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Nasami Farm Fall Hours

NEW HOURS at Nasami Farm: Sept 6-Oct 7, 2007, Thursday-Sunday, 9-5, rain or shine. Thanks to your enthusiastic support, we've extended our hours. FREE seminars, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23.

Fall-Winter 2007/08 Courses

View the new Fall/Winter Course Catalog or download and print the catalog (in Adobe Acrobat [PDF] format) and sign up for courses and events.

Special highlights coming up in early 2008:

• Ecological Landscaping Association's Winter Conference and "Eco-Marketplace" - March 6-8, 2008, Springfield, MA
• Backroads China - April 18-May 7, 2008 - Visit Yunnan Province with the Society
• Trillium Symposium - April 17-19, 2008, at Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware - cosponsored by the Society

Garden in the Woods 75th Anniversary Celebration & Exhibit - May 19-Oct. 31

ART GOES WILD: Innovation with Native Plants. CLICK HERE to learn more.

New England Wild Flower Society's Climate Change Policy

Will Maple Syrup, Christmas Trees, Fall Foliage Season, and Other New England Icons Fall Victim to Climate Change? The possible disappearance of these regional icons, and the ecological communities that depend on them, is considered in New England Wild Flower Society’s new POLICY ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

DOWNLOAD the complete policy.

Garden in the Woods open

Our native plant nursery at Garden in the Woods is open. View and purchase 600 exhilarating, garden-ready native species and cultivars this season and walk the Garden in the Woods trails to see 1500 native North American plants in natural displays.

Download and browse our 2007 Nursery Catalog and view our Plant List.

Come join our team!

Careers at NEWFS. Check our latest openings for part- and full-time jobs, internships, and fellowships. Also view our Volunteer Opportunities.

Gift Card

New England Wild Flower Society Gift Cards are available in any denomination from $10.00 up and can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. for an additional $2.75. They make a wonderful presentation in a gift box with New England Wild Flower information enclosed. They can be used for purchases online or at our Museum Store, including plants, gifts, garden admission, courses memberships and programs. NOTE: Member discount does not apply to purchase of the gift card itself. Buy GIFT CARDS Online.

New England Wild Flower Society Awards

The Society proudly announces its 2006 Awards.

Events and other news

Upcoming Events.

Staying overnight near Garden in the Woods? A special New England Wild Flower Society room rate is available at the Crowne Plaza Boston-Natick.

New England Wild Flower Society Garden in the Woods Museum Store is open by appointment only during winter months. It will reopen with spring/summer hours in April of 2007.

Plant Information

Planting and Dividing Yellow Lady-slippers - Nursery Director and author Bill Cullina has created two new illustrated fact sheets "Planting large and small yellow lady-slippers, Kentucky lady-slippers, and their hybrids" and "Dividing a mature lady-slipper orchid." Both are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and can be downloaded by clicking the linked titles.

Invasive Plant Information Card published May 2005 by New England Wild Flower Society. A convenient 2-sided rack card listing major invasive plants in the New England area, with resources for more information about invasive plant indentification and control. CLICK HERE to download the entire publication in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. [SEE BELOW for more information on how to open documents in Adobe Acrobat.]

The New England Wild Flower Society announces the publication of the expanded list of plant species declared to be invasive in Massachusetts, as a result of the collaborative work of the Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group. Read more about it. (updated March 2005)

NOW ONLINE: Guidelines for Ethical Field Research on Rare Plant Species. Learn more about the Guidelines and download a copy.

Publications

Landscaping with Native Plants: 2007 Listing of Landscape Professionals in New England (formerly Designing with Native Plants). This document is in Adobe Acrobat (tm) format. After downloading the document, you can save it to your own computer for future viewing. Chose "File; Save As" in your browser menu. UPDATED 6/15/07.

Read our latest ONLINE NEWSLETTER for details about upcoming events at Garden in the Woods, Nasami Farm, and throughout New England, plus a few online only special features.

The latest issue of the NEWFS Garden, Farm & Sanctuary News. (PDF file - 4 pages, 365 KB) is now online.

Download (right-click the link, choose save, and save to your desktop) the 2006 Conservation Newsletter. Be sure to view the maps of our conservation activities and IPANE surveys.

Peterson Field Guide to Ferns, Second Edition: Northeastern and Central North America by Boughton Cobb, Elizabeth Farnsworth, and Cheryl Lowe. The New England Wild Flower Society's Cheryl Lowe and Elizabeth Farnsworth have completely updated this classic text and added 100 color photographs as well as additional line drawings. New subjects include a section on habitats and conservation, a glossary of botanical terms, and a chapter on gardening with ferns. READ MORE or BUY ONLINE.

Shop

SHOP - All year long, the NEWFS Museum Store Online offers a unique selection of books -- like Bill Cullina's exciting "Native Trees, Shrubs & Vines" -- plus Gift Memberships and Gift Cards. Give a whole year's worth of plant conservation news, gardening tips, shop and nursery discounts, and many other benefits. And, while you're at it, why not treat yourself too?

Our "brick and mortar" store, located at our beautiful headquarters and botanic garden, Garden in the Woods, in Framingham, Massachusetts, is open by appointment only during winter months and will reopen with spring/summer hours in April of 2007.

Gift Membership

GIVE A GIFT TO THE EARTH. A gift membership in the Society is a great way to honor teachers, friends, colleagues, relatives, and all those who care about the natural environment. Order easily online or phone us at 508-877-7630 with your order. A beautiful membership gift package will arrive with a card from you, their new membership cards, NEWFS magazines, and member discounts for their own plant and gift purchases. Need more ideas? One of our favorites is NEWFS Nursery Director William Cullina's gorgeous new book, Understanding Orchids, hot off the press!  An invaluable guide for beginners, experienced growers, and experts alike, it shows us how to grow these beloved plants easily at home, with or without a greenhouse. Congratulations to Bill on another wonderful book!

* NOTE: To view Acrobat files, you will need to have installed the free Adobe Acrobat reader which can be downloaded at the Adobe site. CLICK HERE to visit Adobe download page. If you have any difficulty downloading this document, please contact webmaster@newfs.org