Shannon Fitzpatrick

Garden Club Creates Designer and Classic Wreaths

November 19, 2022
Shannon Fitzpatrick
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In 2022, FGC returns to an in-person sale, with expanded hours! Shop indoors on December 2 from 9am to 6pm and December 3 from 9am to noon.

FGC’s naturalistic wreaths feature double-sided balsam that we enhance by hand with fresh evergreens, pinecones, berries and more. Each wreath is completed with a hand-tied bow. 

 

FGC members cut our own greens, gather our own pinecones, and collect our own dried plant material for our natural embellishments.

Located at the Cushing Maintenance Building (Enter from Winter St. at the Keefe Tech entrance and follow the signs)

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Save The Date for Holiday Greens Sale

November 18, 2022
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Gifts, Green Sale, Greens Sale, Greens Sale, Holiday Green Sale, Winter Holiday Designs
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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

April 22, 2022
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Framingham, Front, member gardens, Plant Info, Plant Sale, Plants at Holiday Times, Summer gardening
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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

October 18, 2021
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Fall Season, FGC Design Competition, Harvest Time Competition
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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

November 23, 2020
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Holiday Green Sale, Special Occasions, Winter Holiday Designs
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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

September 24, 2020
Shannon Fitzpatrick
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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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