IN THE NEWS
GARDENING CENTRAL MASS. TELEGRAM & GAZETTE COLUMN
- Stand-out spring ephemerals are a great way to celebrate Native Plant Month, April 2024 (PDF)
- Beautiful and fascinating, Orchids can grow almost anywhere…including at home indoors, March 2024 (PDF)
- Beyond the vegetable garden: Edible native plants to discover this year, February 2024 (PDF)
- Tips to make your winter pruning project for your garden a success, January 2024 (PDF)
- Ask Horticulturist: Your Questions Answered, December 2023 (PDF)
- Berry producing plants, conifers and such can add interest to your garden, November 2023 (PDF)
- Native, non-native, invasive: The challenge of defining plants, October 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden offers fall planting tips for a spectacular home garden, September 2023 (PDF)
- Global Climate Change Poses Challenges for Gardeners, August 2023 (PDF)
- Gardening With Kids Helps Build Love for Nature, July 2023 (PDF)
- How to practice ‘right plant, right place’ this season, June 2023 (PDF)
- Spillers, thrillers, and fillers: Thinking outside the box with container gardening, May 2023 (PDF)
- Support pollinators: Don’t mow your lawn!, April 2023 (PDF)
- ‘As winter thaws into spring’: A good time to start seeds indoors, March 2023 (PDF)
- More of a good thing: Tips for propagating house plants, February 2023 (PDF)
- Finding joy at the bottom of a compost pile, January 2023 (PDF)
- Appreciating the Winter Garden, December 2022 (PDF)
- Beneficial bugs and the plants that love them, November 2022 (PDF)
- Supporting pollinators year-round, October 2022 (PDF)
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
- Massachusetts is home to one of nation’s top destinations for flower lovers, CBS News, February 2024
- Annual orchid show mixes living plants with sculptures of flowers made from plastic bags, WBUR, February 2024
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill lights up for the holidays, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, November 2023 (PDF)
- Tower Hill gallery features Suzan Osborn with ‘Views from the Garden’, The Harvard Press, April 2023 (PDF)
- Beat the winter blues at annual orchid exhibition, Boston Globe, February 2023 (PDF)
- Deck the gardens – New England Botanic Garden puts on the lights, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, November 2022 (PDF)
- Turning a botanic garden into an enchanted forest, Boston Globe, August 2022 (PDF)
- Renowned landscape architect and artist’s vision in full bloom at Tower Hill this summer, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, July 2022
- A dazzling spectacle or orchids will mesmerize at Tower Hill, Boston Globe, February 2022 (PDF)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s ‘Night Lights’ a colorful holiday stroll, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, December 2021 (PDF)
- Seasons shine at Tower Hill in Boylston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, September 2021 (PDF)
PLANTS & GARDENING
- 7 of the best native grasses – to add drama and movement to your yard, Homes & Gardens, October 2023 (PDF)
- Does Your Yard Have a ‘Hellstrip’? Native Plants Could Help, The Washington Post, July 2023 (PDF)
- Spring in full bloom at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Spectrum News 1, April 2023 (PDF)
- Daffodils have reached peak bloom in Massachusetts, GBH News, April 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden breaks down barriers to growing, Spectrum News 1, April 2023 (PDF)
- Historic apples get a new start, with Mark Richardson, A Way to Garden, September 2022 (PDF)
- Weekends with Yankee: Garden Guru Mark Richardson, Yankee Magazine, September 2021 (PDF)
- Tips from Tower Hill on How to Properly Care for Roses Throughout the Year, Chronicle, July 2021
- Interested in Eco-Friendly Gardening? Here’s What you Should Know, WBUR, April 2021 (PDF)
COMMUNITY
- ‘Like I’m newly born’: 54 take oath of citizenship at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, August 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill ready for harvesting season, Spectrum News 1, September 2022 (PDF)
- 100 trees coming to Worcester neighborhoods from Botanic Garden, Patch, August 2022 (PDF)
- Day of welcome for over 50 new US citizens at naturalization ceremony at Tower Hill garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, August 2022 (PDF)
- What is a greening initiative?, WMCT- TV, Marlborough Community Television, July 2022
- WooServes students and NE Botanic Garden team up to beautify city and improve health, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, June 2022 (PDF)
- Arbor Day ceremony honors city residents lost to COVID, recognizes health care ‘heroes,’ Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 2021 (PDF)
GROWING OUR GARDEN
- New England Botanic Garden expanding with purchase of land from Town of Boylston, January 2024 (PDF)
- Tower Hill nears completion of $28M botanic garden fundraiser, Worcester Business Journal, April 2023 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden’s children’s garden The Ramble brings Narnia, Neverland to mind, WickedLocal, May 2022 (PDF)
- Getting to Know New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, WMCT-TV, May 2022
- Tower Hill announces new name to highlight regional appeal and a new garden, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 2022 (PDF)
- Tower Hill Completing $15M expansion with children’s garden, Worcester Business Journal, November 2021
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden still growing strong after 35 years in Boylston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 2021 (PDF)
- New England Real Estate Lauring Const. and Ryan celebrate BSA accessible design award, New England Real Estate Journal, February 2020 (PDF)
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
- Mark Richardson is the Director of Horticulture for the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts, The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast, February 2024
- Urban forests offer more than beauty; lower temperatures and clean air, Telegram & Gazette, February 2023 (PDF)
- Q&A: New England Botanic Garden goes electric, Worcester Business Journal, November 2022 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is first garden in the country to be certified a Green Zone, Spectrum News 1, October 2022 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden combatting drought conditions, Spectrum News 1, August 2022 (PDF)
- NeighborWoods: How urban forests can improve community health and climate change, Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, GBH, April 2022
- Fire Blight spreads northwwards, threatening apple orchards, New York Times, December 2019 (PDF)
LISTS
- 10 Best Botanical Gardens in the U.S., Travel Awaits, June 2023 (PDF)
- Best of Boston 2022 – Best Family-Friendly Activity, West, Boston Magazine, August 2022 (PDF)
- Ridin’ Solo: Here Are 16 Solo Day Trip Ideas in New England, WOKQ 97.5, August 2022 (PDF)
- 2022 Best of New England, Yankee Magazine, Summer 2022 (PDF)
- Five ways to hit refresh on your wellness regiment this spring, Boston Magazine, April 2022 (PDF)
- 25 best botanical gardens to visit on a romantic weekend getaway, VacationIdea, April 2021 (PDF)
- WeddingWire, 20 botanical garden wedding venues that are full of natural beauty, Wedding Wire, February 2021 (PDF)
- Seven indoor gardens and greenhouses to visit this winter near Boston, Boston Magazine, 2021 (PDF)
- And the winner is: Best holiday lights in greater Boston, Boston Herald, December 2021 (PDF)
EXPERIENCES & BLOGS
- A case of orchid fever at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Magazine, February 2023 (PDF)
- Don’t miss Night Lights mania at New England Botanic Garden, Worcester Magazine, November 2022 (PDF)
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is a solid bid, Worcester Magazine, August 2022 (PDF)
- Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond, Boston Globe, June 2022