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Tuesday, July 22, 10 AM-1 PM with Kevin Doyle, landscape designer Thank you for your interest. This course is now sold out. Location: Kingston MA Cosponsored by the Jones The Jones River Watershed Association, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and the South Shore Natural Science Center. Here’s a chance to combine your love of gardening with a summer trip to the beach! Join noted landscape designer Kevin Doyle and a coastal ecologist for a guided walk along the shore at low-tide to look at native shore plants in their natural habitat. Then you’ll tour Kevin’s own remarkable Kingston seaside garden, gaining an understanding of the practical and ecological considerations of gardening close to the ocean’s edge.
Read an interview with Kevin Doyle regarding this class The Jones River Watershed Association is a nonprofit, member-based organization established to protect, enhance, and restore the natural resources of the watershed though advocacy, protection of sensitive riparian lands, habitat restoration, and infrastructure improvements. The organization began its work in 1985 in response to the terrible impacts of water diversions out of the basin. Since that time, it has maintained an increasingly consistent level of effort to educate people about this small coastal ecosystem and its relationship to the globally significant Gulf of Maine. www.jonesriver.org South Shore Natural Science Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the natural and cultural environments of the South Shore. Its mission is to provide natural science experiences that educate, excite, and commit every generation to preserve the environment and to encourage responsible use, stewardship and enjoyment of our natural resources. The South Shore Natural Science Center is located on 30 acres surrounded by 200 acres of town conservation/recreation land consisting of meadows, woodland, and a pond. Visitors are welcome year round. www.ssnsc.org
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Kevin Doyle is a landscape garden designer who practices in the Boston area. He has written articles for both Horticulture magazine and Fine Gardening and appeared repeatedly on Grow It, a Gardener's Guide on HGTV. Kevin teaches regularly for the Arnold Arboretum, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and the Boston Learning Center His own garden, Cairn Croft, has been featured on The Victory Garden, Chronicle, and New England Cable News and on numerous garden tours. His website is | Next > |
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