Shannon Fitzpatrick

Save The Date for Holiday Greens Sale

The FGC Greens Sale will be open from 9am to 6pm on Friday, Dec. 6, and from 9am to 11am on Saturday, Dec. 7. Shop indoors for designer wreaths, swags, outdoor baskets, centerpieces, mantlepieces, and other arrangements.  FGC uses hand cut fresh greenery and dried plant material in its beautiful naturalistic designs.
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In Time for Mother’s Day and Spring Planting: FGC’s Plant Sale and Gift Boutique

The Framingham Garden Club (FGC) plant sale is back after a two-year hiatus in its 30-year tradition of offering unique native and other locally grown plants to the MetroWest community, at competitive prices. Plus- shop for Mother's Day and other gifts at the Secret Garden boutoque.
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Showcasing our Garden Delights live horticultural show

The club is back to in person meetings, following COVID protocols. Once again our members brought horticultural specimens to highlight the successes from their gardens during the past summer. This year’s show, “Showcasing our Garden Delights,” was held on September 15 at our first meeting of the 2021-22 season.

Gardeners reported prodigious blossoms on their hydrangeas, thanks to an abundance of rain this summer.

 

 

The show features cut specimens of annuals, perennials, roses, bulbs/tubers, foliage,edibles, and herbs. 

These are some of the items on display from the 2021 fall horticultural show. …

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2020 Green Sale as seen in the News

Framingham Garden Club’s first online holiday Green Sale is shaping up to be a great success. The Patch and Metrowest Daily News recently covered the sale . Our members have put countless hours into making this happen. Shown are club president Andi Saari and Membership Chair Joan Johnson.

The labor of love continues through December 3. Check back frequently as stock is added.


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Native Shrub of the Month

Native to eastern North America, Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark) or one of its many cultivars is a beautiful, easy way to incorporate native shrubs into your landscaping. A versatile, deciduous flowering shrub, Ninebark is named for its exfoliating bark, which peels in strips to reveal several layers of reddish to light brown inner bark.

There are 8 species of ninebark and numerous cultivars. All feature arching branches and range in size from 3 to 8 feet tall and wide, depending on type. Physocarpus of any variety makes an excellent hedge plant and provides good erosion control.

 

Its leaves are of many different colors, commonly purple/burgundy and yellow, fit for every color scheme.…

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Native Shrub of the Month

Our Native Shrub for April is Clethra anifolia, commonly called summersweet or sweet pepperbush. A wide variety of butterflies and songbirds are attracted to clethra for its nectar and seeds. Native to Eastern United States, it has lustrous green leaves in the spring, spiky white or pink fragrant flowers during the summer, golden yellow leaves in the fall, and interesting, delicate dried seed capsules in winter to provide exceptional four-season interest. Clethra is somewhat unique among flowering shrubs because of its ability to bloom in shady locations in late summer when few other shrubs are in bloom. A good flowering shrub for shade or woodland gardens, foundations or shrub borders, but also will grow in a sunny spot.…

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