Somerville Garden Club

March 6, 2016
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Meeting – March 9, 7-9pm

A Look into Life at Fivefork Farms

Learn about the systems employed to run the Lams’ specialty cut flower farm, from crop planning to harvest techniques, including their favorite flower varieties, tools, and suppliers for the home gardener.

Grace Lam is the lead farmer at Fivefork Farms, a family flower farm location on 38-acres in Upton, MA. Fivefork uses sustainable and organic growing methods to produce specialty cut flowers for their farm’s Flower CSA Program, two weekly farmers’ markets, and for wholesale to discerning grocers, florists, and designers in Boston, Providence and surrounding communities.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings are usually held the second Wednesday of each month at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

February 8, 2016
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Meeting – February 10, 7-9pm

Meadows

We will be showing excerpts from “Urban & Suburban Meadows: Bringing Meadowscaping to Big and Small Spaces,” a video made by Catherine Zimmerman and produced by The Meadow Project. The video focuses on the diversity of life inhabiting a meadow and the intricate connection between native plants, native insects and soil. The video details the process of making a meadow from site preparation, design, and planting, to annual maintenance. Entomologist Doug Tallemy, and meadow experts Michael Nadeau, Larry Weaner, and Neil Diboll are featured. Following the video club members who have made meadows of their own will share their knowledge and experiences.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings are usually held the second Wednesday of each month at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.