FMG Member Wins Top Design Award
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.…
Town Library Learning Series 2017
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. …
Nobscot Park Memorial Bench
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
Framingham Shows at the Marshfield Fair
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!
Horticulture Harvest Time Competition 2017
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.…
Members Gardens – 2017
A selection of some of the Framingham Garden Club’s member gardens in 2017……
Heritage House Senior Class – Oct 2017
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Members Tour Private Garden
Framingham Garden Club members spent a delightful morning touring a private garden in Paxton last week.
Our genial host took us around his grass tennis court, gardens, extensive fruit trees, and his Koi ponds. (FGC member Margery fed the fish and almost fell in with all of the food!)
Andrea Shagory prepared a wonderful picnic lunch for us. Members commented that it was both educational and relaxing. Pam told our host that he inspired her to try wintering over the tropical water lilies in her Koi pond.…
Framingham Garden Club awards four scholarships
In May 2022, the Framingham Garden Club, Inc. awarded four $1000 scholarships to local students who plan to degree in environmental or related areas orf study..
This year’s deserving recipients are Ella Downey, Olivia Robitaille, Calvin Poole and Emma Rothwell. Shown here is Emma Rothwell, the Marion Goodman Memorial Scholarship recipient, and her fellow deservinggraduating seniors.
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Ruth Evans Receives National Achievement Award
At the Annual Meeting of the Federation of Massachusetts, “The Wonders of New England”, the Central South District’s Standard Flower Show held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, received A National Garden Club Achievement Award # 57 for the best Standard Flower Show Staged in A Public Building.
This national award was presented to Ruth Evans, flower show chairman by the President of the National Garden Club, Inc., Nancy Hargroves at a ceremony at the Westford Regency Hotel on June 7th.
Ruth Evans also received the Violet F. MacLaren Show Schedule Award, from Betty Sanders president of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.…