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  • Saturday, November 18, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – The Festive Table

    Learn how to combine fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts with seasonal berries and gathered evergreens to decorate your home and table for Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays. Betsy Williams will demonstrate simple ideas and techniques for creating naturalistic, seasonal centerpieces, guest favors and door treatments. Each attendee will decorate a gourd with dried flowers, nuts and berries and make a boxwood apple candle to take home. All materials and handouts included. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden class will take place Saturday, November 18 from 10 – 12:30.

    Betsy Williams teaches, lectures and writes about living with herbs and flowers. A gardener and herb grower since 1972, Betsy trained as a florist in Boston and England. She combines her floral and gardening skills with an extensive knowledge of history, plant lore and seasonal celebrations. Betsy is the author of several books on the uses and stories of herbs and flowers. She has appeared on the Discovery Channel and greater Boston cable stations as well as local and national radio talk shows. Betsy lectures and teaches locally and nationally. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Friday, November 17, 6:30 pm – Timeless Beauties

    On Friday, November 17, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Community Life Center near the First Baptist Church, 50 Parker Street in East Longmeadow, the Springfield Garden Club presents Timeless Beauties, a floral demonstration of designs through the century. Participating at the event, and designing in view of the audience, will be Heather Sullivan, AIFD, of Durocher’s Florist in West Springfield; Matt Flatow from Flowers, Flowers in Springfield and Bob Whitney, AIFD, long-time employee, now retired, from Springfield Floral Supply in Springfield.

    Refreshments will be served. Tickets can be purchased from Springfield Garden Club members or at the door. For more information email suzreed@gmail.com.

  • Monday, November 13, 10:30 am – Back to Basics: Proportion and Scale

    For the flower arranging enthusiast, sign up with the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts for the second of its 2017-2018 Back to Basics Series, Proportion and Scale, presented by Andrea Little at the Espousal Center. 554 Lexington Street in Waltham, on Monday November 13 at 10:30 am. The cost is $45 (must be a member of a GCFM Club). To sign up, call 781-237-0336 during office hours (9-2, Tuesday through Thursday) and ask for the contact information for Ruth Evans, or email gardenclubfedma@gmail.com.

  • Thursdays, September 14, October 5, and November 16, 9:30 am – 12:00 noon – Sogetsu Ikebana

    Sogetsu Ikebana is an internationally recognized school of Japanese flower arranging. Garden Club of the Back Bay member Kaye Vosburgh will conduct a series of stand alone classes on three Thursdays, September 14, October 5, and November 16, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Tower Hill member price $35 per class, non-members $50 per class. Some materials included.

    Kaye Vosburgh is a Master Judge and Design Instructor for the National Garden Club as well as a Sogetsu Ikebana teacher of the highest rank, Riji. She has won numerous medals and awards in the New England Spring Flower Show. She teaches in New York where she used to live and in Massachusetts where she now resides. She has demonstrated in New England, Central Atlantic Region, Florida and Ecuador. She has traveled to Japan on several occasions for conferences and lessons at the Sogetsu School. Her favorite activity is sharing creative moments with other designers and students.

    Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Monday, September 18, 10:30 am – Back to Basics: Balance and Rhythm

    For the flower arranging enthusiast, sign up with the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts for the kick off of its 2017-2018 Back to Basics Series, Balance and Rhythm, presented by Thelma Shoneman at the Espousal Center. 554 Lexington Street in Waltham, on Monday September 18 at 10:30 am. The cost is $45 (must be a member of a GCFM Club).  To sign up, call 781-237-0336 during office hours (9-2, Tuesday through Thursday) and ask for the contact information for Ruth Evans, or email gardenclubfedma@gmail.com.

  • Tuesday, June 6, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm – Sogetsu Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arranging

    The Andover Garden Club will meet Tuesday, June 6 at the Andover Country Club, Canterbury Street in Andover, for a general meeting with luncheon and presentation. Presentation and demonstration by Tomoko Tanaka, a Wellesley resident who began her training in her native of Japan. She holds a certificate of Riji, the highest rank of the Sogetsu School. Cost $40, including lunch and speaker. Checks payable to Andover Garden Club due by May 24, 2017. Mail to Sandy Clevesy, 165 Hidden Road, Andover, MA 01810.  Guests are welcome for coffee and general meeting beginning at 9:30 a.m. For more information contact Sandy at sclevesy@gmail.com.

  • Thursday, June 8, 6:00 pm – The Boston Garden Club Party

    The Women’s Lunch Place invites you to The Boston Garden Club Party on Thursday, June 8 at 6 pm at The Women’s Lunch Place, 67 Newbury Street.  Celebrate summer and support a neighborhood charity with fellow garden club members from all communities.  Learn how to create beautiful and easy to care for arrangements featuring guest speaker and garden designer Ellen Abdow from Perennial Gardens.  Suggested donation $10 to reserve a spot.  RSVP to events@womenslunchplace.org by June 1.

  • Saturday, May 13, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Foraged Flora: A Year of Gathering and Arranging Wild Plants and Flowers

    A special Tower Hill Botanic Garden treat for mothers and others on Saturday, May 13 from 11 – noon.  Author Louesa Roebuck will demonstrate how to create a beautiful seasonal arrangement while talking about her book Foraged Flora. The book is a gorgeously photographed new take on flower arranging using local and foraged plants and flowers to create beautiful arrangements, with ideas and inspiration for the whole year. Roadside fennel, flowering fruit trees, garden roses, tiny violets; ingredients both common and unusual, humble and showy, Foraged Flora is a new vision for flowers and arranging. It encourages you to train your eye to the beauty that surrounds you, attune your senses to the seasonality and locality of flowers and plants, and to embrace the beauty in each stage of life, from first bud to withering seedpod. Organized by month, each chapter in this visually arresting and inspiring book focuses on large and small arrangements created from the flowers and plants available during that time period and in that place, all foraged or gleaned nearby. The authors reflect on surprising and beautiful pairings, the importance of scale, the scarcity or abundance of raw materials, and the environmental factors that contribute to that availability.

    Whether picking a small tendril of fragrant jasmine, collecting oversized branches of flowering quince, or making a garland of bay laurel, Foraged Flora is an invitation to seek out the beauty of the natural world.

    Louesa Roebuck is a printmaker, painter, floral artist, and author who divides her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, currently residing in Ojai, California. She has created flora installations from foraged and gleaned materials for high-end clients like Vivienne Westwood, John Baldessari, and Alice Waters. In addition to her work with flora, Roebuck has worked in fashion for many years and paints monotypes and works in textile design. Tower Hill member price $15, nonmembers $25.  Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, April 1, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Garden-Inspired Table Decor

    March 27 is the deadline to sign up for a Tower Hill Botanic Garden workshop on Garden-Inspired Table Decor, to be held Saturday, April 1 from 2 – 4 at the garden located at 11 French Drive in Boylston. Create and take home a simple arrangement to enhance your table and watch while we style garden-inspired everyday and wedding tablescapes. From the colors and textures to arrangements and place settings we will teach you how to entertain with fresh, organic items that will make your guests swoon and bring a lush garden feel to any event. Materials included.

    The Romanticist Studios are dedicated to creative direction, unique and heartfelt designs, curated memories & perfectly styled details. We create modern and romantic events for couples in New England and in destinations like France and Italy

    Instructor Roberta West holds an MBA in Operations Management and spent several years in international logistics prior to becoming a creative director. Her styling aesthetic is romantic and timeless like the beautiful celebrations and editorials she designs for her clients. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and baby boy. $40 THBG members, $55 for nonmembers. Register at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—garden-inspired-table-dcor

  • Monday, February 13, 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Flower Arranging with Donna Morrissey

    Monday, February 13, 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Flower Arranging with Donna Morrissey

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay has added a special workshop to its 2017 program schedule.  Member Donna Morrissey, an award winning flower arranger, graciously has agreed to teach a hands-on workshop on Monday, February 13 beginning at 9:30 am at The First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street.  So that Donna can give each participant guidance and valuable critiques, the class must be limited in size to twenty members.  The materials cost will be $35 per person, vases provided.  However, if you are just interested in watching the process and listening to Donna’s advice, you may “audit” for $5.  Light refreshments will be served.  Please email slgsmith58@gmail.com if you plan to attend, and you will be sent information on suggested equipment to bring with you, and information on payment. Deadline for registration is February 9.

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