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 […]

Backyard Homesteading Workshop Series: Propagation: Starting Your Own Arboretum Collection – October 5, 2013 – 9:00 am – 1:00 pm In honor of Polly Wakefield’s 100th birthday in 2014, the Wakefield Estate is excited to offer a three-part propagation session for the homeowner. Polly Wakefield grew many of the trees in the formal gardens from seed or cuttings gathered during propagation classes offered […]

Join us for our third annual Autumnal Equinox Fire and Tree Sale, Friday, September 20th from 5:00-8:00 pm. Check out the great values at our tree sale while its still light. Then enjoy roasting a sausage or marshmallow while enjoying the garden and uplit trees with friends. Members will get a 50% discount on tree purchases! This is an event […]

Like many of the great intern crews before them, the 2013 Summer Landscape Interns have made a tremendous contribution to the estate. Where this year’s crew has set itself apart is in its extraordinary effectiveness to work as a team. From day one, this group of students approached their projects with a “team” approach -something we have strived to cultivate […]