Enjoy our April e-newsletter.

"A flower blossoms for its own joy."-Oscar Wilde

2024 Celebrate Pollinators Day

Saturday, April 27th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Come to the garden to celebrate the incredible variety of pollinators at Wakefield. Build a mason bee house to bring home. Tour the garden to learn about how you can improve your yard for pollinators. Take home a pollinator plant for your garden.

Attending the event is free however there is a fee to take home a bee house and plant and registration is required.

Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast, Author Michael Wojtech, Conducts Master Gardener Class at Wakefield

Michael used the Wakefield Arboretum as his laboratory for testing his field guide to identify native trees by the type of bark they have. Twenty-five Master Gardeners explored the collection with Michael, learning and identifying traits of the wide variety of species that grow here at the arboretum.

Welcome Ellen!

The Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum welcomes our new horticulturalist Ellen Scheid. Ellen holds a degree in Natural Resource Management from Indiana University and comes to Wakefield after completing an internship at Norcross Wildlife Foundation and working at the New England Botanic Garden as an outdoor gardener. She has a lifelong passion for the outdoors and strives to continue to learn more about the natural world. The management, preservation, and beautification of the spaces that we surround ourselves with, interest and motivate her deeply.

Mushroom Workshop A Huge Success!

This year our mushroom workshop was held in the carriage barn due to the inclement weather. Tight quarters made for a festive mood with folks helping each other to drill and inoculate their mushroom logs. We are looking forward to seeing the pictures of the fruiting logs in the fall.

Dogwood Days 2024 is right around the corner

Saturday, June 1 - Sunday, June 9

9:00 am - 4:00 pm daily

Join us for a week of open gardens, guided

tours and special events:

SATURDAY, JUNE 1

Dogwood Days Picnic 4:00 PM

(Tickets must be purchased in advance) Register Here

SUNDAY, JUNE 2

10:00 am Pressed Dogwoods and Herbarium

Specimen Workshop Register Here

THURSDAY, JUNE 6

6:00 pm Wine, Cheese, and Trees Register Here

FRIDAY, JUNE 7

8:00 am Birding and Coffee

SATURDAY, JUNE 8

9:00 am Wakefield Field Day

If your Garden Club or organization would like to schedule a private tour please call: 617-333-0924 or email arboretum@dogwoodlanefarm.org

Staff Note

Spring has arrived at the arboretum with blankets of snowdrops, and crocus, flowering Cornus mas, andromeda, and silver maples bringing joy to all who witness. It is a very busy time for us in the garden, preparing to plant more than 250 bareroot plants in the nursery and 200 plants along the completed entryway. We are expanding our collections with species that will be able to handle the variety of conditions impacting the gardens today. We hope you come and visit to watch the garden wake up and reveal all of its beauty.

Debbie Merriam

Executive Director

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Your membership supports educational programs connecting youth and adults with land and history and our work to create a living and accessible landscape.

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