Harvest colorful Swiss chard, crisp lettuce, edible pansies, bright kale & tangy herbs that not only taste great, they look great thru November. There are a lot of beautiful edibles, so why not get double-duty out of your plants?  You can have your pot, and eat it, too! (OK, I won't quit my day job.)

Choose mums in a color to compliment your home. Surround them with thrilling grasses and other fall accents.  We will have a wide selection of mums in many colors to choose from, so if lavender, pink, red or yellow suit your home better, we'll design the accompanying plants around your color choice.  This will be planted in a 24 " resin window box, but feel free to bring your own window box, and plant right in it.

Stuff a life-sized scarecrow with hay. Then accessorize him with patches, scarves, hats, and other cool decorations.

The entire $15 fee will be donated to the non-profit organization of your choice:    

Scouts, Schools, Scholarships, Benefits, Youth Groups, Research, Food Banks, and more. If you would like your group to be involved, give Tina a call 508-885-4247 or email TBemis@BemisFarmsNursery.com

You need to pick a day, but not the time you are coming.  Just show up anytime between 10 and 4. You can pick the organization you would like to support on that day.

Last year we raised over $2000 to help 13 organizations! Everyone on our farm feels very proud of this activity, and we are thrilled to be able to emphasize  the "fun" in fundraiser!

If you don't want to make a scarecrow, but would like to participate, we are accepting donations of old clothes, especially pants and long-sleeved shirts.  Bring them to the nursery anytime. 

Stuff a life-sized scarecrow with hay. Then accessorize him with patches, scarves, hats, and other cool decorations.

The entire $15 fee will be donated to the non-profit organization of your choice:    

Scouts, Schools, Scholarships, Benefits, Youth Groups, Research, Food Banks, and more. If you would like your group to be involved, give Tina a call 508-885-4247 or email TBemis@BemisFarmsNursery.com

You need to pick a day, but not the time you are coming.  Just show up anytime between 10 and 4. You can pick the organization you would like to support on that day.

Last year we raised over $2000 to help 13 organizations! Everyone on our farm feels very proud of this activity, and we are thrilled to be able to emphasize  the "fun" in fundraiser!

If you don't want to make a scarecrow, but would like to participate, we are accepting donations of old clothes, especially pants and long-sleeved shirts.  Bring them to the nursery anytime. 

Color abounds in this two-tiered explosion of color and texture. The pansies and kale with still be colorful at Christmas!  Plus we'll be sure to tuck in a few perennials to plant into your garden when you are finished enjoying the pot. We will be using a 16 inch diameter resin pot, with another pot on top of it to add some height and dimension.

Huge basket stuffed with a giant pumpkin, a colorful mum, kale, grapevines (all grown on our farm, of course) along with some faux berries, since they have no seeds. Real bittersweet can no longer be sold in Massachusetts, due to their invasive habit, so we will use faux berries to mimic their beauty and soften the bold texture of the pumpkin. 

The pumpkins are locally grown in New Braintree, keeping open space right here in Central Massachusetts! Did you you that many of the pumpkins sold throughout New England are grown in Canada?  We prefer to support our own, local farmers and to help reduce the amount of fuel used to transport the bins long distances.

Huge basket stuffed with a giant pumpkin, a colorful mum, kale, grapevines (all grown on our farm, of course) along with some faux berries, since they have no seeds. Real bittersweet can no longer be sold in Massachusetts, due to their invasive habit, so we will use faux berries to mimic their beauty and soften the bold texture of the pumpkin. 

The pumpkins are locally grown in New Braintree, keeping open space right here in Central Massachusetts! Did you you that many of the pumpkins sold throughout New England are grown in Canada?  We prefer to support our own, local farmers and to help reduce the amount of fuel used to transport the bins long distances.

Create a lovely hydrangea wreath, (featured last year in a Better Homes and Gardens publication,) a centerpiece and a topiary in just  three hours. Use fresh-picked cream,  mauve and chartreuse Pee Gee hydrangea blossoms that will last well over 2 years inside your home. (Our bookkeeper, Dawn, made a plain hydrangea wreath 3 years ago in one of our classes, before she worked here, and still has it in her home.) But that’s not all. Included in the price of the class is a Pee Gee hydrangea bush to plant in your garden so you will be able to create your own wreaths for years to come. Think of all the gifts you can make for friends!  Everyone loves hydrangeas.

Halloween with style! Perennials mimic steam & froth in this witch’s cauldron that boils over with texture.   You'll get at least seven perennials that you can plant outside in November once Halloween is over, or keep it in a bright spot inside for a winter's worth of enjoyment.

One of the plants is Unicorn Grass, named for it's spiral blades.  Don't you agree it looks just like steam?  Of course we need to make a miniature broom stick from twigs of the forest floor to stir the witches brew!  Dichodra 'Silver Falls' is the plant that looks like froth bubbling over the side. If you protect this plant from frost, you can save it as a houseplant for inside.

Rounding out the collection are an assortment of perennial sedum and other succulents.

Celebrate the 10^th year of this popular class by recreating this new version, featured in a Better Homes and Gardens publication.  Along with the mauve, cream and chartreuse hydrangea blossoms, we'll add some fragrant lavender and puffy grasses for even more texture. This wreath has been reported to last over two years inside a home.

The 10 am and 7 pm sessions are both FULL. A new session at 11:30 am on the same day has been started and has room. An additional new session has been started at 7 pm on Friday Oct 2.

Celebrate the 10^th year of this popular class by recreating this new version, featured in a Better Homes and Gardens publication.  Along with the mauve, cream and chartreuse hydrangea blossoms, we'll add some fragrant lavender and puffy grasses for even more texture. This wreath has been reported to last over two years inside a home.

Please Note: This is a new session that was not on the brochure.

Dried orange and apple slices tucked among cinnamon sticks and pomegranates offer waves of fragrance, especially if you put it on an inside door that opens and closes regularly.

it also looks great on a kitchen wall, tempting your families taste buds while they wait for supper to be ready.

The 3 pm session is FULL. An additional session at 1 pm on the same day is also full. A third session at 5 pm on the same day has been started and has room.

Capture the harvest of ‘09 by using fragrant, dried herbs and flowers to decorate a twig birdhouse frame.  Among other, we'll be using oregano, lavender, and larkspur in this European-styled design of pink, purple and white.

Everything you need to create this entire scene at your own home. You'll get 4 pumpkins (you can carve them at home if you'd like), 2 bunches of cornstalks, 2 large, white-painted  squashes for skulls, branches to skewer them with, preserved leaves, gourds, two velvet bows, two resin pots to put them all in and around, and whatever else looks good at the time. Best value, so sign up early!

The 3 pm session is FULL. There is NEW SESSION at 2 pm on the same day.

Stuff an unbelievable amount of bulbs in an oval pot. Pick up in dreary February for a month of welcome flowers.

(Seen elsewhere for $75)

If you had to choose just one class, we highly recommend this one. We really cram about $50 of bulbs into an oval pot by planting them in layers. We over-winter it here in the greenhouses that are heated to 32 degrees for 14 weeks so they can be tricked into thinking they are underground. You pick up the pot in February, put it inside a cool, sunny window, and you will have a succession of blooms for a month. All just when you think winter will never end. This is one of the most highly rated classes we have. Each year over 100 people sign up for this class so we add additional class times during the day so that everyone has plenty of space and materials.  More info on where to go and how to care for them is here.

The 10 am session is FULL. There is NEW SESSION at 11 am on the same day.