About a month ago, I shared with Karl a vision I had to espalier the pear trees… the espalier design would be more beautiful and functional for our guests. The design essentially flattens the tree’s branches agains a vertical frame/wall. The flattened (and thinned) branches will help everyone to better see where the fruit is […]
Peaches are super ripe for picking. There are still several on the tree for our friends to pick – please stop by today, say hi, and pick peaches! Also ripe – raspberries – second batch! Karl is on his second day of vacation. He started the MargFMac Front Loop (0.1 mile) Pavers Project yesterday afternoon, […]
Pack a picnic and plan to enjoy summer’s gifts in the garden this weekend: Saturday, 10am – 12pm, Memory Café in the Garden® For people with memory loss and care-partners. Sunday, 11a – 2pm, Sunday Stroll For wheelchair-users (walker-, cane-users also welcome) and care-partners. Harvest: Nectarines & Raspberries (while they last!) Flora: Roses, Zinnias, Hydrangea, […]
Come to the Caretaker’s Cottage today to enjoy fellowship, coffee or tea, and two types of raspberry pies – load as much or as little cream on top as you like! If you’d like to pick raspberries in the rain, just remember to wear a light rain jacket and bring your own container to fill […]
Do you love the outdoors? Do you love our mission to make the outdoors accessible for all people? Do you have a few hours each month or each week you’d like to contribute to helping us? We currently have three horticultural volunteers, and a few more hospitality volunteers. In many cases our volunteers like to […]
Independent wheelchair-users and wheelchair-users needing a care-partner’s assistance will delight in picking ripe raspberries in our accessible raspberry patch. Priority picking time for these groups is tomorrow, Saturday, 10am – 11am. From 11am – 12pm, additional guests and volunteers are welcome to pick and enjoy the raspberries. Tomorrow, Saturday, from 10am – 12pm, is our […]
It was our first year entering our Wheelchair-Accessible Roses in the annual New England Rose Society (NERS) Rose Show, held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, June 24, 8am – 3pm. There were many ribbons awarded across many classes. Only a few made it to the head table. “Best Novice” made it, along with […]
SPECIAL EVENT: 6/21, 10am – 4pm: Open Garden Day on the Longest Day. Stop by anytime during this event to: Enjoy our Wheelchair-Accessible Gardens Experience our Memory Café in the Garden Program Learn more about our Free Programs for Dementia Care-Partners and People Living with Dementia Donate to Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Donate to Grow our […]
