Ann thinks treks started in 1997 after Paula Macowan wished out loud that there
was something we could all do to get through the winter doldrums. Our first trek
was in February of 1997, to the Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum and greenhouses
in Boston, Massachusetts on January 28th. Since then we have visited the following locations (some more than once):

Date of Trek	Location of Trek
February 27, 1997	Logee's Greenhouses, Danielson, CT., and Buell's Greenhouses, Ashford, CT.
March 20, 1997	Harvard Univ. Museum's Glass Flowers, and Lyman Greenhouse, Waltham, MA
April 30, 1997	Art in Bloom, Boston MFA, Boston, MA
May 21, 1997	Tour of Alpine Gardens in Scotland, CT. (Harriet Sornborger, and Dick Redfield); lunch at The Vanilla Bean.
June 14, 1997	Garden Tour of Woodtock and Pomfret, CT. (Woodstock Garden Club)
June , 1997	Rose gardens of Judith Griese (Resourseful Judith), Brooklyn, Ct. (part of area tour)
July 31, 1997	North Hill (Garden of Wayne Winterrowd and Joe Eck), Readsboro, Vt., and Garden of Peter and Shirley Williams, Grafton, MA
some time in 1997	Woodstock, CT. to Bowen House (Historic site, SPNEA, I think) and the Wildflower Nursery of Arthur Manthorne (former head of propagation at Garden in the Woods)
September 23, 1997	Hunnewell Pinetum, Wellesley, MA, David Deusenberry, Director.(617-237-6318)
October 2, 1997	Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA
November 17 1997	Caprilands Herb Farm, Coventry, CT.
November, 1997	Hartman's Herb Farm, Old Dana Road, Barre, Ma., (508-355-2015)
December 1, 1997	Allen Haskell's Nursery and Greenhouses Christmas Lunch (contact = Gene)
January, 1998	The Olmstead Museum, Brookline, Mass.
February, 1998	Logee's Greenhouses, Danielson, CT., and Buell's Greenhouses, Ashford, CT.
March 1998	Smith College Greenhouse, Mt. Holyoke College Greenhouse (bulb displays)
April, 1998	Blithewold, Bristol, RI (spring flowers); Colt Mansion (impromptu piano recital by Helen Cairns)
May, 1998	Kinney Azalea Gardens, Kingston, RI (URI); Harkness Park, New London, Ct.
June, 1998	Wave Hill, Bronx, NY/PepsiCo sculpture gardens
September, 1998	New England Garden Ornaments, Brookfield, MA
October, 1998	Green Animals (topiary sculpture), Portsmouth, RI
November, 1998	BVG group began workshop at Helen Cairns'
December, 1998	Allen Haskell's Nursery and Greenhouses
January, 1999	Logee's Greenhouses, Danielson, CT., and Buell's Greenhouses, Ashford, CT.
February, 1999	RI Flower Show, Providence, RI
March, 1999	Harvard University Museum - Glass Flowers, Cambridge, MA
April, 1999	Walk along the Blackstone Canal with Historian Margaret Carroll (wildflowers, too)
May, 1999	Peony Heaven (tree peonies); Twombly's Nursery; Broken Arrow Nursery; Jay's Nursery (conifers) - Torrington, Ct. area
June, 1999	Plantingfields Arboretum and the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, plus Sagamore Hill (home of Teddy Roosevelt), all on Long Island, NY
September, 1999	Variegated Foliage Nursery, Eastford, Ct., Vanilla Bean Café for lunch, Quinnatisset Nursery (Fort Hill), Thompson, Ct.
October, 1999	Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Casey Farm (SPNEA) in Saunderstown, RI
November, 1999	Olmstead Historic Site and Museum, Brookline, MA
December, 1999	Allen Haskell's Nursery and Greenhouses
January, 2000	Harvard Herbarium, Cambridge, MA
February, 2000	RI Flower Show
	March trek to Uconn Greenhouses was cancelled
April, 2000	Tower Hill Botanic Garden
May, 2000	Allen Haskell's Nursery and Avant Gardens, plus Roche-Jones-Duff House, New Bedford, MA
June, 2000	Pottery studio of Guy Wolfe, Ferriday House, and Glebe House (Gertrude Jekyll garden), central Ct.
September, 2000	Regional tour by Garden Conservancy (Many gardens)
October, 2000	Mt. Auburn Cemetery (History tour by Shelley Merriam)
November, 2000	Tower Hill Botanic Garden - new orangerie
December, 2000	Allen Haskell's Nursery
January, 2001	Logee's Greenhouses, Danielson, CT., and Buell's Greenhouses, Ashford, CT.
February, 2001	RI Flower Show
March, 2001	Isabella Stuart Gardiner Museum, Boston
May, 2001	Garden in the Woods (New England Wildflower Society)
October, 2001	Picketty Place, Brookline, NH
November, 2001	Hands on cleanup at Tri River; short tour of Cocke 'n' Kettles gardens
December, 2001	Allen Haskell's Nursery
January, 2002	Logee's Greenhouses, Danielson, CT., and Buell's Greenhouses, Ashford, CT.
February, 2002	RI Flower Show
March, 2002	New England Bonsai workshop
April, 2002	Tower Hill Botanic Garden
May, 2002	The Fells (Trustees of Reservations), historic estate and alpine gardens of John Hay; Laconia, NH
May, 2002	Farandnear (Trustees of Reservations), exquisite conifer collections and preserved native woodland/wetlands, owned by Arthur Banks
June, 2002	Berkshire Botanic Garden, Naumkeag (Trustees of Reservations) and Chesterwood (SPNEA), Stockbridge, MA
September, 2002	Appleton Farms, Hamilton, MA, and Long Hill, Essex, Ma (both Trustees of Reservations properties)
October, 2002	Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA
November, 2002	The greenhouses at RI College, cared for by Diane Huling, botanist
January 2003	Logee's greenhouses in Danielson, Ct.
February 20, 2003	RI Flower Show
March 10, 2003	Smith College Greenhouse Bulb Show (and Art Show), Northampton, Ma.; lunch in Northampton; visit to Mt. Holyoke Greenhouses if time permits, on the way home.
April 2003	Gropius House (SPNEA site) in Lincoln, Ma.; DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, and perhaps a garden in the area where spring bulbs will be out.
May 2003	Smith College during peak display of Alpines and Rock Garden plants.
June 2003	Delayed until July due to plans at the Hanscoms' for son's wedding 6/28
July 7, 2003	Trek to Little Compton, RI, to visit the exceptional gardens of Berta Atwater, and also those of Debbie Symonds, and Mrs. Congdon (arrangements pending). Bag lunch, and Peckham's Greenhouses if time allows. Attendance may be limited by garden owners; sign up early.
Summer 2003	We try again for a butterfly habitat workshop at Foxfire Farm. Arrangements pending.
September 2003	Arrangements to be made to visit Fred Dabney's Quansett Nursery in Westport, Ma. (our speaker last November).
January 16, 2004	Visited RIC Greenhouses to help Diane Huling, greenhouse manager with winter tasks. Signed up: Sue Smith, Ann Hanscom, Leni Carroll, Mary Fedorzuk, Aline Knapik, Ginny Deselms. Depart foxfire Farm 9:30 am.
February 20, 2004	RI Flower and Garden Show. Signed up Inez Gornall, Ann Hanscom, Caroline Voss, Linda Brown, Sue Smith, Aline Knapik, Charee MacDonald. Depart FF 9:15 am.
March 3 or 10, 2004	Spring bulb show at Smith College Greenhouses. Depart FF 9:30 am. www.smith.edu/garden/home.html (Orchid sale at Lyman greenhouses April 28/29 10 to 4)
April, 2004	Gropius House/Codman House SPNEA. DeCordova Museum
May, 2004	NYBotanic Garden for alpines. Or back to Smith College.
June, 2004	Trek will be postponed until July 7 or 8 : to Berta Atwater's in Little Compton, RI (plus maybe Syminds/?)
September, 2004	New Bedford, Ma. to two nurseries: (1) Kathy Tracey's Avant Gardens, and (2) the nursery of Allen Haskell
October 20, 2004	Daniel's Farm in Mendon, Ma., for a tour of the homestead (led by Justine Brewer, a Daniels descendent and owner of Southwick's Zoo), and walk in the fields to read the signs of past agricultural use (led by Ann Hanscom).
Oct. 27, 2004	The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York to view Momijigari, the Japanese display of fall 'mums, lunch, gift shop, and a walk through the grounds to the Rock Garden
December 16, 2004	A small gathering of members to share design ideas inspired by our Spring '04 trek to Gordon Hayward's garden in Vermont, at Foxfire Farm.
January 17, 2005	Travel to Attleboro, Ma., to Briggs Nursery, for greenhouse relief from winter
February 3, 2005	Trek to the Worcester Museum of Art, to the annual Flora in Winter display of flower design inspired by works of art. Lunch at the museum. A great way to get through February's garden withdrawal.
March 18, 2005	A visit to the Smith College greenhouses annual Spring Bulb display (and a campus garden walk if weather allows). Lunch at Green Street Cafe, Northampton.
April 27, 2005	A visit to greenhouses of Wellesly College, and lunch/walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery for signs of Spring.
May 11, 2005	A return trip to The New York Botanical Garden for a guided tour (by Kim Tripp, Head of the NYBG) of the Spring Bulb display, and a tour of the Spring rock garden (guided by Carlo Balistrieri, Curator of the Rock garden)
Tentative plans for June 2005	Another overnight to the New York area - Tuesday, June 14-Wednesday, June 15. sites to visit: Old Westbury Gardens, the Isamu Noguchi Museum, The Conservatory Garden in Central Park, Wave Hill, and maybe The Brooklyn Botanic Garden/maybe PepsiCo. Stay overnight at a B&B in Brooklyn.
September 12, 2005	a visit to Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Ma., (home of the New England Wildflower Society) to see what's wild in the woods in Autumn.
October 20, 2005	a walk at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Ma., to ogle fall fruits and see the Franklinia in bloom.
November 16, 2005	to prepare for Thanksgiving, Carolyn Voss introduced a group of us to the wonderful Russo's Market in Watertown, Ma., source of organic produce (and more!); thence to the Asian Market in Newton where Ginny Deselms led us in amazement to chicken tongues and bubble tea.
December 2005/January 2006 -	In lieu of an "away" trek, Ann Hanscom led a number of members in a series of flower arranging workshops; part of BVG preparations for participation in the Worcester Art Museum's Flora in Winter exhibition
January 27, 2006	a mass exodus of BVGers visited the Worcester Art Museum, for lunch in the cafe, and a viewing of Flora in Winter, in which our own arrangement (interpreting Gilbert Stuart's "Mrs. Perez Morton") received rave reviews!
February 23, 2006	Worcester Flower Show
March 30, 2006	a visit to the Glass Flowers exhibit at the Harvard University Museum, followed by picnic lunch on the top of the hill in Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
April 19, 2006	a return visit to Blithewold Mansion, Bristol, R.I. for the joyous Spring bulb display (so hopeful!). Afterwards we met Lisa Dady of the Newport Historical Society for a tour of historic Prescott Farm and a view of the newly restored gardens at Whitehorne House (Newport). Returning home via Jamestown, R.I., we walked on the cliff at Fort Wetherill and viewed West Passage from Beavertail Light.
May 18th, 2006	we anticipate 17 trekkers will have beautiful weather for the 2006 Beacon Hill Garden Club Tour!
End of June, 2006	(date not carved in stone yet) - western Ma., Edith Wharton's The Mount, and other gardening points of interest.