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Gardening Central Mass. Telegram & Gazette Column
- When rewilding welcomes poison ivy, creative solutions can help, August 2026
- Moon garden: a chance to help native moths and other wildlife, July 2026 (PDF)
- Bringing out the best in your garden for summer gatherings, June 2026 (PDF)
- Beech leaf disease a threat to trees, but treatments offer hope, May 2026 (PDF)
- Small, native ornamental trees offer beauty, structure and more, April 2026 (PDF)
- Whispers of Spring: As the snow melts, look for snowdrops, March 2026 (PDF)
- What lies beneath: appreciating the snowy winter garden, February 2026 (PDF)
- Native plants are having their moment: New England gardens go local, January 2026 (PDF)
- How to keep those festive holiday plants alive, December 2025 (PDF)
- Finding garden ornaments that suit you best, November 2025 (PDF)
- Gourds are a seasonal delight with deep cultural roots across continents and centuries, October 2025 (PDF)
- Meadows a moment in time to appreciate, September 2025 (PDF)
- There are a wide variety of ornamental grasses to add to your home garden, August 2025 (PDF)
- Colorful hydrangeas are enchanting garden gems, July 2025 (PDF)
- Layering with ground covers: Building a beautiful, low-maintenance garden, June 2025 (PDF)
- ‘The real power of heirloom plants’: Preserving our diverse garden heritage, May 2025 (PDF)
- Small investment in time and effort pays long dividends in tree planting, April 2025 (PDF)
- Don’t worry, bee happy: Spring is here, and with it comes our most important pollinators, March 2025 (PDF)
- The clear view into the winter garden, February 2025, (PDF)
- Gardening resolutions you can keep for 2025, January 2025, (PDF)
- Is your garden a habitat for wildlife, December 2024 (PDF)
- Making the switch to electric landscaping equipment, November 2024 (PDF)
- October’s here, and that means it’s time to prep your garden for the cold months ahead, October 2024 (PDF)
- A horticulturist’s top tools: The hand tools that take gardening tasks to the next level, September 2024 (PDF)
- Puppy-proofing your garden: How to share your garden oasis with pets, August 2024 (PDF)
- Choosing Summer-blooming perennials to brighten up your garden, July 2024 (PDF)
- Balancing act: The nostalgia of cut grass, the benefits of low-impact lawn maintenance, June 2024 (PDF)
- Front porch gardening: the art and science of gardening with limited space, May 2024 (PDF)
- Stand-out spring ephemerals are a great way to celebrate Native Plant Month, April 2024 (PDF)
- Beautiful and fascinating, Orchids can grow almost anywhere…including at home indoors, March 2024 (PDF)
- Beyond the vegetable garden: Edible native plants to discover this year, February 2024 (PDF)
- Tips to make your winter pruning project for your garden a success, January 2024 (PDF)
- Ask Horticulturist: Your Questions Answered, December 2023 (PDF)
- Berry producing plants, conifers and such can add interest to your garden, November 2023 (PDF)
- Native, non-native, invasive: The challenge of defining plants, October 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden offers fall planting tips for a spectacular home garden, September 2023 (PDF)
- Global Climate Change Poses Challenges for Gardeners, August 2023 (PDF)
- Gardening With Kids Helps Build Love for Nature, July 2023 (PDF)
- How to practice ‘right plant, right place’ this season, June 2023 (PDF)
- Spillers, thrillers, and fillers: Thinking outside the box with container gardening, May 2023 (PDF)
- Support pollinators: Don’t mow your lawn!, April 2023 (PDF)
- ‘As winter thaws into spring’: A good time to start seeds indoors, March 2023 (PDF)
- More of a good thing: Tips for propagating house plants, February 2023 (PDF)
- Finding joy at the bottom of a compost pile, January 2023 (PDF)
- Appreciating the Winter Garden, December 2022 (PDF)
- Beneficial bugs and the plants that love them, November 2022 (PDF)
- Supporting pollinators year-round, October 2022 (PDF)
Exhibitions, Events & Experiences
- What’s the buzz? Glass in Flight comes to New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, June 2026
- Gardening and art at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, CBS Boston, May 2026
- It grows on you. Botanical Tattoo Weekend set at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Magazine, May 2026
- Kicking off planting season at the New England Botanic Garden, CBS News, May 2026
- Explore New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Horticulture Magazine, March 2026
- Mass Appeal: New England Botanic Garden hosts Elevated, 7News Boston, March 2026
- Mass has the best botanical garden holiday lights, according to USA TODAY readers, Boston.com, December 2025
- Making waves: George Sherwood’s ‘Art in Motion’ installed at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 2025 (PDF)
- Finding signs of spring in the Boston area, Boston Globe, March 2025 (PDF)
- James Parker, Pixels + Petals at the New England Botanic Garden, and Paul Daigneault, GBH’s The Culture Show, March 2025
- PHOTOS: ‘Night Lights’ display from the sky, Community Advocate, December 2024 (PDF)
- Outdoor activities to do with your dog in New England, WCVB News, August 2024 (PDF)
- The Culture Show Podcast: July 22, 2024 – NALEDI, Morgan Peterson, and Flora in Flight, GBH News, July 2024 (PDF)
- Patrick Shearn’s ‘Skynet’ takes flight at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Boston Globe, June 2024 (PDF)
- Massachusetts is home to one of nation’s top destinations for flower lovers, CBS News, February 2024
- Annual orchid show mixes living plants with sculptures of flowers made from plastic bags, WBUR, February 2024
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill lights up for the holidays, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, November 2023 (PDF)
- Tower Hill gallery features Suzan Osborn with ‘Views from the Garden’, The Harvard Press, April 2023 (PDF)
- Beat the winter blues at annual orchid exhibition, Boston Globe, February 2023 (PDF)
- A case of orchid fever at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Magazine, February 2023 (PDF)
- Don’t miss Night Lights mania at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Magazine, November 2022 (PDF)
- Deck the gardens – New England Botanic Garden puts on the lights, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, November 2022 (PDF)
- Turning a botanic garden into an enchanted forest, Boston Globe, August 2022 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is a solid bid, Worcester Magazine, August 2022 (PDF)
- Renowned landscape architect and artist’s vision in full bloom at Tower Hill this summer, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, July 2022
- Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond, Boston Globe, June 2022
- A dazzling spectacle or orchids will mesmerize at Tower Hill, Boston Globe, February 2022 (PDF)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s ‘Night Lights’ a colorful holiday stroll, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, December 2021 (PDF)
- Seasons shine at Tower Hill in Boylston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, September 2021 (PDF)
Plants & Gardening
- Kicking off planting season at the New England Botanic Garden, CBS News, May 2026
- Tips for building and growing a green roof on a shed, Fine Gardening, August 2026
- 7 drought-tolerant plants that thrive in containers, Martha Stewart, July 2026
- 7 common weeds that are surprisingly good for your garden, Martha Stewart, July 2026
- Goth gardening: Building the garden of your dreams or nightmares, Fine Gardening, October 2025
- Small investment in time and effort pays long dividends in tree planting, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 2025 (PDF)
- Don’t worry, bee happy: Spring is here, and with it comes our most important pollinators, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, March 2025 (PDF)
- The clear view into the winter garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, February 2025 (PDF)
- Gardening resolutions you can keep for 2025, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 2025 (PDF)
- The real Johnny Appleseed: A legacy evolved and honored, Chronicle, September 2024 (PDF)
- Why hydrangeas are having a better flowering season this year, Spectrum News 1, July 2024, (PDF)
- 7 of the best native grasses – to add drama and movement to your yard, Homes & Gardens, October 2023 (PDF)
- Does Your Yard Have a ‘Hellstrip’? Native Plants Could Help, The Washington Post, July 2023 (PDF)
- Spring in full bloom at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Spectrum News 1, April 2023 (PDF)
- Daffodils have reached peak bloom in Massachusetts, GBH News, April 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden breaks down barriers to growing, Spectrum News 1, April 2023 (PDF)
- Historic apples get a new start, with Mark Richardson, A Way to Garden, September 2022 (PDF)
- Weekends with Yankee: Garden Guru Mark Richardson, Yankee Magazine, September 2021 (PDF)
- Tips from Tower Hill on How to Properly Care for Roses Throughout the Year, Chronicle, July 2021
- Interested in Eco-Friendly Gardening? Here’s What you Should Know, WBUR, April 2021 (PDF)
Community Impact
- Backstone Valley Tech students honored for research aimed at keeping produce fresh, Worcester Guardian, July 2026
- Landscape architect Toby Wolf honored by New England Botanic Garden, APGA, July 2026
- Growing Green expands in WPS, Worcester Guardian, February 2026
- Worcester Garden Club honors Grace Elton for conservation work, Worcester Guardian, October 2025
- Dirty hands, caring hearts: Community rolls up sleeves on United Way’s Day of Action, September 2025 (PDF)
- More than 40 people become U.S. citizens in Tower Hill ceremony, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, August 2025 (PDF)
- Popular botanic garden in Massachusetts calls federal grant cut “devastating”, CBS News, April 2025 (PDF)
- ‘Devastating:’ New England Botanic Garden loses $250k grant amid cuts by the federal government, Spectrum News 1, April 2025 (PDF)
- Holden’s Spring Ledge Farm officially designated as public conservation space, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, September 2024 (PDF)
- Worcester County Wonders: Wandering is always welcome at Tower Hill, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, July 2024 (PDF)
- ‘Like I’m newly born’: 54 take oath of citizenship at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, August 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill ready for harvesting season, Spectrum News 1, September 2022 (PDF)
- 100 trees coming to Worcester neighborhoods from Botanic Garden, Patch, August 2022 (PDF)
- Day of welcome for over 50 new US citizens at naturalization ceremony at Tower Hill garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, August 2022 (PDF)
- What is a greening initiative?, WMCT- TV, Marlborough Community Television, July 2022
- WooServes students and NE Botanic Garden team up to beautify city and improve health, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, June 2022 (PDF)
- Arbor Day ceremony honors city residents lost to COVID, recognizes health care ‘heroes,’ Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 2021 (PDF)
Growing Our Garden
- Popular botanic garden in Massachusetts calls federal grant cut ‘devastating,’ CBS News Boston, April 2025
- Learning the lay of the land: Botanic Garden welcomes new director of horticulture, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 2025 (PDF)
- $500,000 Gift from George and Diantha Harrington Endows Heirloom Orchard at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, American Public Gardens Association, (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden expanding with purchase of land from Town of Boylston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 2024 (PDF)
- Tower Hill nears completion of $28M botanic garden fundraiser, Worcester Business Journal, April 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden’s children’s garden The Ramble brings Narnia, Neverland to mind, WickedLocal, May 2022 (PDF)
- Getting to Know New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, WMCT-TV, May 2022
- Tower Hill announces new name to highlight regional appeal and a new garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 2022 (PDF)
- Tower Hill Completing $15M expansion with children’s garden, Worcester Business Journal, November 2021
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden still growing strong after 35 years in Boylston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 2021 (PDF)
- New England Real Estate Lauring Const. and Ryan celebrate BSA accessible design award, New England Real Estate Journal, February 2020 (PDF)
Climate & Environment
- In some Worcester neighborhoods, trees are few and far between, GBH News, August 2026
- Restoring native meadows, The Local Food Report, February 2026
- ‘Pick a spot that matters to you’: How to start eradicating invasive species in your yard, USA TODAY, April 2025 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden aims to be national plant conservation hub. What that means, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, August 2024 (PDF)
- How Do You Restore a chestnut Forest or an Apple Orchard? Very Slowly., New York Times, July 2024 (PDF)
- An Episode with Mark Richardson, Director of Horticulture for the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast, February 2024
- Urban forests offer more than beauty; lower temperatures and clean air, Telegram & Gazette, February 2023 (PDF)
- Q&A: New England Botanic Garden goes electric, Worcester Business Journal, November 2022 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is first garden in the country to be certified a Green Zone, Spectrum News 1, October 2022 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden combatting drought conditions, Spectrum News 1, August 2022 (PDF)
- NeighborWoods: How urban forests can improve community health and climate change, Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, GBH, April 2022
- Fire Blight spreads northwwards, threatening apple orchards, New York Times, December 2019 (PDF)
Topping the Charts
- Enjoy a magical night at these 10 botanical gardens with holiday lights, USA TODAY, December 2025
- Six humid hideaways, Boston Globe Magazine, November 2025
- 10 Best Botanical Gardens in the U.S., Travel Awaits, June 2023 (PDF)
- Best of Boston 2022 – Best Family-Friendly Activity, West, Boston Magazine, August 2022 (PDF)
- Ridin’ Solo: Here Are 16 Solo Day Trip Ideas in New England, WOKQ 97.5, August 2022 (PDF)
- 2022 Best of New England, Yankee Magazine, Summer 2022 (PDF)
- Five ways to hit refresh on your wellness regiment this spring, Boston Magazine, April 2022 (PDF)
- 25 best botanical gardens to visit on a romantic weekend getaway, VacationIdea, April 2021 (PDF)
- WeddingWire, 20 botanical garden wedding venues that are full of natural beauty, Wedding Wire, February 2021 (PDF)
- Seven indoor gardens and greenhouses to visit this winter near Boston, Boston Magazine, 2021 (PDF)
- And the winner is: Best holiday lights in greater Boston, Boston Herald, December 2021 (PDF)