We are a horticultural, non-profit society devoted to Begonia plants. We are based in Massachusetts, serving several New England states, the U.S., and the world.
Please click on the headers at the top of our web pages to move through our site. If you have any questions about our society or our website, please don't hesitate to contact us by clicking here or clicking on the Contact Us link found on the menus at the very top of this web page. Check out our social media links found at the bottom/footer of all of our pages.
Upcoming Event: Our Annual Plant Show and Sale will be taking place September 21st and 22nd, 2019.
Show Info, Rules, Class Schedule, and Entry Form are found here.
Plants to be entered for the Show must be brought in on Friday between 11AM and 3:30PM and be picked up at 4PM on Sunday.
Unless otherwise noted here on the Home Page as a change, we meet at the Krista McAuliffe branch of the Framingham, MA Public Library. Meeting and location details are on our Calendar Page.
Please click on the headers at the top of our web pages to move through our site. If you have any questions about our society or our website, please don't hesitate to contact us by clicking here or clicking on the Contact Us link found on the menus at the very top of this web page. Check out our social media links found at the bottom/footer of all of our pages.
Upcoming Event: Our Annual Plant Show and Sale will be taking place September 21st and 22nd, 2019.
Show Info, Rules, Class Schedule, and Entry Form are found here.
Plants to be entered for the Show must be brought in on Friday between 11AM and 3:30PM and be picked up at 4PM on Sunday.
Unless otherwise noted here on the Home Page as a change, we meet at the Krista McAuliffe branch of the Framingham, MA Public Library. Meeting and location details are on our Calendar Page.
|
|
We have just added another lecture to our Plant Show and Sale:
A Decade of Begonia Research and Conservation in Indonesia
Saturday September 21, 2019 3:00PM-4:00PM in the Tower Hill Botanic Garden's Theater
Lecture by Wisnu Ardi
Wisnu Ardi, is a horticulturist and plant systematis from the Bogor Botanical Garden on the Indonesian island of Java. He has participated in more than ten plant collecting expeditions in remote areas of the islands of Java, Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi (Celebes) and Moluccas. He has discovered several new species of begonias and recollected many more for advanced study. He has published many articles in scientific journals and is working on A Guidebook to Begonias of Sulawesi.
Wisnu Ardi will share insights into recent research, expeditions, and discoveries in the world of begoniaceae. Begonia is a very diverse genus, with around 1,930 species, distributed pantropically. Although Indonesia is known as one of the biodiversity hot spots on the planet, study of the genus Begonia by Indonesian botanists is relatively recent. The Bali Botanic Garden, in the central mountains, opened to the public in 1959. The first Begonia House was established in 2005, with a primary goal to conserve native Indonesia begonias.
A Decade of Begonia Research and Conservation in Indonesia
Saturday September 21, 2019 3:00PM-4:00PM in the Tower Hill Botanic Garden's Theater
Lecture by Wisnu Ardi
Wisnu Ardi, is a horticulturist and plant systematis from the Bogor Botanical Garden on the Indonesian island of Java. He has participated in more than ten plant collecting expeditions in remote areas of the islands of Java, Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi (Celebes) and Moluccas. He has discovered several new species of begonias and recollected many more for advanced study. He has published many articles in scientific journals and is working on A Guidebook to Begonias of Sulawesi.
Wisnu Ardi will share insights into recent research, expeditions, and discoveries in the world of begoniaceae. Begonia is a very diverse genus, with around 1,930 species, distributed pantropically. Although Indonesia is known as one of the biodiversity hot spots on the planet, study of the genus Begonia by Indonesian botanists is relatively recent. The Bali Botanic Garden, in the central mountains, opened to the public in 1959. The first Begonia House was established in 2005, with a primary goal to conserve native Indonesia begonias.
|
Some Sad News
Peter Shalit, Editor of Gesneriads - The Journal for Gesneriad Growers, has informed us that Judy Becker, a long time member of the Gesneriad Society, a former Registrar, and Commercial Grower of gesneriads, begonias, and orchids, and a faithful supporter of Buxton, passed away August 19, 2019. She was very knowledgeable, and was a great teacher, willing to take the time help you understand, grow, and show great plants. She was involved with the Connecticut Orchid Society as well, and the Hartford Courant in March 2003 quoted her at a show she helped organize: "There should be more out there than a lecture for people to go and sit at," Becker said. "And if you want to help people get educated, you have to do more than stand and look at your own flowers." Judy, you will be missed greatly. |
Our President, Betsy Szymczak, has written a brief report for the three Flower Shows she participated in (Feb. - March 2019). The report includes the Connecticut, the Philadelphia, and the Boston Flower Shows, with photos.
Our Large Bay Window Exhibit at the 2019 Boston Flower Show won a Blue Ribbon!!
December's Holiday Potluck Luncheon held in conjunction with the New England Gesneriad Society was great fun, and we thank Stuart for hosting this at his home, and allowing us to wander thru his warm and inviting greenhouse on a cold rainy December day. For some pictures from this event Click Here.
In 2018 we Celebrated our 80th Anniversary!!
To view photos of our October 6, 2018 Anniversary Celebration that included a private tour of Logee's, and a luncheon at The Inn, Woodstock Hill, CT please CLICK HERE.
We meet the first Saturday of the month from September through June. Our Monthly Meeting Calendar and location information can be found by clicking here.
Our meetings are held from 10AM to 12noon in the Community Room to the right of the entrance door of the Framingham Public Library, Christa McAuliffe Branch, 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA. 01701. We typically open the conference room at 9:30 to set up, sell plants and share a refreshment, prior to the start of our meeting.
Library Phone: (508) 532-5636 Click here for Library website Click here for map/directions to Library
NOTE: Click here for findings by Mike Mack, presented at our November 2018 Meeting, on preventing mealybugs through a successful and less noxious way.
Our 2018 Annual Begonia Show and Plant Sale was a Great Success!!
Thanks to everyone who entered their plants in the show, volunteered to help us, as well as purchased our plants. We had a record number of entries, 28 cultural certificates, seventeen division awards and 56 blue ribbons. Four novice growers entered nine plants and won two division awards and seven blue ribbons! One entry was a B. 'Erythrophylla' that was over 50 years old!
Click on this link for all of our 2018 Winners and Show Photos
Thanks to everyone who entered their plants in the show, volunteered to help us, as well as purchased our plants. We had a record number of entries, 28 cultural certificates, seventeen division awards and 56 blue ribbons. Four novice growers entered nine plants and won two division awards and seven blue ribbons! One entry was a B. 'Erythrophylla' that was over 50 years old!
Click on this link for all of our 2018 Winners and Show Photos
Here are some pics of our 2018 Best In Show, Best Rhizomatous, Best Contained Atmosphere and People's Choice Award Winner, for Begonia baik, grown in a terrarium by Darrin Norton.
Plant of the Month
At our monthly meetings, one of our begonia expert growers brings in one plant, and describes its background or history as well as their specific experiences growing it. Click here for past plants. |
|
