Summer Gardening Know-How Series
Dates: Wednesday May 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
Place: Virtual Program
Cost: $60.00
Massachusetts Master Gardeners is sponsoring a 4-week Summer Gardening Series. The cost of the four-lecture Summer Gardening Know-How Series is $60.00, payable online by credit/debit card or PayPal. Classes are not available individually. Price includes several handouts and live Q&A time with speakers.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Gardeners with all levels of experience and lots of questions, new homeowners starting from scratch, garden rehabbers. Everyone can benefit from some Know-How!
LECTURES INCLUDE:
- Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening
- Growing Perennials
- Good Bugs, Bad Bugs
- Grow Raspberries
Registration now open! QUESTIONS? Email us at KnowHow@MassMasterGardeners.org.
To ensure everyone has a great educational experience, space is limited. Registration closes once we are full or 5:00 PM, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Refunds for series cancellations must be requested by Saturday, May 4, 2024. Refunds not available for individual missed classes.
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Classes, Workshops and Events
View a full course listing, events for 2024, click on this link.
Floral Classes at Tri County Regional Vocational Technical School
Place: Tri-County Reg. Voc. Tech. School, 147 Pond St, Franklin, MA 02038
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Evenings with Experts lectures into your schedule. You won’t want to miss them!
Grow Native Massachusetts
- May 8 – Nancy Lawson, “Gardening Among Hungry Mammals” (ONLINE)
Gardening Among Hungry Mammals – Nancy Lawson, Author, The Humane Gardener
Date: May 8 | 7:00 – 8:30pm
Where: Online (By Zoom Webinar)
It’s hard to imagine, but white-tailed deer were once nearly extinct in dozens of states. Their abundance now puts them at odds with most gardeners, who become frustrated by the ineffectiveness of conventional methods such as use of repellent sprays and so-called “deer-resistant” species that end up getting browsed. Add to the mix all the resident rabbits, squirrels, and groundhogs, and many gardeners are ready to throw in the trowel. But by understanding plant resistance and tolerance strategies as well as animal behaviors and natural histories, we can create resilient gardens that will support a diversity of vertebrate and invertebrate life in our home habitats. Join author Nancy Lawson to discover how a combination of strategies—including mixtures of preferred and unpalatable species, strategic plantings along well-used pathways, and gentle exclusion techniques—can help you trade resistance for peaceful coexistence.
Nancy Lawson’s latest book is Wildscape: Trilling Chipmunks, Beckoning Blooms, Salty Butterflies, and other Sensory Wonders of Nature. A master naturalist and habitat consultant, she pioneers creative wildlife-friendly landscaping methods, and helped launch a community science project, Monarch Rx, based on scientific discoveries made in her own garden.
Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup
Sponsored by the Charles River Watershed Association
Date: Sat April 20, 2024
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Norfolk locations available. Signup at crwa.org/cleanup.
Book and Bake Sale
Sponsored by the Friends of the Norfolk Library
Place: Freeman-Kennedy School, 70 Boardman Street, Norfolk, MA
Dates: Sat April 20 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Dates: Friends Only Preview and Sale – Friday April 19 – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Friends memberships can be purchased at the door)
Cash, checks or credit cards are accepted. All proceeds unused to support programs and services of the Norfolk Public Library. For more information: www.norfolkmalibraryfriends.org.
Norfolk Lions Field of Flags
Date: Sat May 25, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Norfolk town Hill
Norfolk Memorial Day Parage and Service
Date: Monday May 27, 2024
Time: 8:00 am
Norfolk Community Day
Sponsored by the Norfolk Lions Club
Date: Sat June 15, 2024
Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Place: Holmes Transportation, 22 Myrtle Street, Norfolk, MA
Come join a day of family fun, free rides, games, food, and entertainment, antique cars, giveaways and lots more.
Followed by an evening of: Music, Fireworks and Food Trucks (Cousins Lobster, Thankque BBQ, Mike and Lenn’s Pizza, Clyde”s Cupcakes and C7C Ice Cream). Enjoy live music by Mike Tarara and his band, Music Matters and end the night with fireworks show at 8:45 pm.
Sponsored by the Norfolk Recreation
Place: Freeman-Kennedy Fields
Norfolk Summer Concerts
Dates: Thursdays on Town Hill at 6:30-8:30pm
Une 13 – The Reminisants
June 20 – Ken DoRosario
June 27 – SE New England Community Band
July 11 – BC and Company
July 18 – Jumpin’ Juba
July 25 – Pub Kings
Aug 1 – FSPA’s Electric Youth
Aug 8 – Heartland Radio
The Garden Club of Norfolk, Inc. 