Buxton Branch Meeting CALENDAR
2021-2022:
As of Saturday September 11, 2021 we resumed in person meetings at the same place we had been meeting prior to COVID, the Framingham Public Library, Christa McAuliffe Branch, 746 Water Street, Framingham, MA. 01701, Phone: 508-532-5636. We will meet at our usual time of 9:30AM to 12 Noon, in the Community Conference Room immediately to the right of the library's first glass door at the main entrance.
Saturday October 2, 2021 The meeting will begin with a brief review of our successful show and plant sale at Tower Hill on September. Our main program will be “Bessie Buxton’s Begonia World” presented by Wendy Fearing. We’ll look at which plants Begonia lovers were growing in the 1930s, how they were promoted, sourced, cultivated and propagated, and the familiar problem of what to call them. Buxton’s Begonia advocacy and education pre-dated ABS organization and contributed to ABS’s success.
Remember to take advantage of our in person meeting to bring a plant you may have questions about, or a creative idea you may want to share. An Ask and Share session will be available at most meetings.
Saturday September 18, 2021 We held our Begonia Exhibition and Plant Sale at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden, from 10AM to 4PM. This was not be a judged show, but we had People's Choice Awards.
Saturday September 11, 2021 "Begonia Hacks and Learning Experiences in the Last 18 Months" and all were welcome to share their five minute story. A Plant-a-Palooza will took place where members take turns purchasing from many plants that will be available for sale at this meeting!
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2020-2021:
Sunday June 27, 2021 Bob and Dee have graciously invited us all back for an Open Greenhouse from 12 Noon to 4PM.
Saturday May 22, 2021 12 Noon to 3:00 PM Member Plant Sale held at Bob and Dee's home, and in company with NETGS, the New England Chapter of the Gesneriad Society.
Saturday April 3, 2021 9:30AM ET Virtual Online Meeting via ZOOM
Deborah Kwasniewski, of Taylor Greenhouses, was our speaker and talked about Begonias That Are Easy to Grow.
Saturday March 6, 2021 9:30AM ET Virtual Online Meeting via ZOOM
A Virtual Propagation Workshop
Buxton members will share tips and techniques for making new plants. The use of leaves, stems, rhizomes, cones, and seeds will be discussed and demonstrated. We invite all members to submit photos prior to the meeting. Your photos will be incorporated into the program slide set.
Betsy Szymczak will use the Zoom “Share-Screen” to display photos. When your photos appear on screen you will be invited to tell us about the photo(s). After the slides are organized, Betsy will send, to those who have submitted photos, the list of slides in order. Please send photos (JPEG) to szymczakb@gmail.com by March 1. Please forward any questions to Betsy.
Betsy has already heard from Buxton member Johanna Zinn. Johanna has extensive experience with species begonias and will show us how she propagates B. montis-elephantis. She will also answer the question - “What does molasses have to do with begonia propagation?” Mike Mack will share a step-by-step PowerPoint on wedge cuttings of a hybrid and Begonias tayabensis, kingiana, U334 and U632.
Saturday February 6, 2021 9:30AM ET Virtual Online Meeting via ZOOM
Madeleine Lombard will make a presentation on her experiences growing Asian Begonias, after many of us watched the presentation that the American Begonia Society made a few days earlier.
Saturday January 9, 2021 9:30AM ET Virtual Online Meeting via ZOOM
Our meeting centered on Mark Tebbitt's video on Conservation. The presentation was recorded and may be available from ABS, check their website. Johanna Zinn, the ABS Co-Chair of Conservation and a member of the Buxton Branch, lead the discussion.
Saturday December 5, 2020 - Focus on growing from seed, using an ABS Virtual Education Program to jumpstart group discussion. Please view at your convenience, prior to our December 5 meeting, “The Birds and The Bee-gonias: Giving Your Plants the Talk About Pollination”, by Sara Roberson, Ph.D.
Saturday November 7, 2020 9:30AM ET Virtual Online Meeting via ZOOM (See Newsletter/Email for login info)
Our first Zoom branch meeting. Attendees previously reviewed the ABS presentation “Hybridizing Begonias: One Hybridizer's View” by Rick Schoellhorn. Attendees discussed the presentation and were joined by Rick Schoellhorn.
WHERE WE MET before COVID-19 Quarantine:
We met the first Saturday of every month (October through May) from 9:30AM to 12:00PM.
Our Annual Plant Show and Sale for 2021 will be held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. on September 18, 2021 for one day only, and this will be a Begonia Exhibition, and will not be judged. For further information, please see our monthly newsletter, The Buxtonian, or contact us for further information.
Everyone is welcome to sit in on one of our meetings and enjoy a light refreshment, while we talk Begonias!
In addition to member plant sales, and swap and trade before the meeting starts, we all look forward to our special topic and presenter, and a Plant-of-the Month (POM) presentation, followed by our business meeting.
We set up our tables, put up plants for sale, and socialize from 9:30AM - 10:00AM. Our program presentation starts at 10:00AM and is then followed by our business meeting, until Noon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: meetings will be held (unless otherwise noted as a change on our Home Page or here) in the Community Room, found directly at the entrance - to the right of the first set of double doors at:
Framingham Public Library (opens at 9:30AM)
Christa McAuliffe Branch
746 Water Street
Framingham, MA. 01701
Phone: (508) 532-5636
Click here for their website
Click here for map/direction
We met the first Saturday of every month (October through May) from 9:30AM to 12:00PM.
Our Annual Plant Show and Sale for 2021 will be held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. on September 18, 2021 for one day only, and this will be a Begonia Exhibition, and will not be judged. For further information, please see our monthly newsletter, The Buxtonian, or contact us for further information.
Everyone is welcome to sit in on one of our meetings and enjoy a light refreshment, while we talk Begonias!
In addition to member plant sales, and swap and trade before the meeting starts, we all look forward to our special topic and presenter, and a Plant-of-the Month (POM) presentation, followed by our business meeting.
We set up our tables, put up plants for sale, and socialize from 9:30AM - 10:00AM. Our program presentation starts at 10:00AM and is then followed by our business meeting, until Noon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: meetings will be held (unless otherwise noted as a change on our Home Page or here) in the Community Room, found directly at the entrance - to the right of the first set of double doors at:
Framingham Public Library (opens at 9:30AM)
Christa McAuliffe Branch
746 Water Street
Framingham, MA. 01701
Phone: (508) 532-5636
Click here for their website
Click here for map/direction