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. …
FGC floral interpretations wow at Framingham’s first Artifacts in Bloom
Framingham’s first Artifacts in Bloom was a crowd-pleasing success. The special exhibition was a collaboration between the Framingham Garden Club and Framingham History Center in honor of FGC’s 85th birthday. Floral designers from FGC interpreted ten artifacts from the History Center’s most significant collections. 
Among the stunning designs was Betty Mudway’s ingenious interpretation of the Memorial Tablet, a monument to the Framingham Soldiers who died in the Civil War. Shannon Fitzpatrick captured the essence of Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Gordon,
For additional artifacts and their floral interpretations, see the gallery below…
March FGC Meeting
March Meeting (3/13/19) features:
- Pruning with ISA certified arborist and MA certified horticulturalist
- Design Competition – “Harry and Friend”, featuring Harry Lauder limbs and Aspidistra leaves, plus no more than 3 additional blooms
- New logo presented
- 50 Shades of Recycling
Floral Design Master Laura Lindop Presents at FGC
On February 13, 2019, Master Judge and Acton Garden Club member Laura Lindop wowed members of the Framingham Garden Club with her exciting designs and interesting techniques – including spray painted dog hair for a unique texture, feathers, clever Ti leaf cones, and manipulated leaves and midolino sticks.
