(Rescheduled from February 23rd)

February Stone Soup: Highlights from the Wakefield Arboretum Maple Collection

March 2nd 6:00PM-8:00PM

Come enjoy a bowl of warm soup and hear arboretum director, Debbie Merriam will give a slide presentation and discuss the Wakefield Arboretum's special maple collection. Register here.

Mushroom Propagation Workshop

Saturday, March 25th, 9:00AM -11:00AM

After an introduction of different mushroom growing methods, we will teach you how to inoculate logs with shiitake and oyster mushroom spawn and send you home with your own “seeded” log which can provide mushrooms for up to 5 years. This is a great family-friendly event. Registration is required. To register click here.

March Stone Soup:

Polly Wakefield's Civic Engagement

Thursday, March 30th, 6:00PM-8:00PM

This month’s Stone Soup and Speaker event will shine the spotlight on Polly Wakefield, and more specifically on how she acted on her convictions through civic engagement. The talk will focus on Polly’s involvement in four large initiatives that helped define her role as a horticulturalist, landscape planner and community activist, and which continue to shape our local environment. The Stone Soup sessions begin with homemade soup followed by a presentation. Events are subject to cancellation due to weather. While this event is free, donations are appreciated.

Seats are limited; pre-registration is required. Register here.

Wakefield Arboretum 4th annual Spring Soupfest

Saturday, April 1st, 12:00PM - 3:00PM

Bring your family and friends to enjoy delicious homemade soup, scavenger hunts, crafts and farm animals. Register here.

Dogwood Days 2023

Saturday June 3rd - Sunday June 11th.

Join us for a week of open gardens, guided tours and special events. Stay Tuned!

Volunteer Shout-out!

Milton Resident Bridget Gaffney (on ladder) has been volunteering every week for almost two years. Bridget works outside year-round with staff members Mathew Noiseux and Debbie Merriam on all horticultural projects. Her dog Blaze (aka Dwayne) often joins in on the fun.

Directors note:

While it seems that winter is trying to make a last stand with only three weeks until the equinox, my inner seasonal clock has already begun to shift gears in anticipation of spring - and the arboretum’s grounds reinforce this: stands of purple crocus in full bloom, the reddish buds swelling on the silver maple, and the dazzling color of the yellow witchhazel. These are just the first signs that everything is getting ready for the burst of energy that is now just weeks away, when the amount of daylight overtakes the darkness and shoots of new life sprout up everywhere. March is the month aptly named, for it feels like all of nature, us included, is on the march toward newness and re-generation.

- Mark Smith