SEPTEMBER

Program: Field Trip to “Hillside” Arboretum in Newport, RI.

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 11:00 am

Description: A visit to a Level 1 accredited private

arboretum on the property of GCBB member.

We will enjoy a tour and brief overview of the

arboretum program in Newport. Includes a picnic lunch following the tour.

OCTOBER

Program: Lecture by Anna Jane Kocon, Little State Flower Company

Date/Time: Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:00 am

Description: Anna will share the story of transforming her 5 acre property into a specialty-cut flower farm.

NOVEMBER

Program: Lecture on The Evolution of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.

Date/Time: Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 3:00 pm.

Description: To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Garden Club of the Back Bay. Club member, Margaret Pokorny, will present a lecture on the history and master plan of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.

DECEMBER

Wreath Week – December 1 through 5.

JANUARY

Program: Annual Winter Tea

Date/Time: TBD

Place: Boston Public Library

FEBRUARY

Program: Lecture via ZOOM. Author Marta McDowell will discuss her book, “All the

Presidents Gardens: “From Madison’s Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses, How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America.”

Date/Time: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Description: Starting with the seed-collecting, plant-obsessed George Washington and ending with Michelle Obama’s focus on edibles, Marta will share how the story of the White House Garden is also the story of America.

FEBRUARY

Program: Lecture on “What’s Wrong with My Houseplant?”

Date/Time: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 2:00 pm

Description: As with our outdoor gardens, many things can go wrong when you grow plants indoors.

This presentation will cover the factors that make for happy houseplants, including light, water, and soil...and how to provide them.

MARCH

Program: Lecture on “Creating Pollinator Habitats Anywhere.”

Date/Time: Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:00 am

Description: This presentation by Massachusetts

Master Gardener, Denise Guerin, illustrates successful pollinator habitats created in places as different as suburban gardens to apartment decks, and small urban yards and patios to parking lot “hell strips.”

APRIL

Program: TULIPMANIA, Elm Bank Tulip Festival.

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10:30 am

Location: Wellesley, MA

Description: A field trip to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Garden at Elm Bank. We will tour the gardens and hear an educational talk that focuses on Bulbs and Tulips.

May

Annual Meeting, date TBD