Garden in the Woods & Nasami Farm Hours
Happy spring! Garden in the Woods is open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., through mid-October. Hours for plant shopping at the Garden Shop at Garden in the Woods are the same as the Garden's visiting hours. (See how to preorder plants here or in the box to the left.) Here's contact info for Garden visitors and plant shoppers.
On Saturday, April 27, Nasami Farm's Garden Shop opens to all for the season. Nasami shop hours are Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., or on weekdays by appointment.
Welcome back!
Photo: Garden in the Woods visitors, © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
This Mother's Day, Give a Membership
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 12, and Native Plant Trust gift memberships are just a few clicks away. We'll mail your mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother her new member card and include a special message from you. Let us help bring some spring cheer to the special women in your life. Gift memberships start at $40 for Mom, $75 if you want to treat Dad too. Your gift offers many benefits for mom and the environment:
- Help create more native plant habitat for pollinators and other wildlife
- Enjoy members-only events with others who enjoy native plants
- Reap discounts on plants, classes, admission to Garden in the Woods, and other good stuff
Buy your gift membership online or call 774-519-5570.
Photo: Mothers' Day at Garden in the Woods, 2023, © Melissa Blackall/Wildlinks
Take a Class This Season
What better time to bone up on botany or ecological horticulture than during the green season! Learn in the classroom, online, and in the field with our superb instructors. Our new Youth and Family programs offer long-awaited experiences for young learners. And our new Art & Nature series provides a chance for people of all ages to try nature sketching and watercolor painting in a beautiful, low-stress environment. Browse our spring and summer classes here.
For current and aspiring professionals, we also offer basic and advanced certificate programs, and several of our courses provide continuing education credits.
Photo: Interns at Saco Heath, Maine, Liza Green © Native Plant Trust
Meet Our New CEO
Join Native Plant Trust in welcoming Tim Johnson as our new chief executive officer, following the retirement of Executive Director Debbi Edelstein in January. Tim assumes this new title after previously serving as the director of the botanic garden and professor of practice at Smith College. Tim has already started applying his leadership experience to deliver impact in ecological horticulture, conservation, and education. Learn more about Tim in this interview with Thomas Christopher in the Growing Greener podcast. —Bill Huyett, Chair, Board of Trustees
Read more about Tim here. Read Bill's farewell to Debbi here.
Photo: Tim Johnson, © Sam Masinter
Save the Dates: Trillium Week
Mark your calendars for our ninth annual Trillium Week at Garden in the Woods, May 12-19! Trillium Week celebrates our nationally accredited trillium collection. The week's highlights include drop-in tours of the collection on May 15, 17, 18, and 19. A self-guided audio tour of the collection is also available on the Native Plant Trust app, available from any app store. You'll be able to purchase your own trilliums from our Garden Shop. And don't forget to register early for our popular Twilight Trilliums event, when you can take in the beauty of these spring woodland flowers in the gloaming.
Photo: Red wakerobin (Trillium erectum), © Uli Lorimer
Newsworthy Native Plant Trust
CEO Tim Johnson recently appeared on two podcasts, Margaret Roach's awaytogarden and Thomas Christopher's Growing Greener. Director of Conservation Michael Piantedosi spoke with the Boston Globe about saving New Hampshire's rare plants and also coauthored an article about our Conserving Plant Diversity in New England report in the February issue of Public Garden Magazine. Director of Horticulture Uli Lorimer is featured in Gardenista on April 4 and March 27, The WildStory podcast, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post. Martha Stewart also devoted a recent blog post to Uli. And Uli's June 2023 appearance on the Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast rated #6 of the show's top 10 most popular episodes of all time! Closer to home, MetroWest Daily News recently took a pre-season peek at our new Hop Brook bridge.
Photo: Mayflower (Epigaea repens), Uli Lorimer © Native Plant Trust