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The 2024 Boston Marathon is special for Rikki Lee Sabasteanski. She is running from her current hometown of Hopkinton to her former hometown of Boston, she is participating with her husband, Ross, and she is raising funds for the Hopkinton Garden Club. “I have always...
Character re-enactor Jessa Piaia will present a dramatic portrayal of Isabella Stewart Gardner in “A Visit with Isabella Stewart Gardner: America’s First Patroness of the Arts” at the Hopkinton Public Library on Tuesday, April 2, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. This program is...
The Hopkinton Garden Club will host an informative program on cutting propagation for the home gardener on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Adam Wheeler, horticulturist at Broken Arrow Nursery, will overview important cultural considerations and the varied...
The Hopkinton Garden Club recently recognized extraordinary accomplishments within the club as well as in the field of horticulture. The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Unsung Hero Award for Hopkinton Garden Club was awarded to Martin Bayes, “who always...
The annual Hopkinton Garden Club Plant Sale will take place Saturday, May 13, from 8 a.m.-noon at the Town Common. Club members will be selling annuals and perennials (many dug from their own gardens or grown directly from seed) including a wide variety of flowers,...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Speaker Series presents “Avian Ecology” on Tuesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts (upstairs room) as well as on Zoom. Erik Sechler, the ecological programs coordinator at the Native Plant Trust in Framingham,...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Speaker Series presents “Your Beautiful Earth-Friendly Garden” on Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts (upstairs room) as well as on Zoom. In this introduction to sustainable gardening, Rebecca Warner, author...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Speaker Series presents a double session on Tuesday, Feb. 21, on Zoom. From 7-7:30 p.m., Ed Harrow will discuss the battle against knotweed and other invasives in Hopkinton. From 7:30-8:30, Robert Gegear will present "A citizen scientist's...
The Hopkinton Garden Club is soliciting applications for its $1,000 scholarship. Preference is given to graduating high school seniors pursuing the fields of horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, forestry, conservation, environmental sciences and related...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Speaker Series presents “The Garden Tourist's Hudson River Valley” with Jana Milbocker on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. Milbocker is the principal of Enchanted Gardens, a lecturer and a garden writer. She has a passion for...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Speaker Series continues on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. with a presentation from Gretel Anspach on pruning basics. Attendees will learn about the science behind when, how and why to prune woody plants, and be able to determine which...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Speaker Series presents “Garden Design — A Deeper Dive” with Joanne Pearson, a professional photographer and former registered landscape architect. Pearson will discuss garden design, illustrated by showcase gardens in Europe and across the...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s annual spring plant sale is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Hopkinton Town Common (Park Street side, due to ongoing construction). Club members will be selling perennials, many dug from their own...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s annual spring plant sale is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Hopkinton Town Common (Park Street side, due to ongoing construction). If there is heavy rain, the event will be held the following day from...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Online Speaker Series presents “Healthy Lawns and Lawn Alternatives” with Gretel Anspach, a trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a lifetime master gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and a recently...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Online Speaker Series presents “Garden Design for a Changing Climate” with Christine Darnell. The principal of Christine Darnell Gardens in Lyme, Connecticut, Darnell will share her specialty of plant combinations that are rich in form and...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s Online Speaker Series presents “Gardens of the Scottish Highlands” with Jana Milbacher, the principal of Enchanted Gardens, a lecturer and garden writer. Participants will enjoy an armchair tour of 15 very different gardens in Scotland —...
The Hopkinton Garden Club's Online Speaker Series presents “Welcome Yule!” with Betsy Williams on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Participants will learn how to decorate their home for the sparkling month of December...
The Hopkinton Garden Club continues its Online Speaker Series with the presentation “New England Native Flora” with Gretel Anspach on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. During this illustrated presentation, attendees will learn about native plants of New...
The Hopkinton Garden Club’s April presentation will be “Say It with Flowers ... Springtime,” a video program hosted by floral designer Thelma Shoneman and featuring five floral designs of varying design types. Forced spring flowering branches are used in most designs,...
