We are excited to say that our store is OPEN for our annual Greens Sale! We are selling wreaths, outdoor baskets, and swags. Convenient pick up times!
This year we are adding centerpieces to our Greens Sale! These will be sold in-person – one day only – December 3 – at the Cushing Maintenance Building from 9AM – 3PM while supplies last. These beautiful centerpieces will be unique arrangements created by our team of Garden Club designers.
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Friday, Dec. 3, 9-3 PM, ONE DAY ONLY! *In-Person Sale* Centerpieces & Table Arrangements Framingham, Cushing Park Maintenance Bldg. (enter at Keefe Tech)
The club is back to in person meetings, following COVID protocols. Once again our members brought horticultural specimens to highlight the successes from their gardens during the past summer. This year’s show, “Showcasing our Garden Delights,” was held on September 15 at our first meeting of the 2021-22 season.
Gardeners reported prodigious blossoms on their hydrangeas, thanks to an abundance of rain this summer.
The show features cut specimens of annuals, perennials, roses, bulbs/tubers, foliage,edibles, and herbs.
These are some of the items on display from the 2021 fall horticultural show. …
Framingham Garden Club’s first online holiday Green Sale is shaping up to be a great success. The Patch and Metrowest Daily News recently covered the sale . Our members have put countless hours into making this happen. Shown are club president Andi Saari and Membership Chair Joan Johnson.
The labor of love continues through December 3. Check back frequently as s
tock is added.
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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 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.…
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.…
