Events

Calender of Events ~ 2012 – 2013

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 10:30. Arlington Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. Location: St. John’s Episcopal Church 74 Pleasant Street, Arlington

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 12:00. Cape Ann Chapter DAR ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Conservation

Memorial Day Weekend, 2012 ~  Pre-premiere of my new film “Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.”  Keep posted for times!

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Willowdale Estate, Topsfield Massachusetts. Artists Spotlight Featuring Kim Smith Film: “The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale Estate.” The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale serves as the background for an illustrated guide in how to create a garden for people and pollinators. When you plant for the pollinators, they will come!  

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Plymouth Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Fragrant Garden

Monday, April 2, 2013. Andover 11:00 am Garden Club at 11:00 am ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Fragrant Garden

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Seaside Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 10:00 am. Groton Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 12:30 pm. Wolfeboro New Hampshire Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Your Garden as Habitat

The Pollinator Garden

Calender of Events ~ 2011 

Wednesday, April 13th, 12:00 The Gloucester Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

New Date: Monday, April 18th 10:00 to 12:00 The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. Location: Espousal Center, Waltham. Although this is a state Garden Club Federation event, everyone is welcome.

Sunday, May 1st, 1:00 to 3:00 at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden ~  Kim Smith Workshop: Creating a Butterfly Garden. 

Sunday, May 22nd, 2:30 to 4:30, at Christie’s Place ~ Kim Smith Lecture: The Pollinator Garden 

Wednesday, May 25th, 1:00 to 5:00 ~  North Shore Garden Club presents C’est la Vie! at Willowdale Estate. Flower show event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, June 5th, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Beverly Farms ~ Children’s Monarch Butterfly Program.

Tuesday, June 7th, Willowdale Estate. Signature Event Begins at 4:00: Historic House and Garden Tour~ Come see the beauty of our butterfly courtyard garden, designed by Kim Smith.  Learn about the history of this special Arts and Crafts stone manse, from its beginnings as the private residence of Bradley Palmer through today. Experience the story and splendour of this magnificent historic home and garden. Admission is free. More information will be forthcoming.

Tuesday, July 12th, 10:00  Cape Ann Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Lecture and Slide Presentation: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.

Tuesday, July 19th, 9:30  Lil Sprouts ~ Children’s Monarch Butterfly Program.

Friday, July 22nd, 9:30 – 11:30  Pathways for Children ~ Children’s Monarch Butterfly Program.

Tuesday, July 26th Cape Ann TV Kids Video Club taping at 22 Plum Street ~ Butterfly Garden Tour

Wednesday, August 3rd, 10:00  Sawyer Free Library ~ Kim Smith Children’s Program: Butterflies of the World

Wednesday, October12th, 6:30 Lexington Field and Garden Club  Annual Meeting at the National Heritage Museum ~  The Pollinator Garden

Thursday, November 3rd, 10:30 Amherst , NH Garden Club ~ Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

Thursday, November 3rd, 7:00 pm Friend Room at the Sawyer Free Library ~ Premiere Showing of  The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale Estate. 

Calender of Events ~  Spring 2010

Sunday, May 2nd, 2:30pm at Christie’s Place. Butterfly Talk, Tea, and Plant Swap. R.S.V.P.

Monday, May 10th 9:30am at the Beverly Public Library: Guest speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Tuesday, May 11th at the Arnold Arboretum. My class Your Garden as Habitat: May 11, 18, 25, and June 1 from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

Saturday May 15th 9:00am Ipswich Garden Club. Plant and book sale. I will be signing books and available for ‘garden talk.’  ~ Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Saturday May 22nd 11:00am Wenham Museum. The Fragrant Path ~ lecture and slide presentation on creating a fragrant garden, in conjunction with the North Shore Design Show.

Save the dates of Friday, June 4th through Saturday, June 5th for the first ever Cape Cod Rhododendron Festival and Garden Tours, presented by the Heritage Museums and Thornton W. Burgess Society of Sandwich, MA. I will be there both days with my book Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! and speaking about habitat gardening at 11:00 on Friday. Much more information and updates to follow. This promises to be a beautiful event.

The March/April issue of Cape Cod View Magazine will be hitting the news stands soon and I and several garden writers will be featured in a story about gardening on the two “Capes.”

April 11th at 6:30: Olivia’s Senior Recital at Boston University. Reception to follow. R.S.V.P.

Cape Ann Magazine ~ look for my article about Sarah Hackett and Haiti Projects in the upcoming Spring 2010 issue.

Please join me at the The Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show, which is held in Providence, in partnership with the Rhode Island Horticultural Society. I am having a book signing for Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! at a wonderful bookstore there, Other Tiger, at 1:00, on Saturday, February 20th. Renee from Renee’s Gardens is sending her new variety of Shirley Poppy seeds. I write quite a bit about Shirleys in Oh Garden. Appropriately titled Falling in Love, we will be giving away Renee’s seeds with the purchase of my book. I can’t wait for this event and early spring preview!!

Sunday, February 28th at 12:30 pm: Guest speaker at the New England Landscape Design and History Association Career Exploration Day.

Thursday, March 4th at 7:00 pm: Guest speaker at the Salem Garden Club.