailoring your lawn and your lawn care to fit your needs. The talk will include some discussion of alternatives to the traditional grass lawn. Speaker Gretel Anspach is a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a Lifetime Master Gardener, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon. Her primary interest and focus are always the science behind horticulture.
This meeting is in collaboration with the Junior League Garden Club and is organized by the JLGC.
Zoom
February 14, 2024 – Wednesday!!! 10:00 am
Gorgeous Gardens of New England
Sit back and enjoy a visual tour and the history of some of the most gorgeous gardens in New England presented by Joanne Pearson, a former landscape architect turned professional photographer.
This meeting is in collaboration with the Junior League Garden Club and is organized by us.
Zoom
April 1, 2024 – Monday!!! 10:00 am
Gardening Can Be Murder, A Talk by Author, Marta McDowell
Marta McDowell lives, writes, and gardens in Chatham, New Jersey. Her garden writing has appeared in publications such as Country Gardening and The New York Times.
In her most recent book, Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers, Marta explores the many ways in which writers have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardening.
This meeting is our annual collaboration with the Junior League Garden Club and is organized by the JLGC.
Wellesley Books, 82 Central Street, Wellesley
April 9, 2024 – 10:00 am
Gardening with Dahlias
Presented by Betsy Szymczak, an avid outdoor vegetable and flower gardener, member of the American Dahlia Society (ADS), and ADS candidate judge, this program will provide a brief history of dahlias and their introduction into the American garden. We will learn how to select dahlia tubers, where to plant them, and how to water and fertilize them, and so much more.
Latvian Church, 58 Irving Street, Brookline
May 14, 2024 at 11:00 am
Annual Meeting
Past Events 2022-2023
Walk through of the Fenway including the Kelliher Rose Garden and the Community gardens
Allandale Farm Tour and talk
“Gardening in a Changing Climate” with Michele Schukel (Natural Selections)
Community Event with donations to the Brookline Food Bank and a talk by Arielle Chernin (Operations Manager of the Food Bank)
Virtual Tour of Florida Gardens with Jana Milbocker (garden designer and owner of Enchanted Garden)
Virtual Tour of the Floral World of Japan with Lisa Oberholzer-Gee
Lecture on the history and operations of Little Leaf Farms in Devens MA with Chris Sellew (Sales Manager)
Lecture on the urban canopy of Boston with David Meschoulan (Co-founder and Director of Speak for the Trees)Past Events 2022
Past Events 2021-2022
Alexandra Vecchio, Brookline’s Director of Parks & Open Space
“The Birth of the American Home Gardening Movement” with Jane Roy Brown
Program on the New Garden Society led by Erin Spinosa
Terrarium gardening workshop led by Kris Bowden and Emilie Kendall
Lecture by Deborah Chud on Piet Oudolf
Lecture on Roses with Mike and Angie Chute of Rose Solutions
Demonstration - Inviting Spring with Early Spring Containers with the Junior League Garden Club
Lecture on the Urban Farming Institute by Executive Director Patrica Spence
Past Events 2020-2021
“Tree Architecture And Adaptive Growth” by Peter Del Tredici (Senior Research Scientist Emeritus, Arnold Arboretum)
“Inviting a little wilderness into your Garden” by Uli Lorimer (Director of Horticulture, Native Plant Trust)
Artists Gardens by Jana Millbocker (Garden designer and owner of Enchanted Garden)
Edible Landscapes/Heirloom Gardens by John Forti (Executive Director of Bedrock Gardens)
“Lars Anderson Gilded Age” by Stephen Moskey (Author)
Ladies of the Club by Allyson Hayward
Past Events 2019-2020
Art in Bloom Museum of Fine Arts Tour
“American’s Romance with the English Garden” by Tom Mickey
“Climate Change “C-Change”” Conversation with Chestnut Hill Garden Club
Holiday Wreath and Greens Arrangement Workshop by Sarah Mitchell
Fall Gardening Tips by Hannah Trajish
Brookline Park Projects and Reservoir Preview by Erin Gallentine
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Tour by Allan Banks
Past Events 2018-2019
Farm Tour at Allandale Farm in Chestnut Hill
Tour of Dana Greenhouse at the Arnold Arboretum
Hudson Valley Seed Company Lecture by Ken Greene Lecture
“Sustaining the Monarch Butterfly” Lecture by Katie Banks Hone
Tour of Tower Hill Gardens in Boylston, MA
Ikebana Workshop
New England Food System-Andy Kendall Lecture
Other Past Events…
Fisher Hill Reservoir Park Tour
Arctic Flower Travelogue Lecture
“Caterpillars as Horticulturalists” by The Caterpillar Lab
“The History of the Tulip” Lecture by Ila Cox
Container Gardening Workshop by the Captured Garden
Tour and History of the Frederick Law Olmsted Historic Site