FGC Designers Shine at 2026 Art in Bloom
FCG designers sublimely interpret art at Museum of Fine Arts "Art in Bloom"
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Thank you to our Donors for Supporting FGC’s Earth Day and FGC’s Community Giving Garden program
We continue to grow! As Spring turns into Summer, we want to send a huge THANK YOU to the vendors that donated materials for Earth Day and FGC’s Community Giving Garden program. Several generous vendors provided soil, grow bags and seedlings, including Ace Hardware, Coast of Maine, Fran’s Flowers, Home Depot, Lowe’s, River’s Edge, Root Pouch, Stearns Farm, Walmart and Weston Nurseries.
Because of your kindness, we were able to supply 85 starter grow kits to families in our Framingham community at the City’s Earth Day festival on April 25. Your generous donations have supported 329 individuals/families since the start of our Community Giving Garden program in 2023 by empowering members to access and grow their own nutritious vegetables, and donate a portion to support their community.…
FGC Welcomes Spring with Bridges and Bloom Exhibit
Framingham Garden Club (FGC) members – in collaboration with Framingham High School (FHS) students – recently welcomed Spring with an exciting four-day “Bridges and Blooms” community art exhibit at the Village Hall. This FHS event celebrated the intersection of art, science, and history, with a focus on native plants and the environment. The exhibit featured the students’ creative works, like photography, botanical creations and other vibrant creations and artwork. It was coordinated by FHS Art teacher Kate Millman and Biology and Environmental Science Teacher Rebecca Maynard. FGC collaborated with the high school and the show was supported by several local sponsors, like Framingham Rotary Club, Fran’s Flowers, Rivers Edge, and Russell’s Garden Center.…
2025 Greens Sale a Success
Framingham Garden Club wishes to thank its customers, both new and longtime, for helping to make this year’s Greens Sale a success. 
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FGC earns blue ribbons at 2025 New England Flower Show
Congratulations to Shannon Fitzpatrick for her blue-ribbon Mono-Botanic Design at the New England Fall Flower Show at Elm Bank. A Mono-Botanic Design is one that incorporates three or more parts of a plant of one family of genus. Parts may be stems, blooms, foliage, buds, and/or roots.
Betsy Szymczak also represented our FGC (and Natick GC), and we congratulate her for eight Horticulture entries at MassHort that earned four blues, two reds, two yellow, with Begonia grandis for propagation. Shannon also entered the horticulture competition, earning four blues, five reds, one yellow and two honorable mentions. 
Minal Akkad and Ruth Evans participated in the show as Design judges, while Betsy also judged Horticulture.…
…Spot the News Contest
Once you’ve opened this post and guessed the news, email your guess to Shannon Fitzpatrick at fgcfitzlaw@gmail.com. The first 10 correct guesses win a prize! 
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Grow Bags are perfect for container gardening
No Backyard? No Problem! Grow Bags Make Gardening Accessible for All
Think you need a sprawling yard to start a garden? Think again! With grow bags, anyone can become a gardener—even if your “green space” is a sunny corner of a porch or balcony.
Here’s how easy it is to get started:
- A 5-gallon bag is perfect for one tomato plant
- A 3-gallon bag supports a pepper or a generous helping of salad greens
- 🌼 Want flowers? These sizes hold three spreading annuals like petunias, or double that number if planting compact varieties like pansies
- Larger sizes are good for planting more plants at a time, or larger plants.
FGC Designers Stun at 2025 Art in Bloom
FCG designers sublimely interpret art at Museum of Fine Arts "Art in Bloom"
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Framingham Garden Club Honored with Multiple Awards at GCFM Annual Meeting
We’re thrilled to share that the Framingham Garden Club proudly brought home a total of 15 awards, including three National Awards awarded specifically to FGC at the recent Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts (GCFM) annual meeting. Additionally, two additional National Awards were given for district-wide programs created by FGC members
Here’s a look at our award-winning achievements:
🌟 GCFM (State) Awards
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Patricia C. Michaud Award – Outstanding Design Program
For “The Character of Color” Team Challenge designed and executed by Ruth Evans
🎉 Bonus: This award included a $100 prize! -
William J. Thompson Award
For our Earth Day Celebration 2024 put together by Terrie Pirozzi, Irene Gazda and Marie Giorgetti -
Publications Award for the FGC club brochure designed by Shannon Fitzpatrick
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Special Achievement Service Award
For our stunning Tablescapes program conceived and implemented by Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle -
Media Production Award
For statewide educational outreach on the Garden Therapy Model Program, another elite program designed by Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle - Media Production Award
For the Moments of Joy Video created by Shannon Fitzpatrick and submitted on behalf of 3 districts - Youth Poetry (Sponsored by FGC – Congratulations to these talented young writers!)