The Rockport Garden Club will present Mary Huntoon, a design instructor with the National Garden Clubs, Inc., on Monday, November 5 beginning at 12 noon at the Community House on Broadway in Rockport. Mary will demonstrate holiday arrangements. The event is free. Read about the Rockport Garden Club at www.rockportgardenclub.org.
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.
