Member Events

2024 Night of Illumination

Night of Illumination, our annual fall event exclusively for members, is right around the corner. On Thursday, October 24, Garden in the Woods will be lit by more than 1,000 luminaria and other delightful displays. Personal level members will be able to buy tickets for Night of Illumination up to the guest limit specified by your membership. Each time slot and parking option will have limited availability, so please get your tickets early! Remember, this special event is just for members, so join or renew now to enjoy these uniquely intriguing sights on your nocturnal stroll.

2024 Horticulture Director’s Talk 

We invite our Conservation Circle, Sustainer, and Supporter members to join us for "Digging Deeper Into Ecological Horticulture", presented by Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture. Ecological horticulture is the answer for gardeners seeking a more harmonious approach to their efforts. It is an evolving framework for building and maintaining beautiful, functional gardens—based on the assumptions that genetic diversity, local provenance, and adaptability are achieved using regional native species. Yet the research falls short in supporting those assumptions, effective messaging is challenging, and gardens are often created based on what is available in the nursery trade. Uli will navigate these thought-provoking issues while reflecting on how this framework is applied at Garden in the Woods.

2024 Behind-the-Scenes Tour

We invite our Conservation Circle members to join us for a special Behind the Scenes Tour, hosted by Kristina Jones, Director of both the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens and the Camilla Chandler Frost '47 Center for Environment. Kristina will explain the mission of each of these two indoor spaces and how the college approaches environmental education and sustainability as a whole.