Mary Ellen Udelson has been a Garden Club of the Back Bay member since 1982, and represented the Club at the Museum of Fine Art’s Art in Bloom. She did floral arranging for St. Cecilia’s Church as well. She moved out of the Back Bay a couple of years ago, but is known at wreath making for her bold, eye-popping designs. She uses large scale elements, and often they are gold or silver. Her wreaths can be seen for miles. One customer bought a wreath each season for a country house door which sat on a hill far from the road below, and wanted her wreath to be visible to cars driving by – Mary Ellen’s work was just perfect for that. In recent years, the crown of bold design guru has descended to Carlos Soto-Chaves, whose wreath is pictured below, but in her heyday, Mary Ellen could give him a run for his money.
Thank you to our Wreath of the Day Sponsor Linda Zukowski, a Garden Club member who often delivered Mary Ellen’s wreaths around the neighborhood.
