Events & Programs

Fall Schedule of Educational Programs

Wednesday, September 24 at 10:00 am, Field trip to Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain.

Forest Hills Cemetery is a 275-acre garden cemetery and arboretum that was founded in 1848, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, and was named one of the “1000 Greatest Places” in Massachusetts. Local historian Dee Morris will give a tour focusing on the property features, with a discussion of the cemetery’s history and horticulture, and the many well-known people buried there.

Thursday, October 16 at 10:00 am at the *Chilton Club , Lecture by Joanne Vieira, director of public gardens and horticulture for the Trustees.

Ms. Vieira will give a presentation on “Long Hill,” the botanical garden in Beverly, MA and one of the most horticulturally diverse properties owned by the organization.

Thursday, November 13 at 10:00 am at the *Chilton Club, Lecture by Pastor James Hopkins, First Lutheran Church on “Gardens of the Bible.”

The garden is a popular motif in the Bible, cutting across every literary genre therein. From the account of creation to the revelation of the heavenly city, the garden is an important setting for the story of salvation. Pastor Hopkins will discuss how an understanding of the edenic arc illuminates the care we put into our own humble (or grand) gardens and justifies all the care and effort in maintaining them, especially in the city.