Exhibits – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org Horticulture, Floral Design, Conservation and Community Service Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:00:35 +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 Exhibits – 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 celebrates fall with outdoor plants and decor in first “Curating Curb Appeal” tour https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2021/10/the-framingham-garden-club-presents-cultivating-curb-appeal/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:47:47 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=3977 Celebrating fall’s spectacular colors and foliage, members of the Framingham Garden Club decorated their doors, porches, and mailboxes with fall plants and decor and invited members, friends and neighbors to drive by and enjoy these unique displays.  This new FGC program, Curating Curb Appeal, is a creative outlet for our members while also promoting community spirit.

The tour was featured in the Metrowest Daily News at https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2021/10/15/framingham-ma-garden-club-embraces-fall-spirit-beautification-project/6041048001/

Here is a sample of our members’ work.

 

Halloween birthday girl Linda Glantz admires Halloween themed decor
A handmade hydrangea wreath adorns Kathy Hawkin’s door while mums and pumpkins lead your eye down the steps
Members Arlene Moran and Alice Costa enjoy a morning on the Cultivating Curbside Appeal tour
A panoply of fall colors adorn Andi Saari’s front door
Andi Saari’s glorious window box
Meg Kelly’s elegant display

 

]]> Flora in Winter 2020 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2020/02/flora-in-winter-2020/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:54:44 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=3234 FGC was so proud to be represented by Minal Akkad, Nancy Martin, and Pat Towle at “Flora in Winter” at the Worcester Art Museum in February! These two designs are stunning!

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]]> FGC was so proud to be represented by Minal Akkad, Nancy Martin, and Pat Towle at “Flora in Winter” at the Worcester Art Museum in February! These two designs are stunning!

]]> Artifacts in Bloom https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2019/03/artifacts-in-bloom/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:31:28 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=2785 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.…

]]> 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.

Portrait of Lizzie Gordon

 

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