BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.herbsociety.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:85db503a-2963-4384-9870-0f6c1d54168d X-WR-CALDESC:Join the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days\, a nationwide garden education program\, for an adventure-filled day for gardeners and foodies of all ages in the extraordinary Gardens at the Clock Barn\, home of Maure en and Mike Ruettgers in Carlisle\, MA. From a stylish landscape full of c hoice plants to an inviting and inventive children’s garden with myriad ha nds-on activities\, there are delights aplenty to discover from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday\, September 9\, 2017. \n \nGardens at the Clock Barn \, 453 Bedford Road\, Carlisle\, is certainly a place of magic. It was fea tured in Outstanding American Gardens: A Celebration: 25 Years of the Gard en Conservancy (Abrams\, 2015) Surrounding a late 18th century house and d rying barn\, this utterly charming garden brims over with herbs\, vegetabl es\, and flowers for cutting\, in addition to choice perennials\, trees\, and shrubs. It also includes an amazing garden for children\, a veritable wonderland designed to ignite curiosity and elicit delight in young garden ers from toddlers on up. There are many gardens to explore\, including the pizza garden\, fairy garden\, pumpkin patch\, and tee pee – plus watering cans everywhere for anyone to use. Throughout the day\, activities for fa milies will abound\, from three scavenger hunts (little kids\, big kids\, and a rare plant hunt for adults) to demonstrations on straw bale gardenin g and making lavender ice cream. The Ruettgers’s beekeeper will be on site and guests will be able to create their own bee hotels for native pollina tors. Farm and Fable (www.farmandfable.com)\, an online shop focused on b eautifully made goods for the kitchen and home launched by Ruettgers daugh ter Abigail Flanagan\, will host a popup shop offering carefully curated g oods for gardeners and cooks. \n \nOpen Days and the Ruettgers will also w elcome a special guest\, Chef Ben Elliott. Using fresh ingredients from h is nearby Saltbox Farm\, Ben will demonstrate preparation of one of his si gnature seasonal dishes during interactive demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.\, giving families and foodies alike ample opportunity to exchange id eas with him—and with each other. Through the Garden Conservancy\, farmto- table box lunches from Ben’s acclaimed local café and brewery\, Saltbox Ki tchen\, will be available to Open Days guests via pre-order. \n \nChef Ben Elliott has more than twenty years’ experience working with some of the c ountry’s most renowned chefs\, including Barbara Lynch in Boston\, named o ne of Time’s 100 Most Influential People this year\, and Laurant Gras in S an Francisco. Ben and his young family live and work at the 10-acre Saltbo x Farm started by his grandparents in Concord in the 1940s. As a child\, Ben spent summers in the fields at Saltbox Farm with his grandfather and l earned to cook alongside his grandmother\, so he knows the joy and importa nce of growing and preparing food with loved ones. This is a practice shar ed by generations of the Ruettgers family\, and one they hope to encourage during this special celebration in their private garden. Ben brings the f arm-to-table ethos to life at Saltbox Farm\, which offers an annual \nCSA program\, acts as a venue for weddings and other catered events\, and offe rs regular cooking classes (www.saltboxfarmconcord.com). Saltbox Farm also provides much of the fresh produce for Saltbox Kitchen\, Ben’s café\, bre wery\, and catering company\, in West Concord (www.saltboxkitchen.com). \n\nAdmission to this Open Day is $7 per person\; children 12 and under ar e free. There will be no additional charge to participate in any of the ac tivities\, although there will be a charge of $15 for Saltbox Kitchen’s bo x lunches\, which must be ordered in advance. To order lunches or for any additional information\, please contact the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days either by phone at 888.842.2442 or by email at opendays@gardenconservancy .org\, or visit www.gardenconservancy.org. \n \nAbout the Garden Conserva ncy and Open Days: Founded in 1989 by gardener Frank Cabot\, the Garden Co nservancy is a national nonprofit dedicated to saving and sharing outstand ing American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public. Open Days is its award-winning\, garden education program\, working to fuel th e this country’s passion for gardens and gardening by opening inspired pri vate gardens to the public and hosting site-specific special programs. Sin ce it began in 1995\, Open Days has welcomed over a million visitors into thousands of private gardens nationwide—from urban rooftops to organic far ms\, historic estates to innovative suburban plots. Digging Deeper and Exp erts in the Garden programs bring participants together for in-depth conve rsations with experts from every facet of the garden world: landscape arch itects to garden photographers\, rock gardeners to organic farmers. Our ne w Family Time programs encourage gardeners of all ages to learn and grow t ogether. Writing on Open Days in Vogue\, author and activist Michael Polle n declared\, “What [the Garden Conservancy has] launched is an institution \, and if my hunch is right\, it could do more for horticultural cross-fer tilization than anything to hit the American garden scene since\, well\, t he bumblebee.” For more information about this event or the Open Days prog ram\, please visit www.gardenconservancy.org or call 845.424.6500. \n# X-WR-RELCALID:b603b95dd2eb25f4eca4650f5483b1a8 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20171105T020000 RDATE:20181104T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20180311T020000 RDATE:20190310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15b2e2ab-486f-4069-9676-8584ad8bbb43 DTSTAMP:20260512T114500Z DESCRIPTION:Join the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days\, a nationwide garden e ducation program\, for an adventure-filled day for gardeners and foodies o f all ages in the extraordinary Gardens at the Clock Barn\, home of Mauree n and Mike Ruettgers in Carlisle\, MA. From a stylish landscape full of ch oice plants to an inviting and inventive children’s garden with myriad han ds-on activities\, there are delights aplenty to discover from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday\, September 9\, 2017. \n \nGardens at the Clock Barn\ , 453 Bedford Road\, Carlisle\, is certainly a place of magic. It was feat ured in Outstanding American Gardens: A Celebration: 25 Years of the Garde n Conservancy (Abrams\, 2015) Surrounding a late 18th century house and dr ying barn\, this utterly charming garden brims over with herbs\, vegetable s\, and flowers for cutting\, in addition to choice perennials\, trees\, a nd shrubs. It also includes an amazing garden for children\, a veritable w onderland designed to ignite curiosity and elicit delight in young gardene rs from toddlers on up. There are many gardens to explore\, including the pizza garden\, fairy garden\, pumpkin patch\, and tee pee – plus watering cans everywhere for anyone to use. Throughout the day\, activities for fam ilies will abound\, from three scavenger hunts (little kids\, big kids\, a nd a rare plant hunt for adults) to demonstrations on straw bale gardening and making lavender ice cream. The Ruettgers’s beekeeper will be on site and guests will be able to create their own bee hotels for native pollinat ors. Farm and Fable (www.farmandfable.com)\, an online shop focused on be autifully made goods for the kitchen and home launched by Ruettgers daught er Abigail Flanagan\, will host a popup shop offering carefully curated go ods for gardeners and cooks. \n \nOpen Days and the Ruettgers will also we lcome a special guest\, Chef Ben Elliott. Using fresh ingredients from hi s nearby Saltbox Farm\, Ben will demonstrate preparation of one of his sig nature seasonal dishes during interactive demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.\, giving families and foodies alike ample opportunity to exchange ide as with him—and with each other. Through the Garden Conservancy\, farmto-t able box lunches from Ben’s acclaimed local café and brewery\, Saltbox Kit chen\, will be available to Open Days guests via pre-order. \n \nChef Ben Elliott has more than twenty years’ experience working with some of the co untry’s most renowned chefs\, including Barbara Lynch in Boston\, named on e of Time’s 100 Most Influential People this year\, and Laurant Gras in Sa n Francisco. Ben and his young family live and work at the 10-acre Saltbox Farm started by his grandparents in Concord in the 1940s. As a child\, B en spent summers in the fields at Saltbox Farm with his grandfather and le arned to cook alongside his grandmother\, so he knows the joy and importan ce of growing and preparing food with loved ones. This is a practice share d by generations of the Ruettgers family\, and one they hope to encourage during this special celebration in their private garden. Ben brings the fa rm-to-table ethos to life at Saltbox Farm\, which offers an annual \nCSA p rogram\, acts as a venue for weddings and other catered events\, and offer s regular cooking classes (www.saltboxfarmconcord.com). Saltbox Farm also provides much of the fresh produce for Saltbox Kitchen\, Ben’s café\, brew ery\, and catering company\, in West Concord (www.saltboxkitchen.com). \n \nAdmission to this Open Day is $7 per person\; children 12 and under are free. There will be no additional charge to participate in any of the acti vities\, although there will be a charge of $15 for Saltbox Kitchen’s box lunches\, which must be ordered in advance. To order lunches or for any ad ditional information\, please contact the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days e ither by phone at 888.842.2442 or by email at opendays@gardenconservancy.o rg\, or visit www.gardenconservancy.org. \n \nAbout the Garden Conservanc y and Open Days: Founded in 1989 by gardener Frank Cabot\, the Garden Cons ervancy is a national nonprofit dedicated to saving and sharing outstandin g American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public. Open D ays is its award-winning\, garden education program\, working to fuel the this country’s passion for gardens and gardening by opening inspired priva te gardens to the public and hosting site-specific special programs. Since it began in 1995\, Open Days has welcomed over a million visitors into th ousands of private gardens nationwide—from urban rooftops to organic farms \, historic estates to innovative suburban plots. Digging Deeper and Exper ts in the Garden programs bring participants together for in-depth convers ations with experts from every facet of the garden world: landscape archit ects to garden photographers\, rock gardeners to organic farmers. Our new Family Time programs encourage gardeners of all ages to learn and grow tog ether. Writing on Open Days in Vogue\, author and activist Michael Pollen declared\, “What [the Garden Conservancy has] launched is an institution\, and if my hunch is right\, it could do more for horticultural cross-ferti lization than anything to hit the American garden scene since\, well\, the bumblebee.” For more information about this event or the Open Days progra m\, please visit www.gardenconservancy.org or call 845.424.6500. \n# DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170909T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170909T160000 LOCATION:453 Bedford Road\, Carlise\, MA SUMMARY:Garden Conservancy's Open Days-Garden to Table at the Clock Barn END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR