Warm up at Wakefield Estate's March Stone Soup March 26

Continuing with this year’s series offering “portraits” of “great trees,” this month’s Stone Soup at the Wakefield Estate will feature Debbie McElwaine, a Harvard Graduate student and local resident who has researched the tree population in the Blue Hill vicinity. Debbie’s topic will be the Metasequoia glyptostroboides or Dawn Redwood. Once thought to be extinct and rediscovered by “plant hunters” from the Arnold Arboretum, the metasequoia’s story is truly remarkable, and local. A four-square planting of these trees in the estate’s formal garden is one of its character defining features.

Stone Soup and Speakers events are held on the final Thursday of each month through May. These warm and casual programs begin at 5:30 pm with a bowl of tasty home-made soup, followed by a short presentation by the featured speaker. Space IS limited. Pre-registration is required. To RSVP or for more information, please call 617-333-0924. The Wakefield Estate is located at 1465 Brush Hill Road in Milton.

The schedule for the rest of the Stone Soup and Speaker Series is:

April 30: Dove or Hankerchief Tree, Davidia involucrata

May 28: Chinese Dogwood, Cornus kousa