Grouped Mass Design Workshop

October 10, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Design Workshops, Education, Fall Season, Garden Tips
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Some of the many benefits of membership in the Framingham Garden Club are the hands-on floral design workshops presented by the club’s master designers several times a year. In October 2018 we focused on “Grouped Mass Design.” Grouped Mass Design features groups, or clusters, of like flowers or other plant material placed next to groups of different like materials, all emanating from one point of emergence.

Here are two examples designed by FGC’s own experts, Minal Akkad, Ruth Evans and Marion Goodman.

Notice the clusters of plant material placed next to other clusters. 

Design tip: place wet Oasis one inch above the top of the container. …

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Reaping Our Rewards Horticultural Show

September 13, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Club Events, Fall Season, FGC Design Competition, Harvest Time Competition
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Every year Framingham Garden Club hosts an autumn  horticultural show to highlight the successes from our gardens during the past summer. This year’s show, “Reaping Our Rewards,” was held on September 12, 2018 at our first meeting of the 2018-19 season.

Gardeners reported a challenging growing season, with extreme heat, humidity and rain. Blue macrophylla hydrangeas in particular suffered from severely cold temperatures this past winter that froze and killed the old wood. Since  old fashioned hydrangea macrophylla blooms only on old wood, the hydrangeas simply did not bloom. Other hydrangea varieties, however, produced prodigious blossoms. 

The show features cut specimens of annuals, perennials, roses, bulbs/tubers, foliage,edibles, and herbs. …

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Framingham students win garden-themed poetry contest

July 20, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Competitions @ Local & State Levels, Education, Framingham, Uncategorized
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Two talented Framingham students, third grader Stella Cote and sixth grader Maureen O’Connell, recently won a statewide Youth Poetry Contest sponsored by the National Garden Club. O’Connell's poem Spring Returns was selected as the winner the New England Regional Poetry Competition in her age group. Her poem was one of 50 youth poets to be published in the National Garden Club’s annual publication "Down the Garden Path."
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FMG Member Wins Top Design Award

June 8, 2018
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Art in Bloom Design Competition, Competitions @ Local & State Levels, Uncategorized
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Congratulations to FGC’s own Minal Akkad for winning the Cindora Goldberg award. The Goldberg award is the top design award in the Commonwealth, given annually by The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts to the most outstanding floral design created by any member of a Massachusetts garden club. Cindora Goldberg was known for her ability to continually see and create in an innovative manner. 

Creativity and innovation define Minal’s floral designs. From the three outstanding designs submitted for consideration, federation judges chose the design that was featured at the Museum of Fine Art’s “Art in Bloom” this year. For 40 years, Art in Bloom has paired art from the MFA’s collection with floral interpretations created by New England area garden club.…

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Town Library Learning Series 2017

November 24, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Education, Framingham
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On November 3, The Framingham Public Library invited FGC members Nancy Martin and Marion Goodman to lead a lively flower arranging demonstration as part of the Library’s “Brown Bag Learning Series.”

One Friday a month, the FPL hosts wonderful lunchtime continuing education workshops and entertaining lectures that are open and free to the public. 

Framingham Garden Club members Martin and Goodman’s contribution to this ‘Brown Bag Brain Boost’ was filled with simple tips to make beautiful centerpieces using inexpensive flowers from the supermarket that will be the envy of your family and friends. 

Our participation in the Framingham Public Library’s event series is just one of the ways we love to give back to our friends and neighbors. …

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Nobscot Park Memorial Bench

November 22, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Civic Activities, Club Events, Framingham
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Framingham Garden Club works to put our skills to use for our home town. Since taking over the design and care for the garden leading into Framingham’s Nobscot Park, we’ve been planning this second phase:

Workmen delivered our raw materials to the Park and helped to assemble this beautiful Memorial Bench that will be a proud feature of the personalized garden and the new town park we lovingly tend to.

The granite slabs are polished and carved to commemorate all of our former deceased members.

 

An official commemoration with news coverage is expected in November of 2017 

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Framingham Shows at the Marshfield Fair

November 21, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Competitions @ Local & State Levels
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The 150th annual Marshfield Fair on August 27, 2017 is one of the largest Agricultural fairs in New England, drawing hundreds of competitors in 4-H, arts and crafts, agricultural and horticultural events.

Framingham Garden Club’s own Ruth Evans entered her arrangement to the horticultural competition and received a score of over 90!

Here is Ruth Evans’ elegant design from the Marshfield Fair competition. Congratulations to Ruth!

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Horticulture Harvest Time Competition 2017

November 20, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Club Events, Fall Season, FGC Design Competition, Harvest Time Competition
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Every year Framingham Garden Club hosts an autumn “Harvest Time” competition to highlight the successes we may have had in our gardens during the past summer.

It is also a chance to share any “learning experiences” we’ve had – so that we all might help each other grow.

These are some of the items on display from Sept 13, 2017.…

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Heritage House Senior Class – Oct 2017

November 16, 2017
Estelle Gooltz
Senior Classes
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On Oct. 18, twelve enthusiastic senior residents at Heritage at Framingham Senior Living Facility created beautiful Fall floral arrangements with the help of FGC members Peg Homberg (in photo), Jane Paolini, and Marilyn Hanley.
Cranberry, orange and lime green mums were plentiful, as well as a fun scarecrow to complete arrangements and enhance the creative fun.
 
Residents said they were happy to bring the arrangements back “to brighten their apartments” and they thanked the Framingham Garden Club.

 

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