Frank Curro in the greenhouses
Contact and Information:
Sandra Curro
Historic Underwood Greenhouses
20 School Street
Belmont, MA 02478
[email protected]
Visit us on Facebook at Underwood Greenhouses!
Greenhouse in operation from late March through July. Plants for purchase are available mid-May through the summer. Best selection is in early June. This is an "honor system" method of purchase, and honest visitors are welcome 7:00 am through dusk.
Sandra Curro
Historic Underwood Greenhouses
20 School Street
Belmont, MA 02478
[email protected]
Visit us on Facebook at Underwood Greenhouses!
Greenhouse in operation from late March through July. Plants for purchase are available mid-May through the summer. Best selection is in early June. This is an "honor system" method of purchase, and honest visitors are welcome 7:00 am through dusk.
Meet Three Generations of the Curro Family
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Several years ago, three generations of the Curro family posed for an advertisement for the Belmont Library's "One Book, One Belmont" program. Pictured on the poster are three generations of the Curro family represented at the Underwood Greenhouse: Back row, Paula Curro Caruso and Sandra Curro holding “Kitzy”(deceased 07/16/17); seated is Catherine Curro (deceased 10/16/11); front row, MaryEllen Curro Caruso and Catherine Curro Caruso.
Reprint courtesy of Belmont Citizen-Herald, Belmont, Mass., 2009
Three generations of the Curro family are reading Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” this year’s selection for One Book One Belmont, the town-wide reading program. The book describes the adventures of author Barbara Kingsolver and her family as they try to eat locally and grow their own food for a year. It strikes a chord with the Curro family. They are preserving the historic Underwood Greenhouse on School Street as a labor of love — and growing a greenhouse full of plants every year. Built around the turn of the century, the greenhouse once was used to grow a variety of exotic plants and vegetables to serve residents of the Underwood Estate. In the early 1980’s, when the estate was being divided for housing, florist Frank Curro stepped in and purchased the greenhouse as a “retirement hobby.” He raised plants there until his death two years ago. Today the greenhouse is managed by Frank’s wife, Catherine Curro, with daughters Sandra Curro and Paula Curro Caruso, and granddaughters MaryEllen and Catherine Curro Caruso. With the help of volunteers, they grow a variety of annuals, perennials, herbs and heirloom tomatoes, some of which you can buy during the summer at the Belmont Farmers’ Market.
Several years ago, three generations of the Curro family posed for an advertisement for the Belmont Library's "One Book, One Belmont" program. Pictured on the poster are three generations of the Curro family represented at the Underwood Greenhouse: Back row, Paula Curro Caruso and Sandra Curro holding “Kitzy”(deceased 07/16/17); seated is Catherine Curro (deceased 10/16/11); front row, MaryEllen Curro Caruso and Catherine Curro Caruso.
Reprint courtesy of Belmont Citizen-Herald, Belmont, Mass., 2009
Three generations of the Curro family are reading Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” this year’s selection for One Book One Belmont, the town-wide reading program. The book describes the adventures of author Barbara Kingsolver and her family as they try to eat locally and grow their own food for a year. It strikes a chord with the Curro family. They are preserving the historic Underwood Greenhouse on School Street as a labor of love — and growing a greenhouse full of plants every year. Built around the turn of the century, the greenhouse once was used to grow a variety of exotic plants and vegetables to serve residents of the Underwood Estate. In the early 1980’s, when the estate was being divided for housing, florist Frank Curro stepped in and purchased the greenhouse as a “retirement hobby.” He raised plants there until his death two years ago. Today the greenhouse is managed by Frank’s wife, Catherine Curro, with daughters Sandra Curro and Paula Curro Caruso, and granddaughters MaryEllen and Catherine Curro Caruso. With the help of volunteers, they grow a variety of annuals, perennials, herbs and heirloom tomatoes, some of which you can buy during the summer at the Belmont Farmers’ Market.