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  • Saturday, February 1, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Winter Interlude

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will hold a fund raising event – Winter Interlude – on Saturday, February 1, from 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm at the Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation Street in Worcester.  The cocktail party will feature The Wonderful World of Floral Design.  Enjoy a delightful afternoon walking through a wonderland of floral designs as you feast on delicious hors d’oeuvre and drinks, while listening to live music in a beautiful ballroom highlighted by antique stained glass windows.  Donation $50, cash bar.  For tickets call Bonni Asbjornson at 978-692-8685, or email asbjornson@comcast.net.  For information call Joyce Bakshi at 978-470-0263, or email Joyce.bakshi@comcast.net. All designs and more will be raffled at 6 pm, and a portion of your donation may be tax deductible.

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  • Saturday, November 17, 7:00 pm – Festival of Trees at Elm Bank

    The Massachusetts Horticultural Society Overseers will present its fourth annual Festival of Trees at the Gardens at Elm Bank from November 23 through December 8, 2012.

    The Festival of Trees at Elm Bank will kick off the holiday season in a special way: by giving families an opportunity to see spectacularly decorated holiday trees in a festive environment. They need your help in tree decorating, tree sponsorships and donations, and/or as a volunteer! You may choose to sponsor or donate a tree, attend or sponsor the preview party on November 17th, donate a gift certificate to the Giving Tree, or you can volunteer your time.

    Preview Party
    Saturday, November 17th, 7:00 p.m.

    Festival Dates
    November 23 through December 8 (closed Thanksgiving Day)

    Hours
    Friday, November 23 and Weekends : 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Other days: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.

    Special Note
    On Saturday, December 8, the Festival will close at 6 p.m. in order to notify the tree winners.

    General Admission
    $8 for Adults, Children under 12 FREE!
    Children ages 14 or younger must be accompanied by an adult.

    Location
    The Gardens at Elm Bank
    Hunnewell Building
    900 Washington Street
    Wellesley, MA 02482  For more information,, please call  617-933-4934 or email Joyce Bakshi at joyce@masshortfestivaloftrees.org.

  • Thursday, September 8, 7:00 pm – Massachusetts Horticultural Society 2011 Honorary Medals Dinner

    On September 8, Mass Hort will continue its almost century-long tradition of honoring superior achievements in horticulture when Elm Bank hosts the 2011 Honorary Medals Gala with Lynden B. Miller receiving the George Robert White Medal of Honor for her work as a designer of urban parks.

    Lynden B. Miller is a public garden designer in New York City and director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park, which she rescued and restored beginning in 1982. Her work includes gardens for The Central Park Zoo, Bryant Park, The New York Botanical Garden, Madison Square Park, and Wagner Park in Battery Park City as well as many smaller projects in all five boroughs and beyond, including waterfront gardens in Red Hook, Brooklyn, improvements to Union Square Park and the 97th Street Park Avenue Mall, renovation of the “Gateway to Harlem” Broadway Mall at 135th Street, Loeb Plaza for Hunter College, and the 67th Street Armory.

    Other winners include Wesley R. Autio, professor of pomology at UMass Amherst, Richard Jaynes of Broken Hill Nursery, volunteer Joyce Bakshi, Theodore Landsmark of Boston Architectural College, Organic Gardening Magazine, author Ellen Ecker Ogden, Carrie Waterman, Russ Billings of Mount Holyoke College, and the Lyman Plant House of the Botanic Gardens at Smith College.

    Tickets are $150 per person to this event. There are also opportunities to either co-host or host a table.  To co-host or host a table, please call our reservation line at 617-933-4995. All proceeds from the dinner will be used to support maintenance and improvement of Mass Hort gardens.

  • Tuesday, October 27, 8:30 am – 3:15 pm – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Fall Conference

    Please Join Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts President Linda Jean Smith on Tuesday, October 27, for the Fall Conference entitled “Evergreen.”  The Fall Conference will be held this year at the Andover Country Club, 60 Canterbury Street, Andover, Massachusetts.

    The day will begin at 8:30 am with registration, coffee and boutique shopping.  At 9:00, your choice of workshops will begin: “Coffee with a Master Gardener,” “Plant Native with Meg Moore,” and “So You Were Elected Treasurer, Help!”

    At 10:00, President Smith will call the official meeting to order.  Sandra Sears and Joyce Bakshi will speak on planning and planting a Children’s Garden, and Janet Macunovich of the Practical Gardening Institute and the University of Michigan will speak on “The Collector – Engaging Harmony from Intriguing Diversity.”  The speech will be followed by a social hour and more boutique shopping, then the Awards Luncheon and Presentation of Awards.

    At 2:15, the final presentation will be “The Horticulture of Design,” a floral design program with award winning designers showing and explaining Tapestry, Pot-Et-Fleur, Collections vs. Displays, and more.

    To register, send your name, address, telephone, email, Club affiliation, and a check made out to GCFM,Inc. to Yvonne Capella, 16 Bell’s Brook Road, Lakeville, MA 02347.  The cost is $30 for the lunch (please note chicken or fish on your check), $15 for the morning program, and $3 for one of the morning workshops (again, please specify Master Gardener, Plant Native, or Treasurer). The total, if you’re doing it all, will be $48.  Questions?  Email dcapella@comcast.net.  Unfortunately the GCFM website does not have the registration information available, and you will be unable to register on line.  If you register after October 6, please add an additional $15.  Sorry – no refunds.