Trisha Cooper Designs

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Trisha Cooper Designs

Address:

945 Concord Street

City:

Framingham

State:

Massachusetts

Zip Code:

01701

Phone number:

(508) 782-0233

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Restoring native plants to the Maine landscape

A former head plant propagator at the New England Wildflower Society’s Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Mass., McCargo has lectured nationally and is widely published in horticultural journals and magazines.McCargo spoke from her home in Portland, where she and her family relocated after 18 years in Brooksville. Portland makes life easier for her traveling husband.Also, though, after an eight-month stint in Barcelona a few years ago, McCargo felt called to help enlighten urbanites about issues related to nature.Are you an apartment dweller? Grow a perennial in a pot or a window box. Every little bit helps, she said.Are you anxious about planting from seed? Then buy native perennials from a nursery. Just make sure they’ve been nursery-propagated — not cultivars.“Of our 1,400 Maine native plants, a quarter of them are listed as rare or endangered,” said McCargo. “Mostly plants are dwindling because humans are taking up more space — that really is what it boils down to.”Planting natives by seed is crucial because those plants are best for promoting genetic diversity.“It’s the best bet for the future and it’s how wild plants have survived the millennia,” McCargo said.A note about insects: leave them alone.“All of our plants have unique relationships with other things,” McCargo said. “All birds need insects to feed their young. All of our native plants have these unique insects that live in them. Probably you can blame horticulture for people thinking that insects are bad for plants.”Milkweed’s canoe-shaped green pods turn from pale green to yellow and split along one edge. Pick the pods and put them in a paper bag to dry.PHOTO COURTESY WILD SEED PROJECT“All the native species are pollinator... (The Ellsworth American)

These native plants attract butterflies

The Wild Flower Society also sells native butterfly-host plants at its headquarters in Framingham, as well as many nature books, including “Attracting Native Pollinators” by the Xerces Society and “Wildflowers of New England.” Visit www.newenglandwild.org for more information. Q. I think I’m giving up on my three blueberry bushes. For the third time in four years, I’ve no berries to harvest. I constructed a substantial cage using metal conduit and plastic netting. Three weeks ago, I had what looked like a great crop of green berries and was confident they would be safe from those pesky birds. I noted that the berries seemed to be disappearing, and one day I heard a rustling in leaves in the cage and noticed a very fat chipmunk. I never realized anything would eat the green berries. Shall I dig the bushes up and sell them on eBay? WAYNE KIVI, Yarmouth Port A. Keep them. Highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) are great decorative native shrubs that have a dirty little secret: Everything else will eat the berries before you do. I’ve tried netting only to catcha catbird. (At least it wasn’t a mockingbird.) Metal cages sometimes work, but I’m not about to build one. So now I just let the birds have my blueberries. I usually do beat the critters to the raspberries, but a key problem with blueberries is that animals DO eat them before they turn blue. It’s not a fair contest. Friends I just visited said they’ve had success flying a helium balloon with scary owl’s eyes. But an hour later we all drove to a blueberry farm (which fires cannons — this is in the country) to pick several tasty gallons. So success is a relative term. I still grow blueberries as shrubs for their ecological and ornamental qualities. They attract birds (duh!). And because of their brilliant red fall foliage, they are widely recommended as a replacement for that gaudy and invasive Asian burningbush (Euonymus alatus) that’s now banned because it takes over natural areas where animals spread its seeds. Please send your questions and comments along with your name/initials and your community to stockergarden@gmail.com.

Selma Woolf

Brookline, where she began her clerical career working for the USO. She relocated many times throughout her life, living in Waban, Brighton, Framingham, Marlboro and finally settling in Clinton in 1991, where she spent the remainder of her years. She worked for Entwistle Company, in Hudson, and Incoterm, in Natick, as an engineering assistant. Later, she worked in retail and sold Avon. At an early age, she developed a love for the arts, especially music, and had a passion for playing the piano, which she did up until a few weeks before her death. She enjoyed traveling, shopping, going out to eat and going to the movies. She was a Boy Scout and Campfire Girls leader and volunteered at the Bigelow Free Public Library for many years. She is survived by three children, Howard Woolf and his wife, Arleen, of Winchester, John Woolf of Cambridge and Alison Matthew and her husband, Kerry, of Clinton; three grandchildren, Bret Matthew of Cambridge, Laura Matthew of Worcester and Nicholas Woolf of Somerville. She is pre-deceased by two sisters, Paula Freedman (her identical twin) and Lila Fields. Services for Mrs. Woolf are on Friday, April 22 at 11:30 a.m., at the Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St., Brookline. Burial will be at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon. Memorial observance will be private. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to The American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org. To share a condolence, visit www.levi... (Worcester Telegram)

James R. DiProfio, 81, of Westborough

Westborough – James R. DiProfio, 81, of Westborough, passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late Silvio and Isabel (Dufault) DiProfio. He was educated in Westborough schools and was a graduate of Westborough High School. He also attended and graduated from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Jim was employed as a certified public accountant for Bay State Abrasives for many years prior to his retirement. He was a communicant of St. Luke the Evangelist Church and was a talented musician, making a recording with the Cedar Swamp Seven. He also volunteered for many years at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Jim is survived by his former wife, Leone (Cochrane) DiProfio of Northborough; two daughters, Lynn M. LeClaire and her husband Steve of Ormond Beach, Fla. and Lori I. St. Laurent of Westborough; one brother, Gerald DiProfio of Limestone, Maine; five grandchildren, Jessica Mancuso, Jennifer Mancuso and her husband James Hughes, Daniel Mancuso and his wife Hanna, Ryan Sweeney, and Shauna Sweeney; two great-grandchildren, Mila and Sienna Mancuso;... (Community Advocate)

Robert Hillman, 78; key player in global expansion of local law firm

Brookline, is an artist whose paintings have been displayed in Boston and San Francisco galleries. Mr. Hillman’s daughter, Elizabeth of Framingham, who was born in Bogota, Colombia, said she was close to her father, who helped her cope with learning disabilities and “taught me confidence and to believe in myself.” Liz Hillman, who has been a probation officer in the Framingham District Court for 16 years, added that “he believed in me and was proud of me.” Though praised at work for his intellectual acumen, Mr. Hillman had a reputation in his family as a less-than-gifted driver, who also struggled to find his way back to the same restaurant where the family often went for dinner, an odyssey that Liz said she and her brothers “thought was hysterical.” Twenty one years ago, Mr. Hillman married Texas native Gail Kaplan, president of recruiting firm of Kaplan & Jass. They met when Fish & Richardson tapped Kaplan to find more attorneys to expand the firm’s national reach. She cared for him as he learned to walk again after falling, describing him as her soul mate. He gave her a sense of self-confidence she had never known while she brought out a sense of joi de vivre long hidden behind his law books and buttoned-down shirts. “He learned how to have fun with me,” his wife said. They married in a Las Vegas wedding chapel where an Elvis impersonator escorted Gail down the aisle. She wore green high-top sneakers and a frosted wig, while Mr. Hillman sported a brightly colored tie. When it came time to kiss the bride, Mr. Hillman took off Gail’s wig and tossed it across the chapel, she said. In addition to his wife, daughter, and two sons, Mr. Hillman leaves a brother, Kenneth of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and two grandchildren. A private celebration of Mr. Hillman’s life will be held in May. Burial will be private. Mr. Hillman enjoyed growing flowers and vegetables on his three-acre property. “It was like walking into Shangri La,” his wife said. In the summer, he brought bags of zucchini to share at the office, along with bouquets of blue hydrangeas. He swam in his pool with his grandson and granddaughter and frolicked in a way his own children rarely saw when they were young. “When he finally got grandkids, I saw a lot more openness and playfulness,” Matt said. “He really enjoyed them.” In the weeks before his father’s death, Matt took out his cellphone and played for him recordings of the “Maple Leaf Rag” and...

Ethel Sugarberg Celebrates 100th Birthday

The Framingham-Natick Hadassah wished its oldest active member, Ethel Sugarberg, a very happy 100th birthday on January 29.The organization presented her with a plaque, flowers, and cake to mark this amazing lady’s very special birthday!Hadassah, a worldwide organization, supports hospitals, medical research, schools and programs for at-risk children.More from Framingham Patch The Framingham-Natick Chapter has more than 700 members and associates.***Photo submitted to Framingham Patch 0 Across Massachusetts Trending Across Patch ? Subscribe to the free daily newsletter from Patch ... (Patch.com)