April FGC Meeting
April Meeting (4/10/19) features:
- Protecting Nature – a discussion about conservation lands with Lisa Vernegaard, Executive Director of the the Sudbury Valley Trustees
- Mini Hort- “Good Bugs”
90 Years of Community Service
For nine decades, the Framingham Garden Club has been actively serving the Framingham Community and beyond, with civic beautification projects, senior classes, scholarships, and much more.
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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.
Artifacts in Bloom
The first week in April brings Framingham’s first “Artifacts in Bloom.” Explore history and design through floral interpretations of some of the History Center’s most significant pieces. Ten artifacts have been chosen from the Center’s collection to be interpreted by our designers.
This special exhibition celebrates Framingham Garden Club’s 85th Birthday in collaboration with the History Center of Framingham. Artifacts were selected from the Civil War, WWI, Women’s Suffrage and Victorian Era.
The exhibit will be held at the Framingham History Center, 3 Oak Street, Framingham, on April 5th, 1:00-5:00 pm and Saturday April 6th 10:00 am-4:00 pm. There will be an Opening Reception on Friday, April 5th from 5:00-7:00 pm.…
Greens Sale 2018
The Framingham Garden Club Greens Sale is here!
Decorate your home for the holiday with gorgeous hand-crafted wreaths, arrangements, baskets, candle holder, crafts and much more at excellent prices.
Friday, November 30 from 9 am to 3 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. Located at the Cushing Maintenance Building. Enter at Keefe Tech on Winter Street and take immediate left through gate. Follow signs to the sale. Credit cards accepted this year! 
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Landscape Design School
Members took part in the Landscape Design School on the weekend of October 25-26 in Randolph, MA.…
Nobscot Park Memorial Garden
The memorial garden at Nobscot Park is finished! The park was in full autumn glory as Framingham Garden Club president Nancy Martin dedicated the memorial garden on Thursday, October 25, 2018 in honor of the club’s 85th birthday.
To commemorate our deceased members, FGC created this personalized garden with a Japanese snowbell tree, custom carved granite bench and a granite “We Remember” marker. 
The beautiful Memorial Bench and “We Remember” marker are proud features of the memorial garden at Nobscot Park.
Framingham Garden Club was instrumental in creating Nobscot Park in the mid-1990s. Over 150 years ago, the site was the location of Framingham School House #8, then later Grange Hall and the Scout House, which burned to the ground in 1994.…
Carmel Terrace Senior Class – Fall 2018
Framingham Garden Club members Marilyn Hanley, Nancy Martin and Joan Johnson conducted a floral design workshop at Carmel Terrace on October 19, 2018, sharing the love of this beautiful and therapeutic art with our senior community.
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These Senior Classes are an important piece of the services Framingham Garden Club offers the community. Our members share the joy and enthusiasm of creative expression with our senior neighbors, who look forward to these workshops every year. The next senior workshop at Carmel Terrace will be on November 16, 2018 at 3 pm.
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FGC Members Win Top Honors at 2018 Tower Hill Fall Show
Three Framingham Garden Club members were awarded top honors at the prestigious 2018 Tower Hill show, “An American Icon: The Apple.” From horticulture exhibitions to daring floral designs, this show features the best from members of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. In keeping with Tower Hill’s historic apple orchard, each design centers on the theme of apples.
Nancy Martin took top awards in Horticulture, winning the Grower’s Choice Award and Horticultural Excellence Award, in addition to a blue (first place) for her potted sedum collection. 
Ruth Evans won blue, the Designer’s Choice Award and the Design Excellence Award in the Design Division for her stunningly innovative low profile design.…
Central North And South District Tower Hill Flower Show
October 12-14 – Central North And South District Tower Hill Flower Show …
