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Highfield Hall and Gardens News - April 20, 2023
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April 21, 2023
From: Highfield Hall and GardensMEMBER PREVIEW SPRING EXHIBITIONS
Member Preview
May 1, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
We invite all members to attend our next Member Preview for both Spring shows, Entanglements and no blue, no green.
Artist Nancy Grice will showcase her incredible works of art. After years of painting realistically, from landscapes and genre painting, she sought refuge in the basics of form. Grice employs a series of glazes and interactive finishes such as metallic pigments to render geometric shapes and color.
The elements inhabiting her compositions suggest a new dimension of light and time, themes she repeated in her life when she alternated living between different time zones and different hemispheres in New Zealand and Maine.
Artist Sven Atema will present his stunningly original paintings and drawings in Highfield Hall’s second-floor galleries. A finely tuned collection of imagery appears-and-reappears in his mystical renderings. Atema works with permanent water-based pigments of which he literally and figuratively pours forms suggestive of earth and sea life onto wood, stretched linen, and paper. The artist visually expresses earth’s fragility and its dynamism at counterbalancing stress on its resources through his continuous experiments with various media.
no blue no green alludes to the ocean’s significant role in sustaining life on the planet. With 71% of our planet covered in water it is the ocean that is the balancing force in one direction or another. Water sustains us and it also will significantly shape our future.
Both exhibits open May 2nd and closes June 11th 2023.
ALZHEIMER'S PRESENTATION & RESOURCES
ALZHEIMER'S PRESENTATION & RESOURCES
Saturday, April 22, 2023
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
FREE
The Alzheimer Family Support Center of Cape Cod will present on the disease and the resources available locally. Many resources are available locally from clinical to cultural and everything in between. Learn about support groups, art classes, companion groups, consultations and more.
This is a friendly and dynamic organization with information and support to offer people at all levels of interest and need. There will be time for questions, casual conversation, and refreshments.
This event is FREE, but please register to allow us to ensure enough space for attendees.
CULINARY PROGRAMS
CINCO DE MAYO
CINCO DE MAYO
Thursday, April 27, 2023
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$65 / $75 non-member
Learn how to create delectable Cinco de Mayo dishes with guest Culinary Instructor, Peggy Eagan!
Join us for this celebration as Peggy shares recipes from her family in this demonstration class with tastings. Cinco de Mayo is about celebrating Mexican heritage by focusing on delicious traditional foods.
We are going to inspire you with the traditional flavors of Mexico which include horchata, chicken pozole and Chocoflan Impossible Cake.
SOUTHEAST ASIAN CUISINE
SOUTHEAST ASIAN CUISINE with KAY
Saturday, May 6, 2023
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$65 / $75 non-member
Join Kay in the kitchen who will delight you with ideas on fusion cuisine combining elements of Southeast Asian Cuisine with Western methods and ingredients. In this demonstration class with tastings, we’ll make Spicy Red and White Shrimp Dumplings, Thai Cucumber Salad, Stir Fried Coconut Chicken with Bok Choy and Basil, Jasmine Steamed Rice, and end with East West Ginger Cake with Cardamon Cream.
This class is appropriate for ages 18 and up.
If you’d like to bring a child, please let us know. Please contact us 48 hours in advance for an updated listing.
Register online today or call us at 508-495-1878, ext. 2
GARDEN DESIGN
GARDEN DESIGN 101
Thursday, May 4, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
$15 / $25 non-member
Garden Design 101 takes concepts from architecture, interior and garden design and shows you how to incorporate these principles into your garden. Topics include: assessment and function, enclosure and third dimension, texture and shape, rhythm and repeat planting, timing and massing, color and maintenance. This presentation also shows how adding an element to your garden, such as a fence can vastly enhance the garden’s beauty and focuses on gardening as a process rather than as a product.
Class instructor, Mary Jo Maffei has been gardening since she was a teenager, but started gardening seriously and studying garden design 30 years ago. She is passionate about beautiful and functional garden design, and loves helping others create their own beautiful outdoor space.
GIFT SHOP VENDOR SPOTLIGHT
We naturally think of gnomes during the holidays, but they now live year-long in the Highfield Hall & Gardens Gift Shop!
These gnomes are skillfully made by Christine Dimmock of Connecticut and the workmanship is incredible!
Please stop by to pick up a gnome or two for your special someone!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
We are adding programs daily to the website, please check our website for more information.
- Adult Felting Flowers, May 13th
- Flower Pounding with Anna Holmes, May 20th
- Stanley & Grimm Music, May 21st
- Farm to Table, May 25th
- Qi Gong in the Garden with Margie, May 30th
- Celebrate Pride Day with Jo Lima, June 2nd
GARDEN TIP FROM GEORGE CHAPMAN
PRUNING FLOWERING SHRUBS
There is always a lot of discussion concerning the when and how of pruning deciduous flowering shrubs to maintain size, shape and flowering. Another type of pruning not so often discussed is rejuvenation pruning. This type of pruning involves the thinning out of the plant canopy and removal of old stems from the base to promote the flower power of the plant.
Thinning is best done now as plants are in the green bud stage and it is easy to see the structure of the branching. Removing up to one third of the interior weaker branches allows for light and air to penetrate the canopy promoting flower production. Removing up to one third of the oldest stems at ground level promotes the growth of new and vigorous stems for future flowering.
Lilac, forsythia, and the ever popular mophead Hydrangea macrophylla benefit greatly from old stem removal. Older stems are generally at the center of the plant, wider in diameter and have a woody or darker appearance.
CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
This annual membership program gives you exceptional access to Highfield Hall & Gardens’ programs, exhibits and exclusive VIP events.