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School Vacation Virtual Field Trips for kids 2/16 & 2/18

School Vacation Virtual Field Trips for kids February 16th and 18th, 1:00 pm by Zoom Many families usually enjoy a “get-away” during February school vacation week. Most likely that won’t be happening this year for many of us. If you have elementary-aged children that might enjoy a fun way to visit a beautiful place, sign up for our school vacation […]

New online series continues 3/10: Our Arboretum Through a Magnifying Glass: “Winter Wildlife”

This online series shines a spotlight on important elements in our garden that are often overlooked but are instrumental in the ecological cycles happening all year long. This month’s talk on March 10 will focus on Winter Wildlife and highlight species adaptations that allow mammals, reptiles and insects to survive winters in New England. The February snow cover reveals clues to these adaptations.To register […]

VIRTUAL Backyard Homesteading Series: Raise Your Own Chickens 2/4

The COVID pandemic has led many to begin gardening and raising their own food. Our annual Backyard Homesteading workshops offer a chance to find out how. Our first session on raising backyard chickens is designed for people interested in learning how to start a backyard chicken coop and grow healthy, productive chickens for years of enjoyment and fresh food. This […]

January Stone Soup and Speaker zoom rescheduled to 2/3

Our January Stone Soup was rescheduled! Hope you will join us Wed. Feb. 3rd for the rescheduled Stone Soup and Speaker event, our first in the 2021 series Meet the “Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum.” There is still time to register by calling 617-333-0924 or emailing us at arboretum@dogwoodlanefarm.org. Once you’ve registered, we’ll send you the zoom link to join us. […]

Arboretum collection is now catalogued & viewable via Plantsmap

The Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum woody plant collection has been catalogued and can be viewed at: The plantsmap can also be accessed from the “Visit” menu tab on the home page of this website. We are excited to have over 672 plants in our arboretum mapped and navigatable for visitors using plantsmap. Plantsmap is a website community that hosts […]

2021 Winter Stone Soup Speakers Series: Meet the “Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum”

For this winter’s Stone Soup speakers series, we will focus inward and reacquaint our followers with the history, landscape, and program vision that led to our renaming this year as the Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum. Through story-telling and photos, we hope to engage participants in a conversation that increases people’s understanding and attachment to this beautiful and unique cultural […]

DIY wreath-making by ZOOM a big success! Get yours today!

We didn’t let the pandemic keep us from continuing one our favorite holiday traditions! Due to ongoing public health concerns, this year we decided to hold the popular annual wreath-making workshop by zoom. Participants picked up all the supplies they needed to make their holiday wreaths at home. Saturday night we hosted a festive zoom session and provided on a […]

On the last three Wednesdays of October, photographers of all levels and ages strolled the gardens, attempting to capture some of autumn’s remarkable beauty in their pictures. The “best picture” winner is Caitlin Sanchez and her winning photo is displayed below. Some of the other notable entries are included below hers and we will share all the photos onĀ our facebook […]