Pinefield Garden Club

10/01/2026

Pruning shrubs is the presentation at the Framingham Garden Club on Wednesday, October 14, at 11am. The presentation is open to the public.

Open free program on Pruning Trees and Shrubs as they age. Framingham Garden Club welcomes you to our next program and meeting on October 14, 2026. We are looking for new members and hope to give you an introduction to who we are and what we do. Doors open at 10:30 for mingling and the program begins at 11:00am promptly. Our business meeting follows.
Location: Plymouth Church, 87 Edgell Road, Framingham, 01701
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Ellen Scheid, horticulturist at the Mary May Binney Arboretum in Milton, MA, will share how to prune trees and shrubs to keep them healthy, with a special focus on native plants. Ms. Scheid also will cover how to care for trees and shrubs as they age, what signs of disease to watch for, and how to choose the right trees and shrubs for a New England landscape.
Photo credit: photo iss from the Mary May Binney Arboretum page.

08/19/2026

Spotted Lantern Fly, invasive insect, has recently arrived in Framingham.

05/22/2026

Spotted lanternfly eggs are hatching. There is still time to crush and destroy. This non-native invasive insect threatens trees and crops.

Spotted Lanternfly egg masses began hatching in Massachusetts late last week, and tiny black Spotted Lanternfly nymphs are now active in parts of the Commonwealth.

The hatching process will continue over the coming weeks, which means there is still an opportunity to eliminate any unhatched egg masses on your property.

Be sure to crush the egg masses thoroughly when you remove them to ensure that the eggs are completely destroyed.

Questions be directed to the City's Tree Warden Rebecca Nau at [email protected]

For ADA compliance: educational image shows the life stages of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest. Panel A displays beige egg masses on tree bark. Panel B shows an early nymph stage with a black body covered in white spots on a green leaf. Panel C depicts a late nymph with distinctive red and black coloring. Panel D shows an adult with wings closed, featuring a gray body with black spots. Panel E shows an adult with wings open, revealing bright red and white underwings with black spots

05/12/2026

Plant Sale on the Framingham Center Common on Saturday, May 16, 9 am to noon. These are locally grown perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetables, herbs and native plants, raised by our members. Reasonable prices. Come early for best selection.

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day -- celebrate and preserve for the future generations.

Visit us at the Framingham Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 25, 11am to 3 pm, on the Framingham Center Common. We are showcasing plants grown from kitchen scraps, plants grown other plants, AND ideas for fairy gardens made with found objects.
♻️ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ♻️

Image: soup can insects and fairy gardens under construction. Photo by a Pinefield Garden Club member.

04/21/2026

Baby animals are everywhere this time of year. Here are the Wildlife Baby Season Rules.

03/28/2026

What native tree are you?
https://blog.nwf.org/2025/08/which-native-tree-are-you/?_ga=2.195295852.1599000554.1774669922-227599737.1774669922

National Wildlife Federation

Take our Native Tree Personality Quiz to enjoy a bit of anthropomorphism and find out what native tree YOU are!