Club Events

Artifacts in Bloom

March 4, 2019
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Art in Bloom Design Competition, Club Events, Exhibits, Framingham, Special Occasions
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The first week in April brings Framingham’s first “Artifacts in Bloom.” Explore history and design through floral interpretations of some of the History Center’s most significant pieces. Ten artifacts have been chosen from the Center’s collection to be interpreted by our designers.

This special exhibition celebrates Framingham Garden Club’s 85th Birthday in collaboration with the History Center of Framingham. Artifacts were selected from the Civil War, WWI, Women’s Suffrage and Victorian Era.

The exhibit will be held at the Framingham History Center, 3 Oak Street, Framingham, on April 5th, 1:00-5:00 pm and Saturday April 6th 10:00 am-4:00 pm. There will be an Opening Reception on Friday, April 5th from 5:00-7:00 pm.…

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Greens Sale 2018

November 17, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Special Occasions
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The Framingham Garden Club Greens Sale is here!

Decorate your home for the holiday with gorgeous hand-crafted wreaths, arrangements, baskets, candle holder, crafts and much more at excellent prices.

Friday, November 30 from 9 am to 3 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. Located at the Cushing Maintenance Building. Enter at Keefe Tech on Winter Street and take immediate left through gate. Follow signs to the sale. Credit cards accepted this year! 
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Nobscot Park Memorial Garden

October 24, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Civic Activities, Club Events, Framingham
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The memorial garden at Nobscot Park is finished! The park was in full autumn glory as Framingham Garden Club president Nancy Martin dedicated the memorial garden on Thursday, October 25, 2018 in honor of the club’s 85th birthday. 

To commemorate our deceased members, FGC created this personalized garden with a Japanese snowbell tree, custom carved granite bench and a granite “We Remember” marker.  
The beautiful Memorial Bench and “We Remember” marker are proud features of the memorial garden at Nobscot Park.

Framingham Garden Club was instrumental in creating Nobscot Park in the mid-1990s. Over 150 years ago, the site was the location of Framingham School House #8, then later Grange Hall and the Scout House, which burned to the ground in 1994.…

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Grouped Mass Design Workshop

October 10, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Design Workshops, Education, Fall Season, Garden Tips
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Some of the many benefits of membership in the Framingham Garden Club are the hands-on floral design workshops presented by the club’s master designers several times a year. In October 2018 we focused on “Grouped Mass Design.” Grouped Mass Design features groups, or clusters, of like flowers or other plant material placed next to groups of different like materials, all emanating from one point of emergence.

Here are two examples designed by FGC’s own experts, Minal Akkad, Ruth Evans and Marion Goodman.

Notice the clusters of plant material placed next to other clusters. 

Design tip: place wet Oasis one inch above the top of the container. …

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Reaping Our Rewards Horticultural Show

September 13, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Fall Season, FGC Design Competition, Harvest Time Competition
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Every year Framingham Garden Club hosts an autumn  horticultural show to highlight the successes from our gardens during the past summer. This year’s show, “Reaping Our Rewards,” was held on September 12, 2018 at our first meeting of the 2018-19 season.

Gardeners reported a challenging growing season, with extreme heat, humidity and rain. Blue macrophylla hydrangeas in particular suffered from severely cold temperatures this past winter that froze and killed the old wood. Since  old fashioned hydrangea macrophylla blooms only on old wood, the hydrangeas simply did not bloom. Other hydrangea varieties, however, produced prodigious blossoms. 

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

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Nobscot Park Memorial Bench

November 22, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Civic Activities, Club Events, Framingham
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Framingham Garden Club works to put our skills to use for our home town. Since taking over the design and care for the garden leading into Framingham’s Nobscot Park, we’ve been planning this second phase:

Workmen delivered our raw materials to the Park and helped to assemble this beautiful Memorial Bench that will be a proud feature of the personalized garden and the new town park we lovingly tend to.

The granite slabs are polished and carved to commemorate all of our former deceased members.

 

An official commemoration with news coverage is expected in November of 2017 

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Horticulture Harvest Time Competition 2017

November 20, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Club Events, Fall Season, FGC Design Competition, Harvest Time Competition
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Every year Framingham Garden Club hosts an autumn “Harvest Time” competition to highlight the successes we may have had in our gardens during the past summer.

It is also a chance to share any “learning experiences” we’ve had – so that we all might help each other grow.

These are some of the items on display from Sept 13, 2017.…

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Framingham Garden Club awards four scholarships

July 14, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Education, Special Occasions
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In May 2022, the Framingham Garden Club, Inc. awarded four $1000 scholarships to local students who plan to degree in environmental or related areas orf study.. 

This year’s deserving recipients are Ella Downey, Olivia Robitaille, Calvin Poole and Emma Rothwell. Shown here is Emma Rothwell, the Marion Goodman Memorial Scholarship recipient, and her fellow deservinggraduating seniors.

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