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

2022 McIver Series Program: The Story of Mercury, the Element

Do you know the surprising properties and history of the chemical element mercury (Hg)?  Alongside its beneficial uses to humankind historically are mercury’s toxic properties.  What is the story of mercury pollution - its sources, its continuing environmental impact, who is most

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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

Climate Emergency Vigil

On Monday, April 11 at 11 a.m., church bells will ring for 11 minutes at First Parish in Needham, 23 Dedham Ave. and the Congregational Church of Needham, 1154 Great Plain Ave., as a reminder that we are in the

Fair Housing Through the Context of Modern-Day Needham

This virtual event, presented by Temple Beth Shalom in partnership with Equal Justice Needham, will be an engaging presentation and discussion with urban planner and fair housing policy expert Judi Barrett. Register here. Join the program virtually at 7:15 pm

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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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Green Energy Consumers’ Webinar: Earth Month: EV Chat

Join Green Energy Consumer Alliance's  "Earth Month: EV Chat" webinar Tuesday, April 26 2021, 12:00pm Online - Zoom EV owners and enthusiasts alike are eager to chat about the benefits of driving electric. Electric Vehicle Chats are a chance for

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