Design Workshops – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org Horticulture, Floral Design, Conservation and Community Service Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:54:47 +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 Design Workshops – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org 32 32 “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” an FGC Tablescape Program https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2024/04/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-an-fgc-tablescapes-program/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:32:44 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=5507 One hundred and seventy people enjoyed FGC’s tablescape program on March 20, 2024. Eleven teams each chose a different iconic “guest,” and created a table topped with decorative features and centerpieces depicting the lives of their notable guests. “Invited” guests included authors, artists, explorers, musicians and athletes. In addition t

o eight tables designed by Framingham Garden Club members, participants included the Framingham History Center, the Framingham Public Library and Pinefield Garden Club. 

Additionally, Ikebana master Minal Akkad from the O’Hara School of Ikebana, wowed the crowd with her amazing creative Ikebana design.

 

See photographer Art Illman’s photo montage from the MetroWest Daily News at
https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/picture-gallery/news/2024/03/20/framingham-garden-club-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-creative-tables/73048148007/  

Also click on the gallery to see each table and its designers. Photos by Bob Evans. 

]]> Grouped Mass Design Workshop https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2018/10/grouped-mass-design-workshop/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:33:36 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=2568 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. …

]]> 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.

Grouped Mass Design, small scale

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.  If your container is large, place non-clumping litter in plastic in the bottom 1/2 to 1/3rd for stability, then put the Oasis only in the top part of the container. This minimizes the weight of the completed design. 

Click on the slideshow for photos of the workshop and resulting designs

 

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