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  • Tuesday, June 5, 7:30 am – 3:00 pm – The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Annual Meeting

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will hold its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, June 5 at the Holiday Inn, Mansfield, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts.  The day will begin with registration and coffee from 7:30 am.  Registrants may select one workshop to attend from 8:15 – 9, either How to Take Minutes and Write Reports, taught by Nancy Donaldson, GCFM Parliamentarian pro tem, or How to Develop Your Club’s Web Site and Service It, instructor to be announced.  At 10:15 the Acton Garden Club will present Problems with Lyme Disease, and at 10:30, Nancy Brennan, Executive Director of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, will speak.  President’s Certificates and Club Awards will be announced at 11:30 am, followed by a social hour and boutique shopping.  Lunch will be served at 12:45, and the 2012 Life Members will be introduced.  At 2 pm, there will be a floral design program, with four GCFM floral designers honoring four major visionaries of New England’s cultural landscapes – Frederick Law Olmsted, Fletcher Steele, Charles Eliot, and Beatrix Farrand.  Following a registration report, the meeting will adjourn.   Below, Heidi Kost-Gross is presented the Landscape Design Council Award for Excellence by Joan Butler (right) at the 2010 meeting.

    To register (please mail registration before May 29), send your name, address, telephone, email, and Club affiliation with a check for $55 ($50 if you do not intend to attend the workshop)  made payable to GCFM,Inc. to Linda Yuele, 38 Nevins Road, Methuen, MA 01844.  Please indicate also your luncheon menu choice preference of chicken marsala, grilled salmon, London broil, or eggplant parmesan.  Any questions may be sent by email to denlinyuele@comcast.net.

  • Monday, March 19, 10:00 am – Roses for the Sustainable Garden

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts hosts a Horticulture Morning on Monday, March 19 beginning at 10 am at the Espousal Center, Waltham (snow date March 20th, but since winter has been so mild we’re hoping for the best.)  The speaker is Irwin Ehrenreich, rose expert, whose topic is Roses for the Sustainable Garden. Irwin is a member of the Lower Cape Rose Society and was president of the Seaside Rosarians before the two groups merged. He and his wife have 240 roses in their garden. Irwin ran the Rose Department. at Cape Cod’s largest Garden Center. He passed the Judging School Exam and will be traveling around the Yankee District area as an apprentice Judge. A $15 donation is requested.

  • Tuesday, March 6, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – A Visit with Isabella Stewart Gardner

    A few years ago, The Garden Club of the Back Bay welcomed acclaimed performer Jessa Piaia, who took attendees back to 1910 with her dramatic portrayal of Isabella Stewart Gardner, America’s first patroness of the arts, and lover of plant material.  For those who missed the meeting, you’ll have another chance on Tuesday, March 6, from 10 – noon at South Church, 41 Central Street in Andover.  The Andover Garden Club is sponsoring the program, and a $5 guest charge includes refreshments. Piaia studied performance at London’s Oval House Theatre and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. An employee of Harvard University, she conducts most of her historical research at the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe Institute, which specializes in the history of women in America.

    Founded in 1927, the Andover Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that encourages the study and practice of horticulture, landscape design, and floral design; aids in the beautification of the town of Andover; and helps protect and conserve natural resources. A member of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., the club provides both financial and hands-on support to a variety of municipal, educational, and environmental organizations throughout the region.  To reserve, please call 978-475-7119.

  • Monday, March 19, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Roses for the Sustainable Garden

    The “Rose Man” Irwin Ehrenreich, noted rose expert, former surgeon, and nursery owner from Carver, Massachusetts, will speak on Roses for the Sustainable Garden at a Horticulture Morning sponsored by the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts on Monday, March 19, from 10 – 12 at the Espousal Center in Waltham.  The snow date for this program is Tuesday, March 20.  A $5 donation is suggested.  For more information, visit www.gcfm.org.  Photo courtesy of Cape Cod Magazine.

  • Monday, February 13, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Seeds Up Close: Amazing!

    Enjoy the beauty of seeds and learn about plant conservation projects from Julie McIntosh Shapiro at a Horticulture Morning sponsored by the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts on Monday, February 13, from 10 – noon at the Espousal Center in Waltham.   The Seed Herbarium Image Project, or SHIP, is an initiative of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University to create a web-based repository of high-resolution digital images documenting the morphology of woody plant seeds and selected fruit structures.  SHIP is headquartered at the Arboretum’s Dana Greenhouse facility and is coordinated and photographed by curatorial assistant Julie McIntosh Shapiro. The Seed Herbarium Image Project supports the work of educators and professionals in horticulture and the botanical sciences, particularly in conservation research and management of rare and endangered species. The digitized images of seeds offer an important new aid for teaching seed identification—a fundamental skill in plant propagation, hybridization, and distribution—and serve as a resource for nurserymen, horticulturists, botanical curators, taxonomists, ecologists, and the general public. SHIP also provides an online resource for botanical institutions and nurseries to verify their collections and inventories. SHIP is made possible through the generous support of the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, Cabot Family Charitable Trust, and the J. Frank Schmidt Family Charitable Foundation.  A $5 donation is requested.

  • Shirley Nicolai Named 42nd President of National Garden Clubs, Inc.

    Shirley Nicolai, of Fort Washington, Maryland, has been named the 42nd president of National Garden Clubs, Inc.  The Garden Club of the Back Bay  is affiliated, through its membership in the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, with the National Garden Clubs.  Quoting from an article published in The Washington Times, Shirley is “a former elementary school teacher who has been deeply involved in NGC-affiliated activities for more than 30 years…also recognized for her environmental activism related to aquatic ecosystems, having successfully submitted one of the first mitigation plans to satisfy Chesapeake Bay Critical Area legislation requirements.”  To read the full article, visit http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/making-change/2011/aug/7/national-garden-clubd-inc-welcomes-new-president/  We welcome Shirley and wish her much success during her two year term.

  • Thursday, October 27 – Saturday, October 29 – Landscape Design Study Program

    The Massachusetts Landscape Design Study Program, Course II, Series 14, is a four-course series accredited by National Garden Clubs, Inc. and sponsored by the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.  The program provides continuing education in landscape design, and the courses and examinations are open to all. The written examinations are based on both the required reading and the lecturers’ presentations.  After successfully completing two courses, a student is eligible for Provisional Consultant status and may join a Landscape Design Council.  The program will be held at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts.  For complete information and registration details, contact Jane E. O’Sullivan, 781-659-4423, or jeosullivan@comcast.net.

  • Tuesday, October 11, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Design Workshop with Donna Morrissey

    Tuesday, October 11 will be the first class in a three part workshop with Garden Club of the Back Bay member Donna Morrissey.  The following two sessions will take place Tuesday, January 17 (snow date Wednesday, January 18), and Tuesday, April 10, 2012.  All three programs will be held from 10 – noon at the Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street, North Waltham, Massachusetts, and are intended for beginning and intermediate flower arrangers.  The fee for all three sessions is $125, which includes all materials and instruction.  No refunds if you are unable to attend, although you may designate someone to attend in your place, or ask a friend who is attending to collect your flowers and container at the end of the class.  You need to supply clippers, notebook, and a clean-up bag.  Please mail your check, made out to GCFM,Inc. to Donna at 143 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02467.

  • Saturday, July 16 – Sunday, July 24, 12:00 noon – 10:00 pm – Handwork

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc, and the Southeastern District present “Handwork” a standard flower show at the Barnstable County Fair,  Fair hours: July 16 -24 , 12:00 noon – 10:00 pm.  Cost: Fair Admission ($10 adult, $8 Seniors and Military, Children under 12 free).  The Barnstable County Fair has been an annual summer tradition on Cape Cod for 164 years. The Fair is a place where families can spend the day together and share experiences they can only experience at the Barnstable County Fair.There are animal shows, 4-H demonstrations, petting zoos, horticulture displays, rides, games, live music, arts & crafts, food and commercial vendors with various arts and crafts for sale.   For a complete schedule or entry information contact Hila Lyman, Design Division Entries Chairman, at 508-548-0841, or email her at hilajeanne@comcast.net.  For more information on the Fair,  log on to www.barnstablecountyfair.org.

  • Thursday, June 2, 8:30 am – 3:15 pm – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Annual Meeting

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts’ 2011 Annual Meeting will take placed Thursday, June 2, beginning with registration at 8:30 am, at the Crowne Plaza, 1360 Worcester Road (Route 9), Natick, Massachusetts.  You may choose from two morning workshops, the first being “Historic Landscaping” with John Forti of Strawbery Banke, and the second “Coffee with a Landscape Gardener”, where several Landscape Design Council members will share information and answer landscaping questions.  At 10 am there will be the call to order and business meeting, followed at 10:45 by Julie Moir Messervy, landscape designer, author and lecturer, speaking on “Creating the Landscape of Home.”  The Awards Luncheon at 1 pm will be preceded by Boutique Shopping.  At 2 pm, enjoy the introduction of the Natalie Wolf Design Forum.  To register, please send a check made payable to  GCFM,Inc. to Linda Yuele, 38 Nevins Road, Methuen, MA 01844.  Include your name, address, telephone, email, and Club affiliation.  Costs are $5 for either morning workshop, $15 for the morning session of speaker and awards, and an additional $35 for lunch. Please indicate chicken or fish.  For more information you may email Linda at denlinyuele@comcast.net.