High Performance Building Design: Do It Smart: Do It Right

Green Needham Collaborative is excited to be hosting an early evening event for builders, lenders and real estate brokers as well as Town of Needham officials on building “green” net-zero energy homes and buildings. Our presenters will be sharing simple

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Needham Adult Education: Pruning Shrubs and Small Trees

In-person Peter Hauschka Ornamental trees and landscape plantings can rapidly outgrow their allotted spaces leading to crowding, shading, and loss of vigor. Pruning will reshape and reinvigorate their growth. This hands-on course will cover: 1) visual planning of which cuts

$39

Needham Adult Education: Low-Maintenance Gardening: Spring Workshop

Needham High School - Room 409 1330 Highland Ave, Needham, MA

Were you disappointed with last year’s garden? Do you need to update your overgrown landscape? Most importantly, do you feel you are spending too much time and money on landscape maintenance? If you answered yes to any of these questions,

$76

Needham Adult Education: Garden Bed Design and Construction

In-person Peter Hauschka Spring is a great time to build new gardens or to improve and redesign existing ones. This hands-on class at the instructor’s one-acre garden will cover garden bed layout, rain garden design, sod removal, digging, edging, soil

$39

Needham Community Farm Program: Landscaping with Native Plants

Join the Needham Community Farm's "Landscaping with Native Plants" Program on April 14th at 7:30pm - this is a virtual event via Zoom. About the event What is a “native plant” and why should you add them to your landscape?

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Native Plant Sale

Ready to get started with natives?  The co-sponsors have worked with the Native Plant Trust and Joanne Neale to offer three native plant collections for sale – one for sun, one for shade, and one for mixed sun/shade.  In the workshop, Joanne

Dispelling Myths about Net Zero & Passive House Buildings

Watch a reply of the August 11th webinar here. Recognizing the growing demand to make residential buildings energy efficient, an increasing number of developers, architects, and builders are embracing Passive House building standards. But others are skeptical that Passive House and net

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