Honoring Mother's Day

We're reviving a beloved tradition in the garden this Spring: a celebration of nature’s bounty, and mothers of all kinds. The afternoon event is without charge, and one of a series of special happenings celebrating our 25th anniversary as a community-supported non-profit.

For this low-key, upcoming event, staffed educators will be on hand on from 2 – 4 pm to welcome guests to the woodland garden and to offer some family-friendly activities. “By early May the garden will be in its spring loveliest,” said Elise Sheffield, director of programs at Boxerwood, “and we invite folks to come out for a stroll in celebration of Mother Nature and the life-sustaining gifts of all who mother.”

In addition to ever-popular garden meandering, Boxerwood will celebrate the day with themed DIY scavenger hunts and a creation station with loaner watercolor kits & paper. Visitors also have the option to take home a young…