We are, after all, a Garden Club, and Garden Club members love flowers. Twelve members created small tabletop arrangements using a standard vase provided to them by member Cathy Wallace, along with instructions. A few exceptionally talented arrangers came in and created larger arrangements on the spot the day of the event, and the one below was done by Linda Herman, who also led volunteers on an early morning run to the flower market for raw materials:
On Saturday, June 22, from 10 – 3, rain or shine, The Evening Garden Club of Roxbury will sponsor its 2013 Garden Tour. The self-guided tour features six unique residential gardens PLUS the West Roxbury Public Library Reading Garden, the Theodore Parker Church garden with “Landscape Triptych” stained glass windows, and the Patrick Lyndon School teaching garden. Raffle table at the library will feature over 30 donated items, including Red Sox tickets from Mayor Thomas M. Menino. Advance tickets ($15) are available at Halls of Tara, 2051 Centre Street, Maria Lisa Bridal & Boutique, 1754 Centre Street, Picture This, 2093 Centre Street, and from any Evening Garden Club of West Roxbury member. Tour day tickets ($18) may be purchased at the West Roxbury Public Library and other tour sites. All proceeds benefit civic beautification projects.
The third in the 2013 Jonathan L. Fairbanks Lecture Series at The Ayer Mansion, 395 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, will take place Tuesday, June 18, with Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History at University of Virginia speaking on Meaning in Louis Comfort Tiffany: Laurelton Hall and Windows. The evening will begin at 6:30 with wine and cheese, followed by the lecture at 7. Tickets ($25, $5 students) may be purchased on line at www.AyerMansion.org.
