Join us for an evening of garden music! Following our very successful Wine, Cheese and Trees Tour last month, we are inviting the public to join us for an evening to stroll the gardens, enjoy light refreshments and hear great music featuring aspiring local musicians. The first of the summer series will feature violinist Julia Connor. Julia is is passionate […]

It’s that time of year again – time for our Dogs and Dogwoods event. Each June, the Wakefield Estate welcomes visitors to celebrate Dogwood Days, the annual blooming of hundreds of Polly Wakefield’s kousa dogwood trees and this year’s dogwood bloom display is shaping up to be spectacular — and not to be missed!. The week-long celebration winds up with […]

Learn how to create your own bonsai during this one-hour session. Self-taught veteran bonsai maker Fred Trusten will guide participants in creating their own bonsai. All materials will be provided. $25/members; $35/non-members. Registration required; call 617-333-0924 x22.

It’s that time of year again – time for our Dogs and Dogwoods event. Each June, the Wakefield Estate welcomes visitors to celebrate Dogwood Days, the annual blooming of hundreds of Polly Wakefield’s kousa dogwood trees and this year’s dogwood bloom display is shaping up to be spectacular — and not to be missed!. The week-long celebration winds up with […]

The Mary M. B. Wakefield Charitable Trust will host its 6th annual Dogwood Days open garden celebration at the historic Wakefield Estate in Milton MA from Sunday, June 5 through Sunday, June 12, 10:00am – 4:00pm daily.  The opening day of the week-long celebration, Sunday, June 5, will feature a number of gardens in addition to the Wakefield Estate that will […]

The woods are full of fairies! Come join Artspace Milton and the Mary M.B. Wakefield Trust to build a home for a fairy or elf on the grounds of our beautiful estate. Participate in Nature Art activities. Refreshments will be served. Space is limited, so RSVP Early! Suggested donation of $10 per family. rsvp 

Help out at Volunteer Day at the Wakefield Estate May 9th from 9-12 noon Spring has arrived and the Wakefield Estate is very busy preparing for this year’s Dogwood Days festival June 14-21. There is lot of work to be done and a Volunteer Day is scheduled May 9th, 9:00 am-noon if you want to pitch in and help! Trees need […]

This month’s Stone Soup and Speaker event will offer a portrait of one of the estate’s pride and joy: the Dove Tree. Not commonly seen in most gardens, the dove tree or Davidii involucrata, is also known as the handkerchief or ghost tree because of its large white “handkerchief” like flowers and bracts that hang from every branch in May. Jen […]

If you’ve had enough of winter and are impatient for convincing signs that spring is here, join us for our spring floral decoration demonstration. Cedar Grove Gardens’ floral designer extraordinaire Lisa Ahern, 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 lots […]

Horticultural Triage: Assessing and Repairing Your Winter-damaged LandscapeAs this year’s record-breaking snow load recedes, it is revealing the extensive damage to our landscapes. We all know that this winter and all that snow has been brutal on plants, trees and shrubs, with many broken branches and limbs. Our Restorative Pruning Workshop, April 11, 9:00-11:30 am, led by the estate’s Landscape Director […]