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  • Saturday, August 4, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Floral Jewelry

    Saturday, August 4, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Floral Jewelry

    Learn techniques to create your own distinctive, beautiful bracelets, earrings, necklaces and floral “tattoos” using fresh flowers. Mary Beth Hayes will conduct a Tower Hill Botanic Garden workshop on Floral Jewelry on Saturday, August 4 from 1 – 2:30. We’ll use seasonal flowers from local flower farmers. All supplies will be provided, including blank jewelry. Registrants are encouraged to bring their own clippers, and can also bring their own jewelry to decorate. Come and create some beauty to wear!

    Mary Beth (MB) Hayes is a freelance floral designer in Chelmsford, MA, who focuses on seasonal, nature-based design. She has studied with notable floral designers including Francoise Weeks, Hitomi Gilliam and Holly Heider Chapple. MB enjoys working with groups of people and playing with flowers to create things of ephemeral beauty. $45 for Tower Hill members, $55 for non-members. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

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  • Saturday, October 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Floral Design for Jewelry and Crafts

    Award winning floral jewelry designer Sarah Boynton will be offering a class on the basics of how to create beautiful jewelry out of dried plant material. The class will be held from 10 – 12 noon in the Parkman Room at Elm Bank on Saturday, October 25, from 10 – noon.

    Talent and creativity can transform plants from around our gardens and woodlands into such realistic pieces of jewelry. The picture below is an Egyptian necklace which took first place at the Philadelphia Flower Show in 2010. This class, sponsored by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, costs $25 for Mass Hort members, $30 for nonmembers. Register by calling 617-933-4973 or visit www.masshort.org.