Garden

Garden and gardening related events

Plant Your Own Garden at APL

Plant a Growums garden at Amesbury Public Library to take home with you!

Join Amesbury Public Library to plant your own garden to take home! The Topsfield Fair has donated Growums garden kits to us! Choose from one of 4 garden types and use magically expanding soil to plant for different herbs or vegetables. Keep track on your garden online and learn more about planting, plant growth and gardens. Registration is not required and all ages are welcome!

When: 
Monday, May 20, 2013 3-4:30pm

Flower Field Volunteer Hours

Volunteers are needed at Long Hill and Sedgewick Gardens in Beverly!

The Trustees of Reservations need your help to prepare and plant Long Hill and Sedgwick Gardens's Pick-Your-Own Flower Fields. We've extended our garden to bring even MORE fresh flowers to the community this year! We have a range of projects available for all abilities, from planting, weeding, and staking, to deadheading, seeding, labeling, and much more. Dig in and have fun with a great group of fellow volunteers!

When: 
Thursdays, 9-11am

Learn As You Sow at the Flower Fields

Come plant the seed that will become pick your own bouquets this Summer

Craving Spring? Join the folks at The Trustees' Long Hill and Sedgwick Gardens to learn about seed starting for our Pick Your Own Flower Field. Help us sow the first big round of seeds. With your help, these seeds will grow into the cutting flowers that we grow in our Flower Fields! Bring the family: ages 10 and up. Please pre-register.

When: 
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Pick Your Own Flowers: Thursdays

Long Hill invites children to come pick their own flower bouquet in their garden

Organic and local - right here at Long Hill! Zinnias, snapdragons, rudbeckia, sunflowers, dahlias, and more bouquet-worthy flowers. Flower bouquets are priced at $7 for a large size, $3 for a child size. Please visit the garden anytime, but pick-your-own is only available at the hours stated. Learn sustainable gardening techniques in this educational, kid-friendly garden.

When: 
Thursdays 3 - 5PM
When: 
Fridays 12Noon - 5PM
When: 
Saturdays 10AM - 5PM

Pick Your Own Flowers: Saturdays

Long Hill invites children to come pick their own flower bouquet in their garden

Organic and local - right here at Long Hill! Zinnias, snapdragons, rudbeckia, sunflowers, dahlias, and more bouquet-worthy flowers. Flower bouquets are priced at $7 for a large size, $3 for a child size. Please visit the garden anytime, but pick-your-own is only available at the hours stated. Learn sustainable gardening techniques in this educational, kid-friendly garden.

When: 
Thursdays 3 - 5PM
When: 
Fridays 12Noon - 5PM
When: 
Saturdays 10AM - 5PM

Pick Your Own Flowers: Fridays

Long Hill invites children to come pick their own flower bouquet in their garden

Organic and local - right here at Long Hill! Zinnias, snapdragons, rudbeckia, sunflowers, dahlias, and more bouquet-worthy flowers. Flower bouquets are priced at $7 for a large size, $3 for a child size. Please visit the garden anytime, but pick-your-own is only available at the hours stated. Learn sustainable gardening techniques in this educational, kid-friendly garden.

When: 
Thursdays 3 - 5PM
When: 
Fridays 12Noon - 5PM
When: 
Saturdays 10AM - 5PM

Gardening Day

Join Cape Ann Art Haven build a raised bed garden and create trellis sculptures out of poles and twine. Help build and install the bed and sculptures, plant the seeds, be part of a project that will grow throughout the spring and summer! (grades 2 and up)

When: 
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9am-3pm
Location: 
Cape Ann Art Haven

Gardening for Wildlife

Winter is an excellent time to view wildlife in the garden. Join Long Hill Superintendent and Horticulturist Dan Bouchard for a guided walk through the Sedgwick Gardens at Long Hill, where we'll identify the best garden trees, shrubs, and perennials for wildlife. We will look for plants and natural garden features that provide shelter, food, and habitat for wildlife during winter.

When: 
February 12, 2011 10:00am

Plant a Cup of Tea

Part of the Studio Saturdays Program. Decorate a pot and plant a Camellia sinensis seed to grow your very own tea. Then take an activity sheet to the Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo exhibition and further explore natural motifs in Asian art.

Suitable for all ages!

When: 
November 20, 2010 1pm-3pm
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