Mark your calendars! With the arrival of spring, it is time for the estate’s three sheep to be sheared again and we’ve scheduled our Spring Shearing Day for May 10 at 10 a.m. Maisy, Daisy and Binney are now three and have grown a heavy coat of fleece since last spring. We’ve invited Kevin Ford, America’s foremost “blade” (hand) sheepshearer, back […]

Join us for the third 2014 Stone Soup and Speakers Series, March 27 at 5:30 p.m., featuring Tim Kernan, a Milton resident, who will share a collection of vintage photos taken by his grandmother. Continuing with this year’s series theme “untold stories in attics and archives,” the photos were found in several circa 1910 albums, are of many properties along Brush Hill […]

Join us for this very special pruning workshop, designed as a “practicum” for folks who have taken pruning classes here, at the Arboretum, or elsewhere. One of our staff certified arborists leads this session, affording a “hands-on” opportunity to practice what you’ve learned, and to learn even more! Most of the session will be held outdoors, so dress accordingly. While we will have some tools […]

Become a backyard orchardist and grow your own fruit! Even in a small backyard, you can enjoy fruit from your own trees with minimal effort and cost. Our step-by-step workshop, to be held March 8 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m, will teach you all you need to know to plan and create a compact orchard for years of enjoyment. No […]

Join us the second of our 2014 Stone Soup and Speakers Series, February 27 at 5:30 p.m., featuring Maritta Manning Cronin. Continuing with this year’s series theme “untold stories in attics and archives,”  Cronin will share engaging historical anecdotes and memorabilia relating to Milton’s Thacher Farm. The Manning Family has operated Thacher Dairy Farm since 1891, providing farm-fresh, top quality milk […]

Backyard Homesteading Series: Raising Your Own Chickens – Saturday, Feb. 8, 9:00-11:30 am Our annual Backyard Homesteading workshop on raising backyard chickens is a perennial favorite. This session is designed for people who are interested in learning how to start a backyard chicken coop and grow healthy, productive chickens for years of enjoyment and fresh food. Suggested donation for the […]

This month we kick-off our 2014 Stone Soup and Speakers Series, held in the early evening on the final Thursday of each month. These warm and casual programs happen in the mansion house and kick-off with a bowl of tasty home-made soup, followed by a short presentation by a featured speaker. The theme for this year’s series is “the untold […]

Create a fabulous holiday wreath for your door with locally sourced fancy evergreens gathered from at the Wakefield Estate. This session will begin with a short demonstration by Lisa Ahern from Cedar Grove Gardens. Lisa Ahern, from Cedar Grove Gardens, will show you how to embellish a plain balsam wreath and turn it into a  custom-made show stopper! The Wakefield Estate will […]

Join us for some holiday cheer at our fourth annual holiday open house! This year, the holiday open house will be held on two dates: Thursday, December 12th from 4:00-8:00 pm and Saturday, December 14th from 1:00-4:00 pm. The 1794 Isaac Davenport Mansion will be in spectacular holiday display and hand-crafted wreaths will be available for sale. Tickets are $10; free for […]

The Mary M. B. Wakefield Charitable Trust is offering hand-crafted, locally-sourced holiday wreaths.  The wreaths are 18 inches in diameter and can be hung or used as a holiday centerpiece. The deadline to  order a wreath is Monday, Dec 2; order by calling 617-333-0924. Wreathes will be available for pick up at the Wakefield Estate (1465 Brush Hill Rd in […]