Plants at Holiday Times – Framingham Garden Club

Noble and Elegant Holiday Swags

November 19, 2022

Green Sale, Holiday Green Sale, Plants at Holiday Times, Special Occasions, Winter Holiday Designs

A beautiful alternative to wreaths, FGC swags are lush with long-lasting noble fir and other freshly cut evergreens. Talented garden club designers handcraft each swag with carefully placed greens, natural adornments and more. Each swag is uniquely beautiful. Complete with a hand-tied bow and ready for hanging.

Here is a sample of swags from our past Greens Sales.

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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.

HOLIDAY GREENS SALE BIGGER THAN EVER

November 2, 2021

Pam Keeney

Club Events, Plant Sale, Plants at Holiday Times, Winter Holiday Designs

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Handcrafted designer holiday greens at amazing prices

Poinsettias

January 14, 2012

Estelle Gooltz

Getting Plants to Bloom, Plants at Holiday Times, Plants of Interest, Poinsettia

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About Poinsettias

This is that time of year: the season to decorate the house for the holiday. The season when the stores are full of all those pulchritudinous poinsettias……

So, did you know —- ?

Its scientific name, Euphorbia pulcherrima means “very beautiful euphorbia”!

It is named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. ( United States in 1825.)

The “petals” are actually bracts – specially adapted colored leaves that help attract pollinators in its native Mexico/Central America (where it is commonly found as a shrub – it has been bred into its more compact form over the years.)

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