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  • Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Seasonal Floral Arrangements: A Demonstration

    Spend Thursday evening, November 13, from 7 – 8:30 pm, and learn the basics of floral arrangements to decorate your home. Learn to use what you have, how to buy sensibly and how to get the greatest impact for your effort! Watch as Marisa McCoy demonstrates how to make traditional and modern designs appropriate for the fall season. Learn the mechanics of arrangements, rules that help, and myths that hinder. Find your confidence in arranging to make your own autumn arrangements, just in time for a Thanksgiving centerpiece.

    Marisa McCoy is a nationally accredited Master Flower Show Judge, a Senior Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, and frequent exhibitor in Art in Bloom and the New England Spring Flower Show. Marisa enthusiastically shares her knowledge at Mass Hort’s Floral Design Course and at other botanical centers. This Massachusetts Horticultural Society evening will be held in the Parkman Room in the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. $10 for Mass Hort members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.masshort.org/Thursday-Night-at-the-Hort/

  • Saturday, December 7, 10:00 am – Holiday Wreath Workshop

    Saturday, December 7, 10:00 am – Holiday Wreath Workshop

    As part of Elm Bank’s Festival of Trees Celebration, Mass Hort is offering this hands-on workshop on Saturday, December 7, beginning at 10 am, to create beautiful wreaths and swags to take home for the holiday season. Marisa McCoy will lead participants in design, choice of materials, and wreath composition. Through her vast depth of experience and under her gentle guidance you will create a wreath that appeals to your own design and color sense and one which you will be proud to display for the world to see.

    Marisa is a Nationally Accredited Master Flower Show Judge, and the current President Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. Marisa is also a floral design instructor, garden club speaker, active member of the MFA Senior Associates, and a custom wedding and special occasion floral designer. All materials will be provided. $45 for Mass Hort members, $55 for nonmembers. To register or for more information: www.masshort.org. And if you’re too busy to attend, link here before midnight tonight to order a beautiful wreath from The Garden Club of the Back Bay, like the one pictured below, which you can pick up this coming week.

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  • Wednesday, October 23, 8:00 am – 2:30 pm – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Fall Conference

    Please join President Marisa McCoy for the 2013 GCFMA Fall Conference on Wednesday, October 23 at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center, 1657 Worcester Road in Framingham.

    8:00 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Boutique Shopping

    9:00 a.m. Welcome, Announcements and Business Meeting

    9:30 a.m. The Federation…Who we are and what we do! Communications, our schools, our councils, our outreach and you!

    10:45 a.m. Awards and Presentations

    11:00 a.m. Boutique Shopping and Social Hour

    12:00 p.m. Luncheon

    1:00 p.m. Designs with On Thai, AIFD, owner of Surroundings Floral Studio in Schenectady, New York.  Mr. Thai has been a member of AIFD since 1990 and is has won numerous awards in local, regional and national competitions. He won Best of Show in the International Flower Show two years running, and took first place in Teleflora’s People’s Choice Award, and seven times Best of Show in the Northeast Floral Exposition. He has made many garden club demonstrations for the Federated Garden Clubs of the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Massachusetts; and has been a lecturer/demonstrator for the Northeast Floral Expo held in Connecticut and for the Garden Club of Seattle, Washington. A few years back, Mr. Thai presented a floral design program in the United Kingdom before The Club in the Park, a prominent and innovative garden club in the north of England. While there, he instructed a class in the art of contemporary floral design. He has kept busy on such assignments as creating floral arrangements for the annual Whitney Ball during the racing season in Saratoga, N.Y. as well as the New York State Thoroughbred Gala at the Saratoga Golf and Polo club, the annual National Museum of Racing Ball and the Betters Ball at the Saratoga Track.

    2:15 p.m. Raffle and Registration Report

    2:30 p.m. Adjournment

    For Boutique space contact Lisa Bourgeois at lbourgeois@lowellgeneral.org. For overnight accommodations please call the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center at 508 875 2541. Ask for the Garden Club rate of $149.00.  To register for the Fall Conference, visit http://www.gcfm.org/MeetingsandEvents/FallConference.aspx and click on to the Registration Form link.

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  • Sunday, September 22, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm – Mass Hort’s 15th Anniversary at the Gardens at Elm Bank

    The Massachusetts Horticultural Society invites you to join them for a community day at the Elm Bank Reservation, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, on Sunday, September 22. Free Admission all day.

    10:00: Nature Walk Through Trails with a DCR Ranger

    10:00-noon: Mass Dairy Council

    11:00-2:00: Follow the Honey – Honey Tasting and Live Bee Exhibit

    12:00, 3:00, & 5:00:Garden Tours:

    Take a guided tour of the 12 gardens on the Elm Bank reservation, lead by one of our staff members or trained tour guides. Please meet in the Maple Grove by the membership table.

    12:00-6:00: Wellesley Society of Artists Art Show and Sale – paintings from around Elm Bank

    The Wellesley Society of Artists have been spending their summer around the property gaining inspiration for their own work. The Hunnewell Carriage house will feature an exhibit of their works as well as many that are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to support Mass Hort.

    1:00: Cake and Ice Cream Celebration: The moment we have all been waiting for! Come join us in the Crockett Garden for a cake and ice cream celebration to commemorate the 15 years the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has taken residence at Elm Bank. A welcome from DCR representatives, Mass Hort President and more.

    All Day:

    Mass Hort Historical Exhibit, Information Booth and Membership Table

    In the Maple Grove you will find an exhibit about the history of the Elm Bank Reservation and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, information about the programs and activities going on daily, how to become a member, and ways support Mass Hort!

    Food Vendors – Concessions and Catering by Kiss. Bring a blanket, grab your lunch, and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and gardens

    Farmers Market Exhibit – Did you know that Mass Hort sponsors the Wellesley Farmers Market located at Whole Foods? Come visit their information table and learn more about the booth, produce from one of the vendors, and even see a live demonstration.

    Youth Activities

    10:00-4:00: Kids Mural Activity in the Gardens

    10:00-4:00: Elm Bank Scavenger Hunt

    10:00-12:00: Build a Fairy Garden in Weezie’s Garden

    10:00-12:00: Linx Camp – Discovery Grove Field

    Game and Nature Arts and Crafts station

    Adult Activities

    10:00-12:00: Floral Design Workshop with Marisa McCoy– Create a Fall Basket centerpiece with Marisa McCoy. Join Mass Hort and Marisa McCoy in creating a Fall Basket centerpiece on our 15th Anniversary Day of Celebration. Hands on workshops are one of our most popular education events and as we celebrate what we do at Elm Bank we are offering this opportunity to create a floral design. Marisa’s depth of experience and gentle direction help to provide the perfect atmosphere for beginner to expert to release the creative juices and take home a design to be proud of. Participants will have their choice of fresh and dried materials including seed pods, seed heads, and berries, as well as flowers and foliage chosen from a bright fall color palette.

    Marisa McCoy is a Trustee of Mass Hort, a Nationally Accredited Master Flower Show Judge, and the current President Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. Currently, Marisa is a floral design instructor, garden club speaker, active member of the MFA Senior Associates, and a custom wedding and special occasion floral designer.Program fee: $30 MEMBERS AND $35 NON MEMBERS- all materials included.  Registration required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    11:00-12:00: Extending Your Growing Season – Lecture.

    2:00-4:00: Succulent Container Workshop with Art Scarpa – Hands on workshops are one of our most popular education events and as we celebrate what we do at Elm Bank we are offering this opportunity to plant a succulent dish garden with guidance from Art Scarpa. Participants will plant a twelve inch Italian terra cotta container with South African winter growing succulents. Workshop fee includes plants, soil, container, top-dressing, and hand selected decorative stones.

    Known for his expertise in growing succulents and for his love for unusual plants, Art is certified as a judge by the Cactus and Succulent Society of America and has competed and judged at numerous major shows, including Boston, Newport and Philadelphia and many regional cactus and succulent shows.Program fee and registration required. $40.00 MEMBERS, $45 NON MEMBERS. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    2:00-3:00: History of Elm Bank Lecture

    4:00-6:00: Champagne and Strings in the Italianate Garden: $20.00 MEMBERS, $25.00 NON MEMBERS. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    Wrap up the evening with light appetizers and bubbly in the beautiful Italianate Garden, designed by the Olmsted Brothers Firm. While taking in the view, enjoy the music provided by the Fensgate Chamber Players. Tickets can also be purchased during the day at the membership table (Program fee and registration required).

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  • Tuesday, December 4, 10:00 am – Home for the Holidays: New Look for Old Traditions

    Marisa McCoy, award-winning floral and landscape designer and nationally accredited flower-show judge, will present ideas for updating traditional floral decorating at home. Her Andover Garden Club program on Tuesday, December 4, beginning at 10 am in the South Church Fellowship Hall, 41 Central Street in Andover, will include colors for tables, mantels, doorways, stairs, and gift packages. Free to Andover Garden Club members, non-members $10. For more information visit www.gcfm.org/andovergardenclub.  Image from www.frenchbouquetofboston.com.

  • September 14 – 16 – Flower Show School Course I

    Mark your calendars for the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts series of Flower Show School Courses, beginning Tuesday, September 14 through Thursday, September 16, at the Holiday Inn in Taunton, Massachusetts.  Instructor and National Garden Club Federation Past President Barbara May will lecture on Flower Show Procedure and Design, and Cathy Felton will cover Horticulture: Annuals & Cacti and Succulents.  Brochures are available by contacting Hila Lyman, GCFM Local Flower Show School Chairman, at 508-548-0841, or by emailing her at hilajeanne@comcast.net.

    Picture below is Marisa McCoy’s interpretation of the Great Barrier Reef, from Flora in Winter 2010.