Free admission to Tower Hill Botanic Garden
-Tower Hill Botanic Garden's annual Winter Open House is on Sunday, November 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. With the theme, "Always in Season," the event highlights the activities at Tower Hill that take place throughout the year. Volunteers and staff members will answer questions about membership, private rentals, educational programs, youth programs, volunteering, horticulture, special events, and future development of Tower Hill. Executive Director John Trexler will lead a tour of the grounds at 2:00 p.m.
From 11am to 3pm, members of the Bay State African Violet Society will offer an African Violet re-potting clinic; for $1 per plant, "leggy" and rubber-necked African Violets will be divided and re-potted with fresh soil and a new pot, along with expert violet growing advice and tender loving care.
The Garden is located at 11 French Drive, in Boylston, MA, exit 24 off Interstate 290. For details and directions, call 508-869-6111 or sign on to www.towerhillbg.org
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Carol Stocker has been writing about gardening for the Boston Globe for 30 years. She has won the top newspaper writing award of the Garden Writer's Association of American three times. Her newest book is "The Boston Globe Illustrated New England Gardening Almanac."
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Hi Barb,
I happened to see this on the Tower Hill home page. Note the author. Perhaps you can get a few ideas for your intro...plus I will give you the bio-page I got from Carol at the Federated Workshop.
Nancy