Garden

If you have any doubt the New Jersey Devils are frustrating the New York Rangers in their Eastern Conference finals, just look at Game 4. Forget that Zach Parise scored two goals and set up another in the Devils' 4-1 win that evened the series at 2-all. Look at the extracurricular stuff in the game Monday night. Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur got sucker-punched by former teammate Mike Rupp, who might now be facing a suspension. New Jersey teammates Patrik Elias, Adam Henrique and Steve Bernier were the victims of cheap shots, and the Rangers spent most of the final 20 minutes...

Just in time for a Celtics play-off basketball game Monday night, AT&T said it is throwing the switch on a network upgrade that will expand mobile Internet coverage at TD Garden , the arena where the Celtics play their home games. As any fan worth his or her smartphone can tell you, half the fun of attending a game or a concert these days is posting social media updates while an event is in progress. Or maybe a fan just wants to send a tweet or a text. But here's the rub. Suppose Celtics star Kevin Garnett makes a spectacular play and, suddenly, many of...

Up until a month or so ago, if you had told me that a plant could have a personality, much less an evil one, I would have disagreed with you. That was before I tangled with bishop's weed. In small doses, bishop's weed is actually quite lovely, with delicate serrated leaves and white frothy flowers that resemble Queen Anne's lace. The problem is that there is almost no such thing as a small dose of bishop's weed. It spreads like crazy. We've always managed to stay ahead of it in our garden with semi-regular weeding.

Looking to spruce up your yard for the summertime? Head over to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's annual Gardener's Fair at Elm Bank on Sunday. Perennials, trees, shrubs, herbs, vegetables, and dozens of varieties of tomatoes will be for sale, and tips on a range of gardening issues will be provided by experts in their fields, including representatives from the American Begonia Society, American Rhododendron Society, Gesneriad Society, and the Hosta Society. The fair opens at 8 a.m. for Mass.

"The thing that's cool about the garden is everybody in school gets to eat something we planted and get nutrients into their digestive system. Food that comes on a truck doesn't taste as good. " DARIUS MILLAN, 11 "I like picking the plants. Sometimes I get to eat them. My favorite vegetables are tomatoes and carrots. They're sweet. " KALLISTA VEGA-ALOBAIDI, 10 "I usually didn't like tomatoes, but then we made salsa. " LUIS RECIO, 11 "The garden helps everything.

The Evening Garden Club of West Roxbury presents "We're Flowering in West Roxbury 2011. " It will be held on Sat. June 25 from 10am-3pm. The tour is self-guided and is held rain or shine. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of. They may be purchased by calling 617-469-3368 or 617-327-4019 or at Roche Bros. on Centre St. West Roxbury For information on other garden tours and plant sales, please view previous columns.

Symphony Hall was far from full for the opening concert of this week's Boston Symphony Orchestra series, but it was a big night anyway, especially for Michael Gandolfi. Over the years, this Boston composer who teaches at New England Conservatory has produced a series of ingenious, impertinent, engaging, and truth-telling pieces. Last summer he took a great step forward with the triumphant Tanglewood premiere of a 20-minute orchestral work called "Impressions From 'The Garden of Cosmic Speculation' "; interest in the piece ran so high that the Boston Symphony Orchestra...

Planting bulbs is an act of faith. You dig holes, take some dry, scaly ugly things out of a paper bag, place them right side up in the holes, cover them with dirt, watch rain and snow and ice entomb them. And you wait and wait and wait, believing they will transform themselves into things of beauty. When I was a kid, one of my favorite "Superman" episodes - the old black-and-white half-hour show starring George Reeves - showed the Man of Steel holding a piece of coal in his hand and squeezing it, turning the coal, in seconds, into a diamond.

A mallard duck is sitting on seven eggs in a nest in the lawn and garden section of a Home Depot store in Bangor, Maine. The duck is surrounded by hostas, impatiens and potting mix. The nest is protected by yellow tape and a sign that tells customers “Please do not disturb the duck.’’ Home Depot’s Brenda Hatch, who works in the lawn and garden section, feeds and waters the duck every day. The duck showed up last year too, and employees...

Former president George H.W. Bush, who as a former CIA director knows how to keep a secret, helped to pull a fast one on his wife, Barbara. She was surprised yesterday by the dedication of a garden in her honor on the Village Green in Kennebunkport, where the Bush family has a summer home. The former president arrived in one vehicle, and she arrived in another to find about 100 people under a white tent. She was returning from getting her hair done after the former president concocted a ruse in which she thought she was attending a ceremony at their office, spokesman Jim Appleby said.

Up until a month or so ago, if you had told me that a plant could have a personality, much less an evil one, I would have disagreed with you. That was before I tangled with bishop's weed. In small doses, bishop's weed is actually quite lovely, with delicate serrated leaves and white frothy flowers that resemble Queen Anne's lace. The problem is that there is almost no such thing as a small dose of bishop's weed. It spreads like crazy. We've always managed to stay ahead of it in our garden with semi-regular weeding.

New Hampshire officials and victims' families and friends are gathering in Laconia to dedicate the New Hampshire Homicide Memorial Garden. Attorney General Michael Delaney and Laconia Mayor Michael Seymour are participating in the ceremony. They are being joined by victim advocates and other professionals who provide support to family members who have lost a loved one to violence. The garden is sponsored by the New Hampshire chapter of Parents of Murdered Children and Other Survivors of Homicide Victims and the Victim/Witness Assistance division of the Attorney...

By Johanna Kaiser, Town Correspondent The pathways in some Boston parks are set to undergo improvements. Pathways in Boston Common, the Public Garden, and Commonwealth Avenue Mall are slated for pathway improvements and improvements to drainage. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services will hold a public meeting Wednesday to discuss the proposed projects. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. at Emerson College's Bill Bordy Theater at 216 Tremont St. The city says this is the first in a series of community meetings to...

Noble Investment Group , an Atlanta-based lodging and hospitality investment organization, announced the acquisition of the Hilton Garden Inn Boston Waltham. The company's press release did not include financial details of the transaction. The 148-room hotel will undergo a comprehensive renovation, the company added. Part of the Waltham hotel's appeal is its proximity to major high-tech companies, including IBM, Raytheon, Thermo Fisher, and AstraZeneca, Noble Investment Group said.

By Gary Dzen, Boston.com Staff Kevin Garnett had 29 points in Game 1, many of them on jump shots, but Sixers coach Doug Collins said his team would continue to dare Garnett to shoot from long distance. "You're not going to stop Kevin Garnett," said Collins. "Right now he's a seven-footer that's floating out on the perimeter and shooting about 60 percent on jump shots. What you'd like to do is protect the paint ... if we can keep him out of the paint and let him continue to take jump shots, hopefully he's not going to shoot as well as he did before ... Kevin's playing as well as I've...

72 Cook St. Billerica Price: $374,700 Built: 1750 Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 1 1/2 Square feet: 1,858 Sewer: Public This yellow three-bedroom antique Colonial is surrounded by gardens, mature trees, a potting shed, and a workshop attached to a two-car garage. Inside the main house, built in 1750, is a small foyer that leads to a steep staircase and two side rooms. On the left, the living room has some of the home's original wide pumpkin pine floors.

The house for sale behind the public library in West Roxbury had what realtors would call "a problem. " The drive up the dead end to the Colonial-style house ran alongside a CVS pharmacy. People would follow the battleship-gray cinder-block wall with its graffiti for about 100 feet, get to the turnaround in front of the "Open House" sign, and drive out again without stepping outside the car. When Judy Bucklen arrived to take a look at it in 2002, the house had been on the market for a year.

Thirty plots are available for residents to grow vegetables and plants at the EMC Park community garden created by high school student Max Vumbaca for his Eagle Scout service project. The 10-by-10-foot plots are available for $30 a year. Water is provided at the site, and a deer fence is in place. The community garden also contains a large space for volunteers to grow vegetables for Project Just Because to provide fresh produce for families using the food pantry. The garden will be open from dawn until dusk.

For those looking to add a little color to their gardens, the East Bridgewater Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the Town Hall lawn. The rain date is next Sunday. Proceeds will go toward a student scholarship and town beautification projects. Christine Legere