VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTIONS FOR MASS HORT AT THE FLOWER SHOW Boston Flower and Garden Show Show dates: March 13-17, Exhibit Set up Dates: March 8-18 Seaport World Trade Center, Boston Thank you for volunteering to help Mass Hort at the Boston Flower and Garden Show! • • • • • •

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Volunteer instructions and activity descriptions are below. Find the activity you have signed up for and read the instructions to learn more about the responsibilities of that position. A Mass Hort Fact Sheet is included to help you familiarize yourself with Mass Hort Contact information is enclosed Directions are enclosed BADGES: volunteer activities during the show require badges. Pick up a badge from the PARAGON OFFICE located on the right hand side of the main entrance area and report the The Volunteer Center to sign in. Please wear your badge at all time during your shift please. When your volunteer shift is over, return the badge to the Paragon Office (not the ticket counter). As volunteer, you are welcome to stay and enjoy the exhibits when your shift is over.

THE VOLUNTEER CENTER LOCATION: • • • •

THE CAMBRIDGE SUITE: The Cambridge Suite is located in the Conference Center at the rear of the exhibit hall schedules will be posted PLEASE INITIAL THE SIGN IN SHEET UPON ARRIVAL Water, a place to sit down, and snacks will be available. There is no secure storage available for personal items

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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES LOADING TRUCKS: March 8 and 9: This activity takes place at Elm Bank in Dover at Mass Hort’s headquarters. This is a very physical activity. People need to be able to lift 50 lbs., work on a team, and be organized. You will be working with structures, exhibit props, and plant material. Activity manager: Clark Bryan. UNLOAD TRUCKS: March 9: This activity takes place at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston and back in Dover (loading again) at Mass Hort’s headquarters. This is a very physical activity. Skills include lifting up to 50 lbs., work on a team, and be organized. You will be working with structures, exhibit props, and plant material. Activity manager: Clark Bryan. You do not need show badges for this activity. BUILD EXHIBITS: March 9, 10, 11: Activity manager: Clark Bryan with Carrie Waterman (for competitive areas). You do not need show badges for this activity. This activity takes place at the Seaport World Trade Center. This is a physical activity. Skills include lifting up to 50 lbs., putting structures together, carpentry, teamwork, gardening, planting, working with designers (7 garden vignettes to realize their vision in the Mass Hort Exhibit: Sowing the Seeds of Change.). Trucks are unloaded and the various competitive areas are set up and put into place: • • • • • • • •

Structures on the exhibit floor Am Hort room shelves for plants- Conference Center Floral Design I and II pedestals- Conference Center Ikebana- Conference Center Entrance Exhibit: Front of the hall entrance: Carrie Waterman activity manager Photography: Conference Center Big Red Chair and Children’s Exhibit: Conference Center: April Daley activity manager Mass Hort Exhibit: Sowing the Seeds of Change: Exhibit build and garden build (7 gardens) 680 square ‘ exhibit

FINISH EXHIBITS: March 12: early am until noon. Teamwork, patience, organization, eye for design and details. Finishing touches on the show. Activity manager: Clark Bryan, Carrie Waterman, and Kathy Macdonald. You do not need show badges for this activity. AMATEUR HORTICULTURAL DOCENTS: March 13-17: Conference Center and structures on exhibit floor. • •

Volunteers should be knowledgeable about plants, horticulture, and enjoy working with the public. Requires long time standing (extended periods of time on your feet)

You are an ambassador for good will and Mass Hort. Judi Brooks volunteer manager. Badges are required for this activity.

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FLORAL DESIGN I AND II DOCENTS: March 13-17: Conference Center. Judi Brooks volunteer manager. Badges are required for this activity. • •

Volunteers should be knowledgeable floral design, and enjoy working with the public. Requires long time standing (extended periods of time on your feet)

You are an ambassador for good will and Mass Hort. MEMBERSHIP BOOTH: March 13-17: Located on the exhibit floor. Amy Rodrigues, Membership Associate for Mass Hort and Judi Brooks volunteer manager. • • • •

You will be selling Mass Hort memberships and answering questions about Elm Bank and the MassHort exhibit. Free Calendars: Offer existing members a LARGE calendar w/ proof of membership (be flexible here) New members also get a LARGE calendar. SMALL calendars are for other visitors. Please familiarize yourself with membership benefits below. This is a very public position and one must enjoy working with the public. You are an ambassador for good will and Mass Hort. Badges are required for this activity.

Membership Options: •

Individual membership: $50,

Family: $85,

Supporter: $175

Benefits of membership: Tickets to 2014 Boston Flower & Garden Show: Individual membership = 1 ticket, • • • • • • • • •

Family = 2 tickets,

Supporter = 4 tickets

Gift Certificate: $25 White Flower Farm Gift Certificate: $25 Weston Nurseries 1 Year Subscription to Organic Gardening Magazine Leaflet e-Magazine Free admission to our beautiful gardens at Elm Bank. Free/discounted admission to gardens and arboreta across the country with the American Horticultural Society reciprocal program Discounts at select nurseries and garden centers across Massachusetts Discounts on Mass Hort workshops, classes and many special events Borrowing privileges at our library and archives

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CHILDREN’S EXHIBIT: March 13-17: Conference Center. April Daley MassHort’s education coordinator is exhibit volunteer manager. Badges are required for this activity. The Big Red Chair and a sensory garden for children. Volunteers should enjoy working with children, be enthusiastic about horticulture, plants and gardening and enjoy working with the public. You are an ambassador for good will and Mass Hort. MASS HORT’S GARDEN EXHIBIT: March 13-17: Exhibit Floor. Judi Brooks volunteer manager. Badges are required for this activity. Volunteers should be knowledgeable about plants, horticulture, landscape, and Massachusetts Horticultural Society and enjoy working with the public. You are an ambassador for good will and Mass Hort. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Exhibit This year’s exhibit: “Sowing Seeds of Change” portrays Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s leadership role in improving horticulture for the good of society. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is dedicated to developing the public's enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of gardening, plants and the environment while expanding the science and practice of horticulture. Founded in 1829, the Society’s aim was to improve the quality and quantity of vegetables being delivered to the market stalls in Boston. This exhibit highlights the Mass Hort’s initiatives through time: • • • • • • •

Market cart: Mass Hort’s beginning in 1829 in agriculture- bringing fresh produce to the market stalls in Boston Mount Auburn: the “garden cemetery” Children’s Window Box Movement- greening of urban spaces School yard experiment: students experience the joy of hard work and spend time outside in gardens at school Victory Gardens through present day Garden to Table program Bressingham Garden: a celebration of the Gardens at Elm Bank Exhibitions: From Faneuil Hall to the flower shows of today

DISMANTLE: March 17 -6 pm – 9pm and March 18.

• Dismantle, pack up and move exhibits and material from Seaport World Trade Center back to Elm Bank in Dover.

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Requires physical activity, lifting, disassembling, packing, organization and teamwork. You do not need show badges for this activity.

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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: FACT SHEET MISSION STATEMENT: Founded in 1829, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society is dedicated to encouraging the science and practice of horticulture, and developing the public's enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of plants and the environment. Incorporated: June 12, 1829, Non-profit organization: 501 (c) (3) charitable organization CAMPUS AND LOCATION: Located within the Elm Bank Reservation, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02482 Telephone: 617-933-4900 Acreage: 36 acres Website: www.masshort.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Massachusetts-Horticultural-Society/230269251191 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/83691 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/masshort Blog: http://www.masshort.org/In-the-Gardens-Blog/

THE GARDENS AT ELM BANK: • • • •

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Weezie's Garden for Children: A whimsical children’s garden designed by Julie Moir Messervy, the garden is designed as a series of small spiraling gardens, each with its own theme and different ways of engaging the senses. Bressingham Garden: Designed by Adrian Bloom of Norfolk, England, this garden contains a mixture of perennials, trees, and shrubs with a specific focus for creating functional and beautiful residential landscapes for New England homes. Italianate Garden: This restored 1926 Italianate Garden by Marion Pressley Associates, using the original plans from the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, is a wonderful formal garden for inspiration and weddings. New England Trial Gardens: The New England Trial Gardens (flowers and vegetables), was established at Elm Bank in 1996 as a cooperative effort among the University of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Flower Growers’ Association, and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Breeding companies from all over the world contribute the newest and best varieties of annuals to the New England Trial Garden for viewing by amateur and professional gardeners. This garden also tests new and unreleased varieties competing for All-America Selections awards, displays previous winners, and grows hundreds of cultivars submitted for evaluation by commercial plant breeders. Jim Crockett Memorial Garden: This garden is dedicated to Jim Crockett, the famed first host of WGBH’s The Victory Garden and author of myriad books, who fostered a true love of gardening with his “learn as you grow” approach. The garden features a new cultivar variety Boltonia asteroides,‘ Jim Crockett’. Chef’s Garden and Food Pantry Garden: Beyond the Manor House, this vegetable garden is part of Mass Hort’s new Garden to Table initiative to help people learn about growing, cooking, and preserving local healthy food. Produced one ton of produce for food pantries in 2011. Welcome Garden: Designed and donated by Paul Miskovsky Landscaping, this garden welcomes visitors to Elm Bank. Located adjacent to the main entrance, it is a four-seasons garden combining unusual and striking trees and shrubs amid rolling terrain accentuated by sitting stones with a bluestone walk to the information kiosk. Other Display Gardens: The Noanett Garden Club, the New England Unit of the Herb Society of America, the American Rhododendron Society (ARS), the Daylily Society maintain collaborative demonstration and display gardens at Elm Bank

FACILITIES: Putnam Horticultural Hall and Greenhouse, Hunnewell Carriage House, Mass Hort Education Center: Dearborn Room, Parkman Room, and Cheney Room: meetings, weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, company outings, and social events. From 10300 people. Call Jen Courtney, Function Manager at 617-933-4921. 5

FACT SHEET: PEOPLE: • • • • •

Visitors: over 75,000 to Elm Bank and Mass Hort Members: 6,000 members, Mass Hort is a member supported organization (check website for member benefits) Volunteers: 12,000 volunteer hours in 2011 Staff: Ten (10) full time and part time staff help maintain our gardens and operate Mass Hort Donors: Mass Hort is supported by generous donors who provide funds, labor, and materials.

PROGRAMS: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Blooms! 67,000 attendees in 2011; Blooms! exhibit at the Boston Flower and Garden Show includes amateur horticulture exhibits and lectures: March 14-18, 2012 Children’s programming: Plantmobile- Traveling Education for Schools, Caterpillar Club- Tuesday and Weezies Story HourFridays (summer) The Gardener’s Fair/Society Row Plant Sale: Sunday, May 20, 2012: members’ hours 8-9am Mass Marketplace Festival: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Garden to Table Program: to help people of all ages and all levels of gardening experience learn to grow, cook, preserve, and enjoy healthy local food. Wellesley Farmers’ Market: May-October at Whole Foods Market in Wellesley. Fresh local produce and farm products. Hosts Master Gardeners’ training courses: Spring and Fall Gardeners Help Line: provided by Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association all year Education: Thursdays at Elm Bank; lectures, workshops Library: 24,000 volumes, a Mass. Horticultural Society resources library, lending to Members. Also a collection of 1,000 Rare Books for research purposes. Green: sustainable gardening, organic gardening, local harvest, and garden to table cooking programs: spring, summer, fall Newsletter: Leaflet (online), 12,000 readers

Fundraising Event: Festival of Trees- November-December HISTORY: Founded in 1829 by Jacob Bigelow, Thaddeus Harris, and Henry Dearborn, who became the first president. Establishes a horticultural library. Buys 72-acre estate “Sweet Auburn” and separately incorporates Mount Auburn Cemetery, the first garden cemetery in America. In 1853 the Concord Grape is introduced by Ephraim Bull and exhibited at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The society opens horticultural halls on 25 Tremont Street, School Street, and Huntington Avenue in Boston. In 1871 the New England Flower Show is institutionalized as an annual event. In 2001 the Society moves to Elm Bank. GOVERNANCE: President/Executive Director: Katherine K. Macdonald, email: [email protected], telephone: 617-933-4955 Board of Trustees:

Chair: Jeanne Leszczynski Betsy Ridge Madsen Gretel Anspach Daniel W. Daly Alicia Cleary Lisa Haddad Marisa McCoy Wayne Mezitt Paul Miskovsky

Holly Perry Julia O’Brien Leslie Will Michael W. Schnitman Noel M. Swartz Board of Overseers: 16 members

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FACT SHEET VISITING: Hours of Operation: gardens and park open year round from dawn to dusk. Drop in tours: Tuesdays, 10am, June, July, August) Special Events: Mass Hort offers events space for social functions, weddings, corporate outings, and meetings

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: Elm Bank reservation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for many elements: Historic person: Benjamin P. Cheney (founder of American Express), Architecture of Classic Revival Style mansion: Carrere & Hastings (architects of the New York Public Library), and estate landscaping, garden designs by Percival Gallagher from the firm of Frederick Olmsted, Jr.

ELM BANK RESERVATION: Owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The 182 acres of woodlands, fields, and old estate property is surrounded on three sides by the Charles River.

DIRECTIONS: Follow Route 16 West from Rt. 128 (Rt. 95) 4.9 miles to Wellesley Center (5-way intersection with stop light); stay left at the intersection to remain on Route 16 West (Washington Street) for another 1.6 miles to the entrance of Elm Bank (look for a small green sign on the left).

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Mass Hort at the Show Contacts

Plant procurement Flower Show Mass Hort Floor Manager Librarian-research President Membership Trustee Trustee Flower Show CoChair Flower Show CoChair

David Fiske Clark Bryan

Mass Hort

617-835-6365

[email protected]

Mass Hort

617-645-4445

[email protected]

Maureen Horn Kathy Macdonald Amy Rodrigues Julia O’Brien Betsy Madsen Carrie Waterman Judi Brooks

Mass Hort

617-933-4912

[email protected]

Mass Hort

617-933-4955

[email protected]

Mass Hort

617-933-4961

[email protected]

Mass Hort

617-323-2470

[email protected]

Mass Hort

(617) 877-6464

[email protected]

Mass Hort

(508) 785-2303

[email protected]

Mass Hort

508) 479-3114

[email protected]

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DIRECTIONS: Directions to the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston 200 Seaport Blvd., Commonwealth Pier, Boston, MA 02210 From the West: Follow the Massachusetts Turnpike/Interstate 90 East to Exit 25 – South Boston. At the top of the ramp, bear left towards Seaport Boulevard. At the first set of lights, proceed straight onto East Service Road. At the next set of lights, take a right onto Seaport Boulevard. The Seaport World Trade Center will be ahead on the left. From the South: Heading northbound on I-93 towards Boston, take Exit 20, which will be immediately after Exit 18. Follow the signs to “I-90 East.” Take the first tunnel exit to "South Boston.” At the first set of lights at the top of the ramp, proceed straight onto East Service Road. At the next set of lights, take a right onto Seaport Boulevard. The Seaport Boulevard entrance to the Seaport Garage will be ahead on tHe right. From the North: Heading southbound on Interstate 93 Boston, take Exit 23, Purchase Street and move into the left lane. At the top of the ramp, take a left turn onto the Evelyn Moakley Bridge/Seaport Boulevard. Follow Seaport Boulevard for approximately .8 miles, the Seaport Boulevard entrance to the Seaport Garage will be on the right, after the Seaport Boulevard/B Street intersection. Public Transportation: The MBTA Silver Line Waterfront (SL1) provides service from the WTC Station to South Station every 10 minutes during the weekday and every 15 minutes during the weekend. The Silver Line station is located adjacent to the Seaport Hotel. Parking is available at the numerous surface lots around the Seaport World Trade Center ranging from $12.00 - $14.00 Covered parking and the closest handicapped accessible parking is located across the street from the Seaport World Trade Center below the Seaport Hotel. There is also additional street parking around the area, as well as MBTA service via the Silver Line, one stop from South Station.

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