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  • Wednesday & Thursday, October 16 & 17, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, & Friday, October 18, 8:30 am – 12:00 noon – Flower Show School Course I

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts presents Flower Show School Course I: Growing, Staging, Exhibiting and Judging, on October 16 – 18 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 11 Beaver Street in Milford. There is a required reading list including Handbook for Flower Shows, 2017 revised edition, Chapters 1, 3 – 10, and 14, along with Outlines of Period Floral Arrangement by Frances Hannay, available on Amazon.com, and Horticultural Exhibiting and Judging. There is also a recommended reading list found by clicking here. Instructors include Mary Huntoon (Design) and Sandra Joyce (Procedure and Horticulture.) Full course, with exam, is $140 per person, which includes box lunches, and the two day course without exam is $135. You may also take only the Wednesday or the Thursday instruction for $75, but box lunches are $24 additional. Full registration form is available at link above, or email Jill Malcolm at jillyjill07@comcast.net. September deadline for registration.

  • Wednesday, November 8, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm – Victoria’s Secret Revealed

    Wednesday, November 8, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm – Victoria’s Secret Revealed

    The Scholarship Committee of The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. presents Victoria’s Secret Revealed, a Scholarship Fundraiser High Tea, on Wednesday, November 8, to be held at The Doubletree Hilton Hotel in Milford. Candace Morgenstern of Rhode Island will present an innovative program. Registration begins at 9:30 am, the Victorian Hat Contest at 10:00 am, Program at 10:30 – 11:30, Victorian High Tea Luncheon at 12:15, and raffle drawings and announcements will conclude the event. $60. For tickets, send check made payable to The GCFM,Inc to Diane Bullock, 456 Shore Road, Cape Neddick, ME 03902, or to Leslie Frost, 31 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810.