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  • Thursday, November 1 – Saturday, November 3 – Landscape Design School Course III, Series 14

    This Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts four-course series provides continuing education in landscape design.  One course is offered annually in Massachusetts.  Landscape Design courses and examinations are open to all.  The written examinations are based on both the required reading and the lecturers’ presentations.  After successfully completing any two courses, a student who is a member of a garden club is eligible for Provisional Consultant status and may join a Landscape Design Council.  The following topics are covered in Course III, which will be held November 1 – 3 at Elm Bank Reservation, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.  Indicated in parentheses are the corresponding chapters in Stewards of the Land: A Survey of Landscape Architecture and Design in America, the course textbook, available through Amazon.com, or through National Garden Clubs, Inc. (call 314-776-7574, or visit www.gardenclub.org.):

    Color in the Landscape (6); Landscape Design Accessories (12); Landscape Design for Maintenance (15); Design on the Land – Regional Expression (24); Development of Landscape Architecture from 1840-1940 (25); Introduction to Urban Design (32); Parks, Playgrounds, and Conservation Areas (18); Graphics Interpretation (29); and Guidelines for Evaluating Landscape Design (30).

    Other reading assignments are taken from The National Gardener, the official publication of National Garden Clubs, Inc.  For a subscription, please contact Lillian N. Cohen (781) 721-2888, or email her at lilandbud@verizon.net. For further information contact LDS Chair Jane O’Sullivan at jeosullivan@comcast.net.

  • Tuesday, April 26 through Thursday, April 28 – Flower Show School Course II

    Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Flower Show School Course II will be held Tuesday, April 26 through Thursday, April 28 at the Holiday Inn in Taunton, Massachusetts. Instructors include Mary Huntoon (Design), Dottie Howatt (Horticulture, Daffodils and Broadleaf Evergreens), and Sandi Joyce (Procedure). It is not necessary to have taken Course I, but all members interested in being a Flower Show Judge must eventually take all four courses and get passing grades on all exams on Flower Show Procedure, Horticulture, and Design. Contact local Flower School Show Chairman Hila Lyman for a brochure and more information at 508-548-0841, or email her at hilajeanne@comcast.net.  This class is open to members of any Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts member who has a current subscription to the National Gardener magazine.  Please contact Lillian Cohen for information or applications at 781-721-2888, or email lilandbud@verizon.net.

  • Thursday and Friday, April 7 & 8, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm, and Saturday, April 9, 8:45 am – 12:00 noon – Gardening Study School

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will hold its Gardening Study School, Course II, Series 9, on Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts. The exam will be given Saturday, April 9, from 8:45 am – 12 noon. Subjects covered will include Container Gardening, Growing Vegetables, Understanding Plant Diseases and Garden Pests, Tough Plants for Tough Places, How New Plants are Developed and Evaluated, and Techniques for Growing Lawns and/or Lawn Alternatives. Required text is Living with Plants by Donna Schumann, 2nd edition. You must have a subscription to the National Gardener to register. Contact Lillian Cohen at 781-721-2888, or email her at lilandbud@verizon.net, if you need to subscribe – the subscription cost is only $18 for 3 years. For further information about the course, contact Caroline Nijenberg at 781-862-4465 or email carolinen@rcn.com. Course fees are $110 for Federated Garden Club members, $100 for refresher course, and $140 for non-member of Federated Garden Club. Deadline for registration is March 31.