LECTURES AND PROGRAMS SPRING 2012

COME SEE US, WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU!

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CLASSES 2012

I teach continuing education and personal enrichment classes for Northern Essex Community Collage, the Beverly, Mass. Recreation Dept., Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Mass. and Newburyport Adult and Community Ed.
Come join us. It's fun and you will learn lots!

NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

For all classes, bring your own apron & floral scissors. Directions mailed prior to class. Limit 10.

OPEN TERRARIUM
Plant your own Garden-in-a-bowl, it will give you many months of pleasure. Learn how to plant and maintain an open terrarium. Create yours by planting a colorful selection of slow-growing plants in an 8 inch bubble bowl. Finish your garden with decorative accents of polished stones and mossy branches.
$39 materials fee paid in class.

376 GARD1093-OA: Th, 6:30-8:30pm, one eve, 3/22, $29, Off campus

SPRING TABLE GARDEN
Plant a colorful spring garden to grow indoors while you are waiting for the outdoors to bloom.
You will create an arrangement of flowering spring plants in a pretty basket using cyclamen, tulips, primrose, daffodils, lacy ferns, ivies. When summer arrives transplant the bulbs, primroses, ivies and ferns to your garden to enjoy all summer. $44 materials fee paid in class.

377 GARD1086-OA: Tu, 6:30-8:30pm, one eve, 3/27, $29, Off campus

BEGINNING YOUR GARDEN
Thinking about starting a vegetable garden, growing your own tomatoes, salad greens, some favorite vegetables or herbs? This class is for you. Learn where to locate your garden, how to prepare the soil, whether to buy seeds or plants and when to plant. Learn the difference between annuals and perennials and how to grow them, including watering, feeding, and overall garden care. $8 materials fee paid in class.

378 GARD1064-OA: T, 6:30-9pm, one eve, 4/12, $33, Off campus

TO REGISTER CONTACT:
Mary Shattuck
Program Manager
Office of Community Education
Northern Essex Community College
100 Elliott Street
Haverhill, MA 01830
Phone: 978-556-3837
Fax: 978-556-3175
mshattuck@necc.mass.edu

Northern Essex Community College |
Haverhill 978-556-3000 | Lawrence 978-738-7475 | North Andover 978-659-1200

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Beverly Recreation Dept. classes

Joscelyn Ruelle-Kersker
Assistant to the Director
Beverly Recreation Department

(o) 978-921-6067 | (f) 978-927-1386
jruelle@beverlyma.gov | www.bevrec.com

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TOWER HILL BOTANIC GARDEN BOYLSTON, MASS.

To register call Tower Hill Botanic Garden 508-869-6111

EUROPEAN CONTAINER GARDEN
Plant a lovely winter garden for your table or window to enjoy indoors while winter still holds sway outside. European container gardens combine potted plants with fresh cut flowers in a decorative container. Arranged together, flowering plants, lacy ferns, trailing ivies and fresh cut flowers become an enchanting table garden. With proper care, the plants will last for many months and the fresh flowers can be replaced when desired. Please bring floral scissors and an apron to class. Plants, flowers, container and mechanics will be supplied by the instructor.

ADED 12006: Saturday, February 18, 10 am-Noon
Member $65, Nonmember $70

SPRING TABLE GARDEN
Plant a colorful spring garden to grow indoors while you are waiting for the outdoors to bloom. Fill an attractive basket with flowering plants: cyclamen, tulips, primroses, daffodils, violas or pansies accented with lacy ferns, trailing ivies and green moss. Your portable garden will look equally charming on a table or windowsill. When summer arrives, plant the bulbs in the garden and transplant the fern, violas, primroses and ivy to a damp shady spot to enjoy all summer.
Please bring floral scissors and an apron to class. All other materials included.

ADED 12014: Saturday, March 31, 10:00am-Noon
Member $65, Nonmember $70

Ann Marie Pilch
Education Coordinator
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
11 French Dr., P.O. Box 598
Boylston, MA 01505
Phone: 508-869-6111, ext. 120
FAX: 508-869-0314
e-mail: apilch@towerhillbg.org
Website: www.towerhillbg.org

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NEWBURYPORT ADULT and COMMUNITY EDUCATION

EUROPEAN TABLE GARDEN
Join Betsy Williams in planting a lovely winter garden to grow indoors while you are waiting for the garden to grow outdoors! European table gardens combine potted plants with fresh cut flowers in a decorative container. Arranged together, flowering plants, lacy ferns, trailing ivies and fresh cut flowers become an enchanting table garden. Your table garden will last for many months with proper care. The cut flowers can be replaced when desired. Please bring floral scissors and an apron to class. Plants, flowers, container and mechanics will be supplied by the instructor.

One, 2-hour class: Saturday, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon.
February 11, at Ould Towne Gardens, 157 High Road, Newbury, MA.
Cost: $40. A $46.00 materials fee to be paid to the teacher.
Class limit: 10.

SPRING TABLE GARDEN
Betsy Williams returns to demonstrate planting a spring garden that can be grown indoors or be enjoyed outside your door on nice days. Fill an attractive basket with colorful spring plants: cyclamin, tulips, primroses, daffodils, violas or pansies accented with lacy ferns, trailing ivies and green moss.Your portable spring garden will look equally charming on a table, windowsill or doorstep. When summer arrives move the plants to a damp shady spot and enjoy the pansies, ferns and ivies throughout the growing season. Please bring floral scissors and an apron to class.

One, 2-hour class: Saturday, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon.
March 24, at Ould Towne Gardens, 157 High Road, Newbury, MA.
Cost: $40. A $40.00 materials fee to be paid to the teacher.

SPRING TWIG WREATH
Betsy Williams will help you welcome Spring by showing you how to create a wreath of vines and twigs decorated with pussy willows, mosses, green leaves and sprays of vibrant annual statice. Finish your wreath with bright spring-colored ribbons or raffia to coordinate with your home. Your wreath can be hung outdoors in a sheltered area or indoors to brighten up gray days. The finished wreath measures about 16" across. Please bring floral scissors and an apron to class.

One, 2-hour class: Saturday, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon.
March 17, at Ould Towne Gardens, 157 High Road, Newbury, MA.
Cost: $40. A $39.00 materials fee collected in class covers wreath, all plant materials and ribbons.
TO REGISTER:
By E-Mail
Betsy Casazza bcasazza@newburyport.k12.ma.us
By Postal Mail
Newburyport Adult and Community Education
241 High Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
By Telephone
978-465-1257