The Mary M. B. Wakefield Charitable Trust is excited to announce that it launched regular public visiting hours on Sunday afternoons beginning Mother’s Day, May 8th from 1:00- 4:00 pm. Sunday open hours will continue on all but holiday weekends through July. Open hours will be weather-dependent, so check the website, our Facebook page, or Twitter the day of your visit if the weather […]

There is lot of work to be done preparing for Dogwood Days and a Volunteer Day is scheduled May 14th, 12 noon – 3:00. If you want to pitch in and help, or have a school, church or community group you can recruit, we need your help! Trees need to be potted up for our tree sale. Gardens need to […]

This month we’ve added one last Stone Soup to our 2016 series featuring Sara Belkin, the director of the Wakefield Estate’s Summer Archaeology Institute. Sara will share “the journey” of her work at the estate and her growing relationship with an Irish American family who lived there at the turn of the 20th century and their lives in Milton. Check out […]

Ready to get out into the yard and get to work, but feel like you could use a bit of guidance? This session on May 14 from 9-11:30 will be led by the estate’s Landscape Director Debbie Merriam.will Deb will cover the basics of planting trees, shrubs, and perennials to get your plants off to a good start. After a brief classroom session, Participants […]

Our first-ever shiitake mushroom growing workshop was a great success! After an introduction of different mushroom growing methods, participants learned how to inoculate logs with shiitake mushroom spawn and left with their own “seeded” log which can provide mushrooms for up to 5 years. It was a great family-friendly event.

This month we continue our 2016 Stone Soup and Speakers Series exploring “Lessons From The Journey” featuring our Landscape Director Deb Merriam, who will share slides and thoughts about her 2008 trip to Africa. Our Stone Soup and Speaker programs are held each month of the “off-season” on the final Thursday of each month. The programs begin at 6:00 pm with a […]

Frustrated that spring keep teasing us and then disappearing? Here’s a convincing sign that spring is here: it’s time for Lisa Ahern’s spring floral decoration demonstration! Lisa, Cedar Grove Gardens’ floral designer extraordinaire, will show how to create simple but dazzling decorations to brighten up your home using spring flowers, bulbs and kitchen garden plants. Those attending will leave with […]

Take home your own gourmet mushroom log for years of mushroom harvesting! Don’t miss our first-ever shiitake mushroom growing workshop on Saturday, April 16th from 9:00-11:30 am! After an introduction of different mushroom growing methods, we will teach you how to inoculate logs with shiitake mushroom spawn and send you home with your own “seeded” log which can provide mushrooms for […]

Horticultural Triage: Assessing and Repairing Your Winter-damaged Landscape We all know that winter is always brutal on plants, trees and shrubs, with many broken branches and limbs, animal damage, and plants drying out. Our Restorative Pruning Workshop, April 9, 9:00-11:30 am, led by the estate’s Landscape Director Debbie Merriam, will cover the basics of good pruning theory and practice, with a […]

This month we continue our 2016 Stone Soup and Speakers Series with a visit from Milton’s own Patty O’Neill who will share slides and stories from her bird-watching trips around the world. A retired public defender, Patty began to enjoy bird-watching as a hobby. Some years later, Patty has, quite by accident, amassed an impressive “life list,” referring to all the bird […]