FGC continues tradition of donating gift cards to Voices Against Violence
Framingham Garden Club donates more than $1500 to Voices Against Violence
Read More Outdoor baskets are adorned with plentiful fresh evergreens and berries
Outdoor baskets are a lovely way to decorate your front step or a loved one’s cemetary plot with long lasting greenery and natural adornments.
FGC carries large and small rustic baskets overflowing with freshly cut greenery, pinecones and berries. Our greens are handcut by members and include juniper, goldmop cypress, arborvitae, andromeda, pine, spruce and more. Each decorated basket is handcrafted and uniquely beautiful.
Enjoy these baskets throughout
t the winter.
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Garden Club Creates Designer and Classic Wreaths
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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Shop December 1 from 9 to 6 and Saturday from December 2 9 to 11
Shop for beautiful handcrafted wreaths, swags, outdoor baskets and indoor arrangments
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2021 Greens Sale
Thank you to our members and our many wonderful customers for making this year's Greens Sale a success. Our creative designers made beautiful and unique wreaths, swags, baskets, and centerpieces which will add joy and elegance to our homes this holiday season.
The proceeds from the sale help us to further our mission of education, conservation, and beautification in our community.
Framingham Garden Club wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a healthy new year!
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The 2021 Greens Sale continues
Friday, Dec. 3, 9-3 PM, ONE DAY ONLY! *In-Person Sale* Centerpieces & Table Arrangements Framingham, Cushing Park Maintenance Bldg. (enter at Keefe Tech)
March 1 deadline for state garden club scholarship
State Garden Club scholarships applications due March 1, 2023
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2020 Holiday Green Sale!
Thank you to all our members and friends for making our first online Green Sale such a success. Our talented designers created over 300 wreaths, swags, and outdoor baskets. We appreciate all who helped us further our mission of education, conservation, and beautification.…
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.…
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.…
Spatial Thrust Design Competition Soared
Taught by our master designers Minal Akkad and Ruth Evan in a pre-competition workshop, FGC members stretched their creativity in our Spatial Thrust Design competition. Spatial Thrust is a creative design with a dominate volume of empty space defined by two strong, straight, parallel placements of identical plant or man-made material. The thrust may be vertical, diagonal or horizontal. Many of us learned that our thrust elements were not strong enough and that this type of design calls for minimal use of flowers. …
