Lifetime Massachusetts Master Gardener, Gretel shared with us her extensive knowledge and expertise on using raised beds for food production. She has established and maintains a 20,000 square foot raised bed garden that has provided fresh produce for the Marlboro and Maynard Food Banks for the last 10 years. 

As entertaining and informative as ever, Bob Whitney joined us in the Monkey House at Forest Park.  Drawing on his extensive design experience, Bob demonstrated the creation of arrangements sprinkling in hints and tips for using multiple techniques and tools like braiding, wiring, taping, gluing, preservatives, paints, and wires.

Ever wonder why some seeds are so hard to get started? As the manager of Nasami Farm Nursery, Alexis shared her extensive experience in starting and growing native seeds and why they are so important for us to add to our gardens.

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Director of The Native Plant Trust since March of 2019, Uli Lorimer joined us at Forest Park.  He has advocated tirelessly for the use of native plants in public and private gardens. His staff of 25 and more than 700 volunteers work throughout New England to monitor and protect rare and endangered plants and collect and preserve native seeds to ensure plant diversity. With his Northeast Native Plant Primer as a starting point, he will showed us how we can bring the beauty of native plants into our own gardens.

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