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  • Tuesday, December 11, 9:00 am – 11:30 am – Holiday Floral Designs

    Lisa Oberholzer-Gee is a Cambridge based freelance floral artist. She has traveled widely and incorporates techniques from all over the world in her designs. She has a floral certificate of design from Longwood Garden, Pennsylvania and has taught floral classes at the New York Botanical Gardens as well as designed entrance arrangements for the MFA’s Art in Bloom exhibit. She will be demonstrating arrangements for the holiday season. Ms. Gee will give a demonstration on Holiday Floral Design for the Community Garden Club of Duxbury on December 11 at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, 457 Washington Street, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Coffee and tea from 9am to 9:30am, Business Meeting from 9:30am to 10am, Program from 10am to 11:30am. Meetings are open to the public for a nominal fee of $5.00. Everyone is welcome.

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  • Friday, May 12, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and Saturday, May 13, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Muses at the Museum: Art Inspires Art

    The Community Garden Club of Duxbury celebrates its 90th Anniversary with a Standard Flower Show entitled Muses at the Museum: Art Inspires Art.  Horticultural specimens and floral design entries will include designs interpreting art, literature, sculpture, architecture, music, and dance.  Free and open to the public.  The event will be held Friday, May 12 from 1 – 4, and Saturday, May 13 from 11 – 4, and takes place at the Art Museum Complex, 189 Alden Street in Duxbury.

  • Tuesday, June 14 (rain date Wednesday, June 15), 9:30 am – 2:00 pm – Community Garden Club of Duxbury Garden Tour and Picnic

    The Community Garden Club of Duxbury GARDEN TOUR & PICNIC will serve as their final season “meeting.” They have six fantastic, diverse gardens all around town (one of which was featured in the March 2016 issue of House and Garden.) There will be a delicious “brown bag” style lunch served at one of the gardens along with a surprise party favor.  Member tickets are $20 for tour and lunch, non-members are $32. Tickets can be purchased by mailing a check to CGCD, P. O. Box 1713, Duxbury, MA 02331, or online (with a slight fee) via the button on the “2016 DUXBURY Garden Tour” tab at http://www.communitygardenclubofduxbury.org/. Ticket deadline June 9. Everyone will start that morning by driving through Duxbury Bay Maritime School’s driveway, 457 Washington St, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Community Garden Club of Duxbury members will come to your car window, check the paid list, and give you your program with the garden addresses.

  • Tuesday, May 14, 9:00 am – Developing Theme Gardens

    Tuesday, May 14, 9:00 am – Developing Theme Gardens

    Betsy Williams presents “Developing Theme Gardens” at a meeting of the Community Garden Club of Duxbury on Tuesday, May 14, beginning at 9 am at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, 435 Washington Street in Duxbury. The meeting is open to the public for a small fee of $5.

    Trained as a florist in Boston and England, Betsy brings her extensive knowledge of history and plant lore to Duxbury. Betsy will arrive with 6-7 completed arrangements, explain the mechanics of each, and raffle them off.  For more information email cgcduxbury@communitygardenclubofduxbury.org.

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  • Tuesday, March 12, 9:00 am coffee, 10:00 am program – Just For You

    Priscilla Styer, Blue Ribbon and Special Award winner at the Boston Flower Show 2012, and owner of “Just for You” will guide you through a fabulous floral design program, highlighting form function and color in floral design. She will create 7 or 8 arrangements to be raffled. The program is sponsored by the Community Garden Club of Duxbury and will be held at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, 435 Washington Street in Duxbury. CGCD members free, public $5.

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  • Thursday, June 21, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Historic Duxbury Garden Tour

    The Community Garden Club of Duxbury will sponsor a tour on Thursday, June 21 from 10 am – 3 pm (rain date Friday, June 22.)  Advance tickets for $20 will be available at Consider the Lilies, Foodies Market, Sandy Lambert’s Market Place, Talbots Snug Harbor, and Westwinds Bookshop.  Day of tour tickets will be priced at $25.  Refreshments, using historic recipes, will be provided by The Catered Affair.  The tour is also sponsored by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society and 375 Duxbury.  Visit www.communitygardenclubofduxbury.org.

  • Thursday, December 10, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm – Duxbury Holiday House Tour

    The Community Garden Club of Duxbury will hold a Holiday House Tour from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm on Thursday, December 10 throughout Duxbury.  For more information contact Mariette Wooden at 781-934-7860, or log on to www.communitygardenclubofduxbury.org.

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  • Friday, June 12 – Saturday, June 13 – Buds, Blooms & Books

    The Community Garden Club of Duxbury presents “Buds, Blooms, & Books”, a small standard flower show, at the Duxbury Free Library.  The show opens at noon on Friday, June 12, until 5 pm, and continues Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. until 5 pm.  For more information, contact Sandy Dapprich at 781-934-2236.