Our plan for 2019 is to hold work sessions in the Town Hall Gardens on alternate Thursday mornings starting Thursday, May 2nd. Serious rain will cancel. Or a rain call will be made by 7:30 am. Work Plan: Weeding, planting, topdressing with compost in some areas, rabbit protection in some areas, and scouting for pests and diseases. Check one dogwood in Area 1 has anthracnose due to all the rain and might need to be replaced. We will see when the leaves are fully open. Rabbits are eating the cotoneaster and have begun chewing on the bark of the old azaleas. Install garlic stakes on new cotoneaster at grotto. Spray after the next rain with Critter Ritter or Deer-Off. Areas 3 and 4 still have dead wood and a large dead crown…
Demonstration on pruning Japanese Yews! Our plan for 2019 is to hold work sessions in the Town Hall Gardens on alternate Thursday mornings starting Thursday, May 2nd. Serious rain will cancel. Or a rain call will be made by 7:30 am. Work Plan: Weeding, pruning, clearing invasives around Whittemore Robbins House & the Reflecting Pool Parking: We provide free parking permits for parking near the Carriage House Wear gloves. Bring water and hand tools if you want. We have long-handled tools and garden carts. Emily’s cell / text:617-750-0106
Cash Bar, Savory Hors d’Oeuvres, Music and Theater. Tickets: $25.00 in advance, $30 at the door Available at the Town Hall Select Board office, the Book Rack or the Chamber of Commerce Celebration sponsored by the Town of Arlington, the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens, the Arlington Historical Commission, the Cyrus Dallin Museum, and the Arlington Garden Club
Members of the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens and the Arlington Historical Society are invited to attend a special program. Lucinda Brockway will be speaking on “Polishing a Masterpiece: Rediscovering the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden”. The program will be held at Arlington Town Hall on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early and stroll the garden and see the restored reflecting pool. The program is free for members of the Arlington Historical Society and of the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens. Admission for non-members is $5.00. Like a work of Paul Revere’s silver or a master’s painting, designed landscapes need some regular polish to look their best. The Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden, between the Robbins Library and the Arlington Town Hall, is such a landscape…
Saturday May 18, 6:30 PM Winfield Robbins Memorial GardenCash Bar, Savory Hors d’Oeuvres, Music and Theater.Tickets: $25.00 in advance, $30 at the door Available at the Town Hall Select Board office, the Book Rack orthe Chamber of Commerce Pay Pal https://bit.ly/2G23o8PCelebration sponsored by the Town of Arlington, the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens, the Arlington Historical Commission, the Cyrus Dallin Museum, and the Arlington Garden Club
The Friends of Robbins Town Gardens and the Arlington Historical Society are Co-Sponsoring a lecture by Lucinda Brockway titled Polishing a Masterpiece: Rediscovering Arlington’s Winfield Robbins Memorial Gardens . The talk will be held at Town Hall Tuesday April 30th at 7:30 PM. People are encouraged to walk through the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden before the talk to see the newly restored and operating reflecting pool. Admission is free for members of the Historical Society and of the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens. Like a work of Paul Revere’s silver or a master’s painting, designed landscapes need some regular polish to look their best. The Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden, between the Robbins Library and the Arlington Town Hall, is such a landscape jewel. In 1938, the Olmsted Brothers were hired to re-imagine R.…
This has been a very exciting week! Once the bricks were replaced and the coping stones were placed along the edge of the reflecting pool, it was time to start planting the ground cover, shrubs and trees that will line the ripple and circle the fountain. Several trees (including- a birch, 3 dogwood and a white fir), some shrubs (2 pieris and 2 mountain laurel 4 alberta spruce) and pachysandra,have been planted. The pebble tech lining of the reflecting pool was installed, acid washed and cleaned and by the end of this week, water was added to the reflecting pool to cure the pebble tech surface. Things are really starting to come together. [huge_it_slider id="10 "]
While many finishing touches remain, we are starting to be able to imagine the end of this project. You can see lots of progress has been made since our last slide show. (See Article - "What's Happening Behind the Fence") The reflecting pool has been re-cast, the brick walkways are restored. There is a new vault with new pumps and machinery with a smaller footprint. <?php echo do_shortcode("[huge_it_slider id='8 ']"); ?>
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People can learn more about the fountain and gardens restoration, and other upcoming projects by attending the Annual Meeting of the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens. When:Wednesday, June 27, 7-8:30pm Where:Lions Room, Town Hall, Second Floor Meet friends and members, learn more about current and upcoming garden plans (including how to get involved), and enjoy some light refreshments.
