with Marie Stella and Artisans

Saturday, November 10, 1:00-4:00

First Parish Church of Groton, Groton, MA

Online Registration is $25 before October 26th, or $35 after this date.

Garden ornamentation has been integral to private and public garden spaces for more than two thousand years. In this workshop we will examine the history of garden ornamentation, materials that are commonly used, and how fine garden art can be incorporated into your landscape projects. Our presentation will be followed by a studio visit, artisan demonstrations and a self-guided tour of local installations.

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Saturday, October 20, 1:00-4:00

Wellesley College Science Center, Wellesley, MA

Online Registration is $20 before October 6th, or $30 after this date.

Enter to win prizes in our fundraising raffle. You need not be present to win!

Howdy, pardner! Mosey on down and join us for a rootin' tootin' shootin' good time at this exciting program which will explore how landscape professionals are using today’s high falutin' techniques to create their landscape plans and documents. The software that will be presented is representative of just a few of the applications available, and range in price, capability and complexity. Yeeeeeeeeeeha!

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Saturday, October 6, 5:00-8:00

Firefly's Restaurant, Marlborough, MA

Register Online to Attend.

We'll be serving award-winning barbeque. Don't miss it!

Come on down and join us for a good ol' time at our bodacious BBQ. Socialize with the steering committee, meet new people and chow down on some award-winning barbeque. We look forward to seeing you there.

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with Frank Crandall

Saturday, September 8, 1:00-4:00

The Mass Audubon Oak Knoll Sanctuary, Attleboro, MA

Online Registration is $20 before August 31, or $30 after this date.

This program is NOFA OLCP Accredited!

From project conception to bid acceptance, the accuracy of your current working estimate is vital to landscape installation success. Please join us for this informative program which will explore professional methods for accurately costing out landscape projects.

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with Jay Bearfield

Saturday, July 28, 9:00-5:00

The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, Harvard, MA

Online Registration is $89 before June 15, $99 before July 1, and $115 before July 23

Join us to learn first hand how to build a water feature — AND contribute to a good cause as well! We are pleased to offer you a unique opportunity to participate in this day-long workshop to benefit the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden which serves as a place of healing and renewal for women suffering from breast cancer. The Underground will be facilitating the donation of this beautiful water feature and we invite you to help us.

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with Kurt Tramposch

Sunday, June 24, 11:00-2:00

Weir Meadow Nursery, Wayland, MA

Online Registration is $10 or $15 at the door.

Join us for this educational event at Weir Meadow Nursery, a wholesale only nursery in Wayland, MA that has been in business for 34 years. This nursery specializes in shade perennials, select groundcovers, reblooming daylilies, and native plants. They supply designers, contractors, garden centers and institutions throughout the Northeast — including some famous garden spots.

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with Lisa Bailey, RLA

Sunday, May 20, 1:00-4:00

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA

Online Registration is $25 or $30 at the door.

In this program you will learn how garden spaces can be made to feel safe, contemplative, exciting and healing. Find out how landscape archetypes affect our moods, and how to create a space for wellness to occur. For directions visit http://www.towerhillbg.org/thwebdir.html

Please enjoy the beautiful gardens at Tower Hill Botanic Garden upon the conclusion of this program.

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with Jay Bearfield

Sunday, March 11

Online Registration is $25 or $30 at the door.

SITE VISIT 1:00-2:00 - (Meet here first)

The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden

For directions visit http://www.healinggarden.net/Contact_Us.php

WORKSHOP 2:00-5:00

Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Fellowship Building

For directions visit http://www.uuharvard.org/Directions.aspx

Call for donations to The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Water Feature Project

We are pleased to be able to offer you a unique opportunity to participate in the design/build of a new water feature for the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, Inc. in Harvard, MA.

Do you want to learn how to incorporate water into your designs? Join us for the first workshop in our Artisan Educational Series focusing on the different ways to successfully implement the varying uses of water in today's landscape. Taught by Jay Bearfield, Internationally Certified Pond Contractor, and owner & lead designer of Liquid Landscape Designs of Carlisle MA, this workshop will address the siting, design creation and the advantages/limitations of the many types of features being installed today.

Later in the season, our hands-on "Water Feature Building Workshop" will bring one of these completed designs to life. The Underground will also be accepting donations on behalf of the healing garden to bring this project to fruition. If you would like to help, please contact our project coordinator, Jay Bearfield at 978-490-4398.

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Saturday, January 27 1:00-4:00, Snow Date: January 28

Common House at New View Community

1 Half Moon Hill, Acton, MA

Fee is $10, RSVP requested but not required.

The focus is to clarify your business or learning plans for the coming year, get feedback from others, and hopefully meet other members who share some aspect of your vision. We'll have plenty of networking time set aside for you.

Winter is a great time to review your past year ... reflect on how well you met your goals ... review your priorities for the upcoming year ... and refresh your sense of purpose.

If you wish, you can do some writing before the meeting. These questions may help you focus:

- What did you learn and/or accomplish last year?

- What would you like to accomplish in the coming year?

- Does your business / learning plan reflect your deepest values?

- What would you like to change about your business or learning plan?

- How can expanding your network of colleagues - for example, networking/collaborating with people in the Underground -- help you meet your goals?

Hopefully we can continue the conversation on the Underground Forum, for those of you who aren't able to attend in person. For directions visit Google Maps. Please direct any queries to Dori Smith at dsmith@newview.org

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