Framingham Garden Club’s Senior Classes award-winning model has been adopted by the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts as a “garden therapy” prototype for the entire state. The “Design in a Box” concept was created by Senior Class Chairs Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle during the Covid pandemic. It has been refined as a guide for in-person classes that are led by FGC members and teams of assistants. 

The FGC Senior Classes program received two high awards in 2023. The first was from the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts (GCFM), which awarded our program “The Ralph H. David Silver Bowl” in June 2023.…

The Framingham Garden Club received high honors at the 2023 Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts annual meeting. Member Ruth Evans was named the top designer in the state with the Cindora Goldberg Award.

Our senior design classes won the top award for garden therapy – The Mrs. Ralph H. Davis Silver Bowl. …