FGC Welcomes Spring with Bridges and Bloom Exhibit

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Framingham Garden Club (FGC) members – in collaboration with Framingham High School (FHS) students – recently welcomed Spring with an exciting four-day “Bridges and Blooms” community art exhibit at the Village Hall. This FHS event celebrated the intersection of art, science, and history, with a focus on native plants and the environment. The exhibit featured the students’ creative works, like photography, botanical creations and other vibrant creations and artwork. It was coordinated by FHS Art teacher Kate Millman and Biology and Environmental Science Teacher Rebecca Maynard. FGC collaborated with the high school and the show was supported by several local sponsors, like Framingham Rotary Club, Fran’s Flowers, Rivers Edge, and Russell’s Garden Center.

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SPRING PLANT SALE RAIN OR SHINE- MAY 9, 2026 from 9 am to 1pm

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Join us rain or shine for our annual plant sale on May 10, 2025 from 9am to 1pmThe entire Metrowest community looks forward to this annual event. Grab a new perennial or some annual flowers to add some color to your garden or find a special gift from our Garden Oasis. Perennials for sale are from our own gardens or local residents who are generously sharing their plants. Read More>>

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FGC earns blue ribbons at 2025 New England Flower Show

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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.…

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Grow Bags are perfect for container gardening

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No Backyard? No Problem! Grow Bags Make Gardening Accessible for All

Think you need a sprawling yard to start a garden? Think again! With grow bags, anyone can become a gardener—even if your “green space” is a sunny corner of a porch or balcony.

Here’s how easy it is to get started:

  •  A 5-gallon bag is perfect for one tomato plant
  •  A 3-gallon bag  supports a pepper or a generous helping of salad greens
  • 🌼 Want flowers? These sizes hold three spreading annuals like petunias, or double that number if planting compact varieties like pansies
  • Larger sizes are good for planting more plants at a time, or larger plants. 
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Framingham Garden Club Honored with Multiple Awards at GCFM Annual Meeting

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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!)
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New Officers installed for 2025-2026 at Joyful Annual Meeting

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On May 14, 2025, new officers were installed for the 2025-2026 year during FGC’s annual meeting. Past presidents Andi Saari, Minal Akkaad, Mary Hanley, Ruth Evans and Marie Giorgetti presented a yellow rose and recited the duty of each officer as the new officers took their place.

Member Pat Towle also wrote an engaging game testing our knowledge about departing president, Marie Giorgetti

Many thanks go to Pam Keeney and Marilyn Hanley for planning the big event, and to Marilyn Hanley and Suzanne Fioretti for co-hosting on the day.

New officers are as follows:

President, Shannon Fitzpatrick

1st Vice President Lianne Manzella

2nd Vice President Kathy Hoogeboom

Recording Secretary Pam Keeney

Recording Secretary Eileen Fialkow

Treasurer Cathy DeNorscia

Communications Secretary Maria Chaput

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