Events at Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Thru September - Walk With Natives Cell-Phone Tour
Enjoy our historic landscape. Hear Arboretum staff talk about 18 of our favorite trees and shrubs native to Eastern US. Tour map available on-line or at Visitor Center. FREE, only your regular airtime charges apply.
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
125 Arborway
Jamaica Plain
Phone: (617)524-1718 ext. 160, (617) 384-5209 www.arboretum.harvard.edu

The Garden Conservancy Open Days Program
Admission to each private garden: $5. Rain or shine. No reservations required.
July 17 - 8 Gardens in South Dartmouth Area 10-4
Levins: 60-year-old gardens surround house designed by apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright. Gardens designed by Allen Haskell, Nan Sinton. Forbes: views of tidal Slocums River, farms, meadows, salt marshes, native plants, enclosed cutting and vegetable garden, prize-winning dahlias. Frog Landing: inspiration from classic Renaissance design with axial plan using native plants. Jardim Escondido: plantsman's garden gem, romantic, Monet-like garden begun in 1930s. European-inspired garden includes beds of pastel annuals, magnificent old taxus topiaries. McBratney: defunct dairy on shores of Buzzards Bay and Padanaram Harbor with 22 hypertufa troughs line sunken garden walls. Paradise Farm. Seathrift: built in 1860 by whaleship Captain. Spaces formal and natural with feeling of an arboretum using English country and Italian influences in structure, walls, ornamentation, yet retaining a country feel. Herring Run: in a bend of Paskamansett River, plantings enhance natural swells and dips.
Garden Conservancy
Cold Spring, NY
1-888-842-2442 or www.opendaysprogram.org

Berkshire Botanical Garden Events
Berkshire Botanical Garden
www.berkshirebotanical.org