awards – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org Horticulture, Floral Design, Conservation and Community Service Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:18:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-FGC_favicon-32x32.png awards – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org 32 32 FGC earns blue ribbons at 2025 New England Flower Show https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2025/09/fgc-earns-blue-ribbons-at-2025-new-england-flower-show/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:29:03 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=6166 Congratulations to Shannon Fitzpatrick for her blue-ribbon Mono-Botanic Design at the New England Fall Flower Show at Elm Bank. A Mono-Botanic Design is one that incorporates three or more parts of a plant of one family of genus. Parts may be stems, blooms, foliage, buds, and/or roots. 

Betsy Szymczak also represented our FGC (and Natick GC), and  we congratulate her for eight Horticulture entries at MassHort that earned four blues, two reds, two yellow, with Begonia grandis for propagation. Shannon also entered the horticulture competition, earning four blues, five reds, one yellow and two honorable mentions.

 

Minal Akkad and Ruth Evans participated in the show as Design judges, while Betsy also judged Horticulture.…

]]> Congratulations to Shannon Fitzpatrick for her blue-ribbon Mono-Botanic Design at the New England Fall Flower Show at Elm Bank. A Mono-Botanic Design is one that incorporates three or more parts of a plant of one family of genus. Parts may be stems, blooms, foliage, buds, and/or roots. 

Betsy Szymczak also represented our FGC (and Natick GC), and  we congratulate her for eight Horticulture entries at MassHort that earned four blues, two reds, two yellow, with Begonia grandis for propagation. Shannon also entered the horticulture competition, earning four blues, five reds, one yellow and two honorable mentions.

 

Minal Akkad and Ruth Evans participated in the show as Design judges, while Betsy also judged Horticulture.

]]> Framingham Garden Club Honored with Multiple Awards at GCFM Annual Meeting https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2025/07/framingham-garden-club-honored-with-multiple-awards-at-gcfm-annual-meeting/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:05:45 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=6077 We’re thrilled to share that the Framingham Garden Club proudly brought home a total of 15 awards, including three National Awards awarded specifically to FGC at the recent Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts (GCFM) annual meeting. Additionally, two additional National Awards were given for district-wide programs created by FGC members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a look at our award-winning achievements:

🌟 GCFM (State) Awards

  • Patricia C. Michaud Award – Outstanding Design Program
    For “The Character of Color” Team Challenge designed and executed by Ruth Evans
    🎉 Bonus: This award included a $100 prize!

  • William J. Thompson Award
    For our Earth Day Celebration 2024 put together by Terrie Pirozzi, Irene Gazda and Marie Giorgetti

  • Publications Award for the FGC club brochure designed by Shannon Fitzpatrick

  • Special Achievement Service Award
    For our stunning Tablescapes program conceived and implemented by Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle

  • Media Production Award
    For statewide educational outreach on the Garden Therapy Model Program, another elite program designed by Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle

  • Media Production Award
    For the Moments of Joy Video created by Shannon Fitzpatrick and submitted on behalf of 3 districts
  • Youth Poetry  (Sponsored by FGC – Congratulations to these talented young writers!)
…]]> We’re thrilled to share that the Framingham Garden Club proudly brought home a total of 15 awards, including three National Awards awarded specifically to FGC at the recent Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts (GCFM) annual meeting. Additionally, two additional National Awards were given for district-wide programs created by FGC members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a look at our award-winning achievements:

🌟 GCFM (State) Awards

  • Patricia C. Michaud Award – Outstanding Design Program
    For “The Character of Color” Team Challenge designed and executed by Ruth Evans
    🎉 Bonus: This award included a $100 prize!

  • William J. Thompson Award
    For our Earth Day Celebration 2024 put together by Terrie Pirozzi, Irene Gazda and Marie Giorgetti

  • Publications Award for the FGC club brochure designed by Shannon Fitzpatrick

  • Special Achievement Service Award
    For our stunning Tablescapes program conceived and implemented by Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle

  • Media Production Award
    For statewide educational outreach on the Garden Therapy Model Program, another elite program designed by Marilyn Hanley and Pat Towle

  • Media Production Award
    For the Moments of Joy Video created by Shannon Fitzpatrick and submitted on behalf of 3 districts
  • Youth Poetry  (Sponsored by FGC – Congratulations to these talented young writers!)

    • Kindergarten – “Vegetable Sharing” (King School)

    • 3rd Grade – “Vegetables are Blue & Green” (Barbieri School)

    • 4th Grade – “My Garden” (Barbieri School)

    • 5th Grade – “Sprout to Smile” (Barbieri School)

🌟 New England Regional Award 

  • Youth Poetry – My Garden (4th Grade, Barbieri School) – 1st Place

🌟 National Garden Club (NCG) Awards

  • Environmental & Conservation Award –For Earth Day Festival 2024
  • Floral Design Award – For Ruth Evan’s The Character of Color Design Challenge
  • Membership Advancement Award – For our Club Brochure
  • Publications Award – For the Garden Therapy Model Zoom Presentation
  • Digital Media Award – For the Moments of Joy musical slideshow

🌍 Special Recognition

  • Helen DeOrsay Freidberg Tribute Scholarship
    Awarded to Eileen Fialkow to attend Flower Show School on behalf of the Western/Central South District

We are so proud of the creativity, passion, and commitment that our members—and our community partners—continue to bring to every project. These awards are a true reflection of that spirit. Well done, everyone!

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