Female (left) and Male Monarch Butterflies

2024 Events Calendar

February 26th at 2pm, Monday. The City Garden Club of New York. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith.  Jones Auditorium 3rd floor Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street, New York, NY.

March 8th, Friday at 7pm. In Celebration of International Women’s Day Women – Women Authors of Cape Ann. Presented by the Gloucester Writers Center at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church Street, Gloucester.

March 14th, Thursday, at 6:30pm. Essex County Greenbelt 2024 Film and Lecture Series. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. HC Media, Studio 101 at 2 Merrimack Street, Haverhill.

March 15t at 12noon, Friday. Massachusetts DAR Conservation Award and Luncheon. Wellsworth Hotel Conference Center, Southbridge, MA.

April 6th, Saturday, at 11am. Cape Ann DAR . Kim Smith presentation  “The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay.”

April 28th, Thursday, 1:00 pm. Albert Wisner Library – Sustainable Warwick, Hudson Valley New York. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. Location to be determined.

June 11th, Tuesday, at 4pm Cape Ann Garden Club, at Stillington House, Gloucester. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith.

2025 Events Calendar

February 12th at 10am, Wednesday. Lexington Field and Garden Club “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith.  Follen Church Community Center, 755 Mass Ave., Lexington, MA.

 

Monarchs Eastern Point Gloucester

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Please see the Programs page for a complete listing of presentations.

Kim Smith is an award winning documentary filmmaker, wildlife conservationist, lecturer, photojournalist, author, illustrator, and an award winning landscape designer.

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, a narrated documentary, premiered in August 2020.

Since its premier, Beauty on the Wing has received a number of honors and awards at environmental film festivals and children’s film festivals. Beauty on the Wing was awarded the 2020 Best Documentary at the Boston International Kids Festival, the 2021 Best Feature Film at the Providence Children’s Film Festival, the environmental award at the Toronto International Women Film Festival in May 2021 and Gold at the Spotlight Documentary Awards. One of the greatest hopes for the film is that it would be inspirational and educational to both adults and young people and we are overjoyed Beauty on the Wing is finding its audience.

Beauty on the Wing is now airing on over 270 public television stations across America from New York to San Francisco and everywhere in between. This represents 89 percent of US households and 23 of the top 25 markets.

In March 2020 Kim created a series of short films about the Snowy Owl: https://kimsmithdesigns.com/snowy-owl-film/

Kim was recently interviewed by the BBC and PBS for her work in documenting the Monarch Butterflies. She worked with the show’s producers in writing and creating the story, providing film footage from her film Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly for the BBC produced show “Autumnwatch: New England.”

In May of 2019, Kim was featured in Audubon Magazine for her work protecting and documenting Piping Plovers, “How Plover Chicks Born in a Parking Lot Spurred a City to Make Its Beach Safer.” Kim leads a group in safeguarding local populations of Piping Plovers and is currently creating a documentary about Plovers.

In April 2018 Kim was honored to receive the Salem State University “Friend of the Earth Award” and to give the keynote address for the University’s Earth Day Weeks events program. In 2017 she was named an Essex National Heritage Trailblazer and became an Essex Heritage Commissioner in recognition of her work connecting people to place.

Her short films, A Flight of Monarchs, which was created for the Berkshire Museum, and BomBom Butterflies, have won critical acclaim. Her 45-minute documentary Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly is an inspirational story that both teaches about butterfly life cycles and reveals the connection between pollinators, plants, and the importance of conserving habitats.

In conjunction with Cambridge Seven Associates architectural firm, Kim designed the award-winning Gloucester HarborWalk Butterfly gardens. She specializes in creating pollinator habitat gardens utilizing primarily North American native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and vines. https://kimsmithdesigns.com/design-projects/

Her book on landscape design, Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!, which she both wrote and illustrated, was published by David R. Godine, Boston. https://kimsmithdesigns.com/oh-garden/

For more information on Kim’s films and design projects follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and Vimeo, and visit her website https://kimsmithdesigns.com Kim Smith’s blog has an average daily readership of 12,000 viewers.

Kim Smith Designs

Monarch Butterfly Film

Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club Has Some Nice Things to Say About My Recent Program

Marion Frost, two time past President and six time Program Chair for the Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club, wrote a very kind note about the Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly film and program that I gave this past week to her club.

Hi Kim,

How often does something you’ve looked forward to for a long time live up to your expectations? Not often. But last night at Ebsco your presentation, including your film, your comments and your Q&A were just about perfect in my book! I’ll smile as I remember the evening.

I liked having the trailer for the monarch film first. You gave the group something to look forward to. Jesse Cook’s music is an excellent choice, I think. I drum to his music often. I was pleased with the questions and with your answers. It’s obvious you’ve done a lot of research. The way you answered questions made the group comfortable. Very nice! And the film. What can I say. I’d seen clips, but seeing the whole thing was something I won’t forget. I especially liked your reference to other butterflies and your comparison of the swallowtail with the monarch. Liv’s voice was just right for the commentary!

I know from experience that the presenter is the harshest critic of the presentation. I hope you were feeling pleased with your work last night. I’d be happy to repeat the whole evening!

I’m wishing you well with the editing.

All the best to you,

Mim

Thank you Mim. It was my joy! You and your fellow club members were so receptive and interested, it was truly a pleasure to give my presentation to the Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club! Many thanks again for your kind words.

Garden Clubs, Libraries, Museums, Film Festivals, and Associations Where Kim Smith Has Presented

Abington Garden Club

Acton Garden Club

Amherst Garden Club

Andover Garden Club

Andover Memorial Hall Library

Arlington Garden Club

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Belmont Garden Club

Berkshire Museum

Beverly Public Library

Billerica Garden Club

Brockton Garden Club

Cape Ann Community Cinema

Cape Ann League of Women Voters

Cape Ann Seaside Garden Club

Carleton Willard Garden Club of Bedford

Chelmsford Public Library

Colonial Garden Club of Marlborough

Concord Garden Club Seeds and Weeds

Essex County Greenbelt Association

Friendly Garden Club of Beverly

Gloucester Garden Club

Groton Garden Club

Hamilton Wenham Public Library

Holden Garden Club

Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club

Junior League of Boston

Lexington Field and Garden Club

Lowell Eco-Film Festival

Manchester Garden Club

Marblehead Garden Club

Manchester-by-the-Sea Garden Club

Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library

Massachusetts Garden Club Federation

Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank

Methuen Garden Club

Nahant Country Club

Nauset Garden Club

Nashua Garden Club

Newburyport Horticultural Society

Noanett Garden Club

North Reading Garden Club

North Shore Garden Club

North Shore Horticultural Society

Pathways for Children, Gloucester

Peabody Institute Library

Pepperell Garden Club

Philips Andover Children’s Campus SHED

Plymouth Garden Club

Osterville Garden Club

Red Shed Film Festival

Rhode Island Horticultural Society

Rhode Island Spring Flower Show

Rocky Neck Cultural Center and Art colony

Rockport Garden Club

Rye Garden Club

Salem Garden Club

Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester

Seaside Garden Club

Sea Spray Garden Club

Sharon Garden Club

Shrewsbury Garden Club

Southboro Open Land Foundation

Southport Garden Club

Sterling Garden Club

Stoneham Garden Club

Tewksbury Public Library

Village Garden Club of Andover

West Newbury Garden Club

Westborough Garden Club

Weston Garden Club

Willowdale Estate Topsfield

Winter Garden Club

Wolfeboro Garden Club

Wollaston Garden Club

Cape Ann Magazine Kim Smith Cover Story 

2023 Events Calendar

February 27th at 2pm, Monday, The City Garden Club of New York. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” lecture and slide presentation. Jones Auditorium 3rd floor Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street, New York, NY

February 28th at 10:00am, Tuesday, Wayland Garden Club. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” lecture and slide presentation. 

March 12th at 2pm, Sunday, New Providence Memorial Library, New Providence, New jersey. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. 

June 23rd at 1pm, Friday. Prince Edward County, Ontario “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. 

November 18th at 2pm, Saturday. DAR Award Ceremony for Piping Plover Conservation presented to Kim Smith.

2022 Events Calendar

February 7th, 2022 Beauty on the Wing; Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly documentary premieres on 182 public television stations nationwide.

April 12th at 10:00am Wayland Garden Club. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. 

April 19th at 2pm, Tuesday. Bibliothèque Publique de Westmount / Westmount Public Library, Westmount Quebec.  “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. 

April 20th at 6:30pm, Wednesday. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Kim Smith presentation: “The Hummingbird Habitat Garden.”

April 21st at 7pm, Thursday. Sherman Connecticut Conservation Commission “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. 

May 14th Saturday at 2pm. Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester. “Life Story of the Piping Plover” in-person lecture and photo presentation. Free and open to the public.

June 22nd, Wednesday 7pm to 9pm, Salem Regional Visitor Center. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” live in-person documentary film screening and Director Q and A. 

June 30th, Thursday, Penn Theatre, Plymouth, MI. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening. 

August 18th at 10am. TOHP Burnham Library Essex. The Marvelous Magnificent Migrating Monarch kids in-person program. Free and open to the public.

September 14th, Wednesday at 7pm (6pm Central Time), Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Rockford, Illinois. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Director Q and A. 

2021 Events Calendar

February 12th through 20th. Providence Children’s Film Festival “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screenings.

February 20th, Saturday, at 3:00pm. Providence Children’s Film Festival Q and A with Director Kim Smith “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary.

March 17, Wednesday, at 7pm. Virtual presentation for the Massachusetts Pollinator Network fundraiser: “The Pollinator Garden.” To register: masspollinatornetwork.org.

May 12th All Day Monarch Butterfly presentation for O’Maley Innovation Middle School, Gloucester.

June 3rd, Thursday at 6:30pm.  ZOOM presentation Salem Garden Club. Kim Smith Guest Speaker: “The Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers” short films and photo presentation, with screening of “Beauty on the Wing” trailer.

June 16th, Wednesday, at 7pm (8pm ADT time). DOCTalks “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Filmmakers Collaborative Director Laura Azevedo and Director Kim Smith, hosted by Catherine D’Aoust.  

June 17th, Thursday, at 1pm (6pm UK time). British Mexican Society Virtual Screening “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith.  

June 29, Tuesday, at 7pm. Cape Ann Climate Coalition “The Monarch Butterfly and Climate Change.

July 31st, Saturday, at 4:00pm. Bucks County Pennsylvania Audubon Virtual Screening “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” documentary film screening and Q and A with Director Kim Smith. 

August 3rd – August 6th, Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 to 10:30. Children’s Services Summer Reading Program “Tails and Tales” presents Monarch Butterflies with Kim Smith! Kim creates a short film and virtual presentation to share these beautiful creatures with children and families, and see how Gloucester is a part of their amazing migration journey! Register here and we will send you the link to enjoy this presentation throughout the week starting Tuesday, August 3rd! 

August 19th, Thursday, at 1:30 Edgewood, North Andover. Kim Smith presentation: “The Hummingbird Garden'”

September 23, Thursday, at 7pm. Shalin Liu Performance Center. World Live Premiere Screening and Q and A “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.” Free community event and fundraiser.

November 24, Wednesday, Switzerland International Film Festival. “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the monarch Butterfly” screening all day.

 

2020 Events Calendar

April 4, 2020, Saturday at 7:30pm Gloucester Stage Company. Preview Screening Film “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.” Tickets are $10.00

April 23, 2020, Thursday at 7pm. Wilmington Memorial Library. Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beautiful Birds of Coastal New England.  

June 4, 2020, Thursday at 7pm. Andover Memorial Hall Library. Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Hummingbird Garden and film screenings A Flight of Monarchs trailer. 

August, 2020, New Haven Documentary Film Festival premiere Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly documentary.

September 15, Tuesday at 2pm. Carleton Willard Village Garden Club of Bedford. Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

November 12th,  ZOOM presentation Wakefield Garden Club. Preview Screening Film “Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.”

November18th, Wednesday, at 1pm. Junior League of Boston. Virtual presentation Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers film and photo presentation, with screening of Beauty on the Wing trailer.

November 21st, Saturday, Boston International Kid’s Film Festival Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly documentary. Awarded Best Documentary

2019 Events Calendar

January 7th, 2019 at 10am. Concord Garden Club Seeds and Weeds ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

March 20th, 2019, Wednesday at 10am. Belmont Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

June 22nd, Saturday 9am to 11am at SHED Children’s Campus at Philips Andover ~ Kim Smith Guest Garden Designer. Jr. Green Gatherings in collaboration with the Andover Garden Club.

July 16, 2019 Tuesday 9am to 11am. Rockport Garden Club Kim Smith Butterfly Garden Workshop with Patti Papows.

August 21, 2019, Wednesday 10am to 11am at the Sawyer Free Library ~ Kim Smith Guest. Monarch Butterfly Storytime.

September 19, 2019 at 10am. Weston Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

October 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm North Shore Horticultural Society ~ Kim Smith: The Hummingbird Garden. 

2018 Events Calendar

January 2, 2018, Tuesday at 7pm. Billericia Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

January 17, 2018 Wednesday at 10am. Belmont Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Fragrant Garden and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

February 8, 2018 Thursday at 6pm. Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club. ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

April 12, 2018, Thursday from 5pm to 7pm. Salem State University Earth Day Event ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

April 24th, 2018, Tuesday at 7pm. Wellesley Conservation Council Lectureship at the Wellesley Free Library ~  Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs trailer.

May 9, 2018, Wednesday at 6:15pm. Colonial Garden Club of Marlborough ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

May 30th, 2018, Wednesday at 6:30pm. Westborough Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

July 9th, 2018, Monday at 6:00pm. Rockport Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs trailer.

July 18th, 2018, Wednesday at 9:30am. North Shore Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, film screening BomBom Butterflies, and A Flight of Monarchs trailer. 

September 8th, 2018, Saturday from 10am to noon ~ Join documentary filmmaker and photographer Kim Smith, creator of Beauty on the Wing: The Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly on Second Saturday Cape Ann Museum Kids. Learn all about the life story of the Monarch and how you can help the butterfly on its migration. The program runs from 10am to noon. To register, contact courtneyrichardson@capeannmuseum.org

November 7th, 2018, Wednesday from 1:00 to 5:00pm ~ please join me at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Ecological Gardening Symposium at Elm Bank where I will be presenting my Pollinator Gardening lecture. To register, please go here.

2017 Events Calendar

April 3rd, 2017, Monday at noon. Osterville Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

April 4th, 2017, Tuesday at 11am, Nahant Country Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Northeast District. More Information available. 

April 5th, 2017, Wednesday ~ Kim Smith nominated Essex National Heritage Trailblazer Award, Essex Heritage 20th Anniversary Gala.

April 6th, 2017, Thursday at 7pm. Sawyer Free Library ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screenings BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

April 12th, 2017, Wednesday, 9:00am till 2:00pm. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Hunnewell Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley. GCFM Program Worksop 2017.

April 17th, 2017 Monday at noon.  Abington Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Film screening and discussion.

April 18th, 2017, Tuesday, 9:00am till 2:00pm. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Bolyston. GCFM Program Worksop 2017.

May 4th, 2017, Thursday.  Salem Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

August 10th, 2017, Thursday evening, 7:00pm. Peabody Institute Library, South Branch ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

September 13th, 2017. The Clock Tower Park Garden with the Wellesley Garden Study Group. Kim Smith Guest Instructor: Nature in Focus ~ Close-up Photography Workshop. Rain date September 14th, 2017.

October 10th, 2017, Tuesday, 1pm.  Wolfeboro Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

2016 Events Calendar

January 26th, 2016, Tuesday at 7pm. North Shore Horticultural Society ~Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

February 9th, 2016, Tuesday, at 6:30pm. Newburyport Horticultural Society at the Newburyport Community Center, 333 High Street ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

February 16th, 2016, Tuesday at 10:30am. Rye Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

February 18th, 2016, Thursday at 7:00pm. Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester. Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Birds of Cape Ann.

March 17th, 2016, Thursday at 10:30am. Sterling Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

March 21st, 2016, Monday at noon. Abington Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Film screening and discussion. 

March 23rd, 2016, at 7pm. Marblehead Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. 

April 13th, 2016, Wednesday, 9:00am till 2:00pm. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Hunnewell Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley. GCFM Program Worksop 2016.

April 19th, 2016, Wednesday, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Bolyston. GCFM Program Worksop 2016.

September 12th, 2016, at 7pm. Sea Spray Garden Club Salisbury ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Your Garden as Habitat and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

October 4th, 2016 at 9:30am. Winter Garden Club of Marblehead Corinthian Yacht Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs. 

October 17th, 2016, Monday, at 6:30pm. The Sharon Garden Club ~Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

2015 Event’s Calendar

February 10th, 2015, Tuesday, at 6:30pm Newburyport Horticultural Society at the Institute for Savings Lending Office ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden and film screening BomBom Butterflies and A Flight of Monarchs.

February 11th, 2015, Wednesday, at 6:30pm Manchester Garden Club at the Landing Restaurant ~  Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Film screening and discussion. 

February 23, 2015, Monday, at 2:30pm Southport Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly. 

March 5th, 2015, from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Essex Count Greenbelt Association ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

March 25, 2015, Wednesday, at 10:00 am. Marblehead Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.

April 8th, 2015, Wednesday, 9:00am till 2:00pm. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Hunnewell Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley. GCFM Program Worksop 2015.

April 9th, 2015, Thursday, at 7pm. Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Film screening and discussion.

April 15th, 2015, Wednesday, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Bolyston. GCFM Program Worksop 2015.

April 16th, 2015, Thursday, at 7pm. Tewksbury Public Library  ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

April 29th, 2015, Wednesday, at 7:00pm. Hamilton-Wenham Public Library ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

July 21, 2015, Tuesday, at 7pm. Chelmsford Public Library ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

October 6th, Tuesday, at 10:00am. Andover Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly. 

October 7th, Wednesday, at 7:00pm. Nashua Garden Club at the First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester Street, Nashua, NH ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Film screening and discussion. 

October 21st, 2015, Wednesday, at 11:30 am. Nauset Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

October 26th, 2015, Monday, at 7pm. Brockton Garden Club ~  Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly. 

November 10th, 2015, Tuesday at 7pm. Seaside Garden Club at the Manchester Community Center ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Film screening and discussion. 

November 12th, Thursday evening. Sawyer Free Library ~  Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly. 

Calendar of Events 2014

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 at 9:30am. Acton Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Thursday, March 6th, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Holden Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Monday, April 7th, 2014 at 11:00 am. Shrewsbury Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Butterfly Gardening. 

Wednesday, April 9th,  2014 at 7:00 pm. North Reading Garden Club at the Flint Memorial Library ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Tower Hill Botanic Garden. GCFM Program Workshop 2014.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Espousal Center Waltham. GCFM Program Workshop 2014.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 at 6:30 pm Lowell Eco-Film Festival ~ Screening of Kim Smith film “Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.” More details to follow.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 at 8 pm. Open Gate Garden Club, Chelmsford ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 at 6:00 pm.  Willowdale Estate, Topsfield Massachusetts: Artist Spotlight Featuring Willowdale Garden Designer Kim Smith. Garden Tour and Screening of “Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly .”

Saturday, May 17th, 7:00 pm Red Shed Film Festival Screening of Kim Smith PSA “The Good Harbor Seal.”

Sunday, May 18th, 9:30 to 12 noon ~ Cape Ann Milkweed Project Seed Pickup and Information Day located at Captain Joe and Sons, 95 East Main Street, Gloucester.

Friday, May 30th, 5:30 to 7:30 ~ Premiere Kim Smith film “Flight of the Monarchs.” Music by Jesse Cook: “Fields of Blue.”  Berkshire Museum “Butterflies” exhibit, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

June 1st through August 31st “Butterflies” exhibit at the Pittsfield Museum. Kim Smith “Inside a Chrysalis” photos, “Interview with Tom Emmel,” and “Flight of the Monarchs” playing continuously.

Wednesday, September 3rd at 7:00 pm Methuen Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Saturday, September 20th, 2014 Little Cinema, Pittsfield ~ Screening “Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly” and Kim Smith Pollinator Garden Program. Program begins at 10:0am. More information to follow.

Monday, October 6th, 2014 at 1:00 pm. Rockport Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Calendar of Events 2013

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013. Noanett Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden

Thursday, January 17th at 6:45. Wollaston Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Butterfly Gardening

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013.  Plymouth Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Fragrant Garden.

Thursday, March 7th, 2013 at 7:00 pm. Rescheduled for June 6th. West Newbury Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Oh Garden of fresh Possibilities! Public Welcome.

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 7:00 pm. Village Garden Club of Andover ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Monday, April 1st, 2013, 10:00 am – 12 noon. The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, West Bolyston.  Although this is a State Garden Club Federation event, everyone is welcome. Five dollar donation at the door requested, but not required. Refreshments are provided for all attendees to enjoy.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 at 11:00 am. Andover Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Fragrant Garden.

Monday, April 8th, 2013, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Andover Country Club. GCFM Program Workshop 2013.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Seaside Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Monday, May 6th, 2013, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Hunnewell Building at Elm Bank. GCFM Program Worksop 2013.

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 10:00 am. Groton Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden

Monday, May 13th, 2013 at 6:00 pm.  Willowdale Estate, Topsfield Massachusetts: Artist Spotlight Featuring Willowdale Garden Designer Kim Smith. 

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 12:30 pm. Wolfeboro New Hampshire Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Your Garden as Habitat.

Saturday, May 18th, 9:00 am to Noon. Plant Pick-Up Cape Ann Milkweed Project at Captain Joe and Sons, 95 East Main Street.

Sunday, May 19th at 3:00. Film Event at Christie Powell’s Home

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, at 7:00 pm. Southborough Open Land Foundation at the Southborough Public Library ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. 

Thursday, June 6th, 2013 at 7:00 pm. West Newbury Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Public Welcome

Friday, June 21st, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Kim Smith Film Premiere Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly at the Cape Ann Community Cinema. Advance ticket purchase recommended.

July 1st through July 31st. Gloucester HarborWalk Semi-finalists Group Exhibit at the Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue. Kim Smith, semi-finalist for the HarborWalk public call to art.

Saturday, July 13,  at 1:00pm and at 2:00pm  Kim Smith tour of the Gloucester HarborWalk Butterfly Gardens. To benefit the HarborWalk and Fishermen’s Wives memorial plantings.

July 1st through July 31st. Gloucester HarborWalk Semi-finalists Group Exhibit at the Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue. Kim Smith, semi-finalist for the HarborWalk public call to art.

July 31, 2013 11:00am. Black Swallowtail Butterfly Children’s Program. Children’s Campus, Philips Andover.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7-9 pm. Friendly Garden Club of Beverly at the Beverly Public Library ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7pm. Pepperell Garden Club at the Pepperell Senior Center ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden.

Pearl Crescent Nectaring at Marsh Milkweed

Calendar of Events 2012

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 10:30. Arlington Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. Location: St. John’s Episcopal Church 74 Pleasant Street, Arlington

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 12:00. Cape Ann Chapter DAR ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Conservation

Memorial Day Weekend, 2012 ~  Pre-premiere of my new film “Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.”  Keep posted for times!

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Willowdale Estate, Topsfield Massachusetts. Artists Spotlight Featuring Kim Smith Film: “The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale Estate.” The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale serves as the background for an illustrated guide in how to create a garden for people and pollinators. When you plant for the pollinators, they will come!  

Sunday, August 12th, 2012 at 12 noon. Harbor Walk Gardens Dedication of Gus Foote Park with Mayor Kirk, US Congressional Representatives  John Tierney, Bruce Tarr, and Anne Margaret Ferrante. Kim Smith Guest Speaker about the butterfly gardens of the new Gloucester Harbor Walk.

Sunday, September 30th, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Close-Up Photography Workshop presented by Kim Smith at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Nature in Focus To Register 

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 at 9:00. Manchester-by-the-Sea Garden Club at Long Hill Garden, Beverly ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Thursday, November 15th, 2012 at 11:30. Stoneham Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Butterfly Gardening

Calender of Events ~ 2011 

Wednesday, April 13th, 12:00 The Gloucester Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

New Date: Monday, April 18th 10:00 to 12:00 The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts ~ Kim Smith Guest Speaker: The Pollinator Garden. Location: Espousal Center, Waltham. Although this is a state Garden Club Federation event, everyone is welcome.

Sunday, May 1st, 1:00 to 3:00 at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden ~  Kim Smith Workshop: Creating a Butterfly Garden. 

Sunday, May 22nd, 2:30 to 4:30, at Christie’s Place ~ Kim Smith Lecture: The Pollinator Garden 

Wednesday, May 25th, 1:00 to 5:00 ~  North Shore Garden Club presents C’est la Vie! at Willowdale Estate. Flower show event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, June 5th, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Beverly Farms ~ Children’s Monarch Butterfly Program.

Tuesday, June 7th, Willowdale Estate. Signature Event Begins at 4:00: Historic House and Garden Tour~ Come see the beauty of our butterfly courtyard garden, designed by Kim Smith.  Learn about the history of this special Arts and Crafts stone manse, from its beginnings as the private residence of Bradley Palmer through today. Experience the story and splendour of this magnificent historic home and garden. Admission is free. More information will be forthcoming.

Tuesday, July 12th, 10:00  Cape Ann Garden Club ~ Kim Smith Lecture and Slide Presentation: Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.

Tuesday, July 19th, 9:30  Lil Sprouts ~ Children’s Monarch Butterfly Program.

Friday, July 22nd, 9:30 – 11:30  Pathways for Children ~ Children’s Monarch Butterfly Program.

Tuesday, July 26th Cape Ann TV Kids Video Club taping at 22 Plum Street ~ Butterfly Garden Tour

Wednesday, August 3rd, 10:00  Sawyer Free Library ~ Kim Smith Children’s Program: Butterflies of the World

Wednesday, October12th, 6:30 Lexington Field and Garden Club  Annual Meeting at the National Heritage Museum ~  The Pollinator Garden

Thursday, November 3rd, 10:30 Amherst , NH Garden Club ~ Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

Thursday, November 3rd, 7:00 pm Friend Room at the Sawyer Free Library ~ Premiere Showing of The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale Estate. 

Calender of Events ~  Spring 2010

Please join me at the The Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show, which is held in Providence, in partnership with the Rhode Island Horticultural Society. I am having a book signing for Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! at a wonderful bookstore there, Other Tiger, at 1:00, on Saturday, February 20th. Renee from Renee’s Gardens is sending her new variety of Shirley Poppy seeds. I write quite a bit about Shirleys in Oh Garden. Appropriately titled Falling in Love, we will be giving away Renee’s seeds with the purchase of my book.I can’t wait for this event and early spring preview!!

Sunday, February 28th at 12:30 pm: Guest speaker at the New England Landscape Design and History Association Career Exploration Day.

The March/April issue of Cape Cod View Magazine will be hitting the news stands soon and I and several garden writers will be featured in a story about gardening on the two “Capes.”

April 11th at 6:30: Olivia’s Senior Recital at Boston University. Reception to follow. R.S.V.P.

Cape Ann Magazine ~ look for my article about Sarah Hackett and Haiti Projects in the upcoming Spring 2010 issue.

Thursday, March 4th at 7:00 pm: Guest speaker at the Salem Garden Club.

Sunday, May 2nd, 2:30pm at Christie’s Place. Butterfly Talk, Tea, and Plant Swap. R.S.V.P.Monday,

May 10th 9:30am at the Beverly Public Library: Guest speaker: Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!

Tuesday, May 11th at the Arnold Arboretum.My class Your Garden as Habitat:

May11, 18, 25, and June 1 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Saturday May 15th 9:00am Ipswich Garden Club. Plant and book sale. I will be signing books and available for ‘garden talk.’  ~ Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Saturday

May 22nd 11:00am Wenham Museum. The Fragrant Path ~ lecture and slide presentation on creating a fragrant garden,in conjunction with the North Shore Design Show.

Save the dates of Friday, June 4th through Saturday, June 5th for the first ever Cape Cod Rhododendron Festival and Garden Tours, presented by the Heritage Museums and Thornton W. Burgess Society of Sandwich, MA. I will be there both days with my book Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! and speaking about habitat gardening at 11:00 on Friday. Much more information and updates to follow. This promises to be a beautiful event.