Dogwood Days 2025 Saturday, May 31st – Sunday, June 8th Open Daily, 9:00am-4:00pm Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum 1465 Brush Hill Road Milton, MA The event will be held from Saturday, May 31st – Sunday, June 8th, with the arboretum open to visitors daily from 9:00 am-4:00 pm with a $5 entrance fee. In addition to viewing the magnificent bloom in […]

April Stone Soup Series Explores FUNGI! A discussion about the fascinating facts about fungi revealed in the book: Entangled Life Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 pm In our recent issue of Dogwood Lane Quarterly, we offered another opportunity to deepen your knowledge and connection to the wider natural world by providing our quarterly book recommendation. This quarter, we invite you to […]

School Vacation Week Programs Daily April 19-24, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Join us during school vacation week from 10 am-3 pm for a visit, picnic, or to enjoy some special family-friendly programs we have planned. Activities will celebrate spring and have a nature focus. Tuesday-Friday there will be a scheduled activity at 11:00 am including a ponding session on Tuesday, […]

A hands-on pruning workshop led by the Wakefield Arboretum Director Deb Merriam focusing on woody shrubs and trees. Arboretum Director Debbie Merriam will lead a hands-on pruning workshop. The day will begin with a 30-minute slide presentation in the carriage barn followed by an hour walk around the grounds where several varieties of deciduous and coniferous shrubs and trees will […]

Mushroom Propagation Workshop Saturday, March 26, 11:00 – 12:30 pm Take home your own gourmet mushroom log for years of mushroom harvesting! Don’t miss the Wakefield Estate’s annual mushroom growing workshop on Saturday, March 26th from 11:00-12:30 pm! After an introduction of different mushroom growing methods, we will teach you how to inoculate logs with shiitake mushroom spawn and send you […]

Create a Backyard Compact Orchard Saturday, March 26, 9:00 – 10:30 amLearn how to design and install a compact apple orchard in your backyard. Even with a small yard, you can enjoy fruit from your own trees with minimal effort and cost. This year’s compact orchard workshop will be conducted entirely outdoors. Following a presentation covering all the steps needed […]

For this winter’s Stone Soup Speakers Series, we are focusing on some highlights of our quarterly Dogwood Lane, and sharing a “live” and more in-depth telling of some more intriguing features. The March Zoom presentation will focus on the use of ornamentation in the garden and look at how their use evolved, how these design flourishes are used in garden design. […]

Join us for St. Pat’s Themed Open Hours Mar 12 & 13 We’ve enjoyed opening the grounds to families and friends this winter for open hours to enjoy self-guided walks. This month we will beef things up a bit, collaborating with Sustainable Milton and offering some fun St. Patrick’s Day STEM and science activities for our visitors, along with a […]

Join us Wednesday, March 3rd at 6:30 via zoom for an informative session about new plant pests and pathogens impacting New England gardeners and nature enthusiasts. Arboretum director Deb Merriam will do a brief presentation and discussion of several new invasive species that are beginning to show up in New England. This talk will help participants identify these problematic species, […]

ATTENTION! Saturday Open Hours are CANCELLED. Hope to see you Sunday! With the warm temps, rain and wind on Friday, we anticipate that our paths and surfaces will be muddy and unstable. We expect that surfaces will dry up and freeze by Sunday for Open Hours as scheduled 11 am – 3pm. Bundle up and come out for a refreshing […]