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  • Tuesday, March 28, 1:00 pm – Texture in Floral Design Workshop

    Join Carolyn Ellis on Tuesday, March 28 at 1 pm at The First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street, to explore the role of texture in floral design. Create your own arrangement, following Carolyn’s step-by-step demonstration, or use workshop materials to create your own design. All materials, including container, flowers and tools will be provided but if you have favorite flower snips, feel free to bring them. There is a $65.00 non-refundable materials fee for this program.
     

    Carolyn has been designing flowers at the Museum of Fine Arts as an MFA Associate for more than ten years. Her work includes flower arrangements for the visitor center and for special events, holiday demonstrations for museum members, and training for incoming floral designers. She has done many Art in Bloom Roadshow demonstrations. Carolyn loves to share the basics of floral design with flower lovers, and one of her teaching videos for LexMedia cable television received an award for excellence in 2021.

    This program is for Garden Club of the Back Bay Members Only. For information on joining the Club to entitle you to participate, visit https://bostonflora.com/ Even counting the annual dues into the calculation, this class is good value. Plus, you are contributing to the beautification of the Back Bay and the Club’s commitment to urban tree care. Please rsvp by March 15 and pay the materials fee on Eventbrite by clicking HERE. 

    For questions about this program contact Nancy Cyr by clicking HERE. Nancy will keep a waiting list should spaces fill up. Out of respect for our fellow club members, please be sure to let her know if you cannot attend and need to cancel. 

    Tickets are non-refundable. If you cannot attend, we will consider your payment a contribution and you will receive an 
    acknowledgment. 

  • Monday, October 17, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Mini Pumpkin Decorating Pop Up

    Garden Club of the Back Bay member Nancy Cyr will demonstrate how to embellish mini pumpkins with succulents and dried flowers, in a workshop to be held October 17 from 3 – 5. The cost of $20 will include all materials, including the glue! RSVP no later than Friday, October 14 if you plan to attend, so she may purchase the correct number of pumpkins and accessories. The event will be held at 181 Marlborough St Unit 2. Please pay in advance at https://bostonflora.com/shop/

  • Wreath of the Day – Woodland Materials

    For all natural wreaths especially, gathering a rich variety of greens, twigs, berries, and cones is important. A plain balsam ring with some pine cones is a pretty sad statement. A continuing problem has been acquiring interesting pines, firs, junipers (which can be unpleasantly prickly), rose hips (same thorny problem), and anything with a blue tint. Recently, in a Garden Club online arranging session with member Nancy Cyr, we saw her use a tool called a rose stripper, designed to strip thorns from roses but more useful, she said, to strip the bottoms of evergreen branches so they can be put into vases as part of an arrangement without submerging needles under water. This was an AHA! moment. Handling some of our more difficult greens with the help of a rose stripper may save on bandages later. Next year … Below is a wreath from 2010.

  • Monday, November 22, 1:00 pm – Garden Club of the Back Bay Thanksgiving Flower Arranging with Nancy Cyr, Online

    Make a Thanksgiving Centerpiece from the Grocery Store!

    Garden Club of the Back Bay member, Nancy Cyr, will show you how to make a Thanksgiving arrangement using your own container and materials you can get at the grocery store. All items in the picture above were purchased at Whole Foods. With Nancy’s instruction you will create a “long and low” arrangement for the center of your Thanksgiving table. 

    NOTE:  A list of materials will be sent to registrants prior to the class. Please rsvp by November 19 to Jolinda Taylor by clicking here. 

  • Thursday, November 19, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Thanksgiving Centerpiece Flower Arranging, Online

    Thursday, November 19, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Thanksgiving Centerpiece Flower Arranging, Online

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay is pleased to announce the next pop-up flower arranging class online with Nancy Cyr on November 19 from 11 – noon. Due to the recent surge in COVID, participants will provide their own flowers, containers, and other supplies. The class itself is free.

    We will be making a long and low floral centerpiece for a dining room table.  You should purchase or forage greens and buy a variety of flowers. Nancy suggests roses, alstroemerias and chrysanthemums. We will learn two methods to secure greens and flowers: one using chicken wire (available on Amazon or at Michaels) the other using bendable twigs or vines. You will need a container and waterproof floral tape. Nancy will send a list of suggested materials and links to where you can buy them once you RSVP.


    RSVP NO LATER than November 16 by clicking here: SIGN UP

  • Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Garden Club of the Back Bay Pop-Up Flower Arranging with Nancy Cyr, Online

    Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Garden Club of the Back Bay Pop-Up Flower Arranging with Nancy Cyr, Online

    Nancy Cyr, Garden Club of the Back Bay member and Senior Flower Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will offer a Zoom presentation on October 27 at 7 pm on Decorating Mini-Pumpkins with Small Succulents and Dried Flowers. She will use an oasis floral glue. The materials will be available for pick up prior to the session, at a cost of $25, and will include 3 mini pumpkins, dried flowers, succulents, and the special glue. If you wish to join the class and acquire your own materials, you will be sent a link to order the glue online upon registration, along with the Zoom link. Sign up by emailing dianegipsonboston@gmail.com. You may pay online at https://bostonflora.com/shop/ You will receive your Zoom link along with pick up instructions.

    This will be the first of a series of three pop-up Garden Club of the Back Bay flower arranging sessions with Nancy. The next is scheduled for November 19th from 10 am – 11 am, and the third, on December 9 from 3 pm – 4 pm. Details will follow on the November and December classes.

  • Wednesday, September 23, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – GCBB Fall Flower Arranging Workshop on Zoom

    Wednesday, September 23, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – GCBB Fall Flower Arranging Workshop on Zoom

    The first meeting of The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s 2020/2021 program year will be a virtual flower arranging workshop on Wednesday, September 23 from 4 – 6 pm. Join Garden Club members for a late afternoon session led by GCBB member, Nancy Cyr.  Nancy is a Senior Flower Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  She studied flower design with a number of teachers including Francoise Weeks.  She believes that flower arranging is for everyone and that, while it is fun to have access to special and unusual flowers, you can achieve beautiful effects with flowers from the grocery store and weeds picked on your walks.  At the end of the workshop, Nancy will take questions from participants.

    There will be a $40 fee for flowers and vase.  To pay your $40.00 fee through the Garden Club’s website, click here:   https://bostonflora.com/shop/

    Or if you prefer, pay by check (made out to the Garden Club of the Back Bay) and mail to Jolinda Taylor, 276 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA  02116. Responses and payment must be received by September 18.

    Flowers/vase can be picked up on Wednesday morning, September 23 between 10 and 11 am at the parking lot of the First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street. These will be the same flowers/vase that Nancy will use for her demonstration. There is a limit of 20 people for this option. NOTE: Please wear a mask when you arrive to pick up your flowers/vase.

    Floral supplies limited to 20 attendees.  Others may join the call with their own flowers and vase. There will be no charge if you are participating with your own materials, but in order to receive the Zoom link and list of recommended materials, you must email Jolinda by clicking HERE.

  • Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Flower Arranging with Nancy Cyr – Postponed

    Garden Club of the Back Bay member Nancy Cyr cannot hold her next Club pop-up class on April 7 from 6 – 8 at Piattini, 226 Newbury Street, as originally planned. In the future, if rescheduled, you will learn to make small flower arrangements with special flowers. The cost of the class is $50, and you will leave with a lovely flower arrangement to welcome Spring. There will be a cash bar and food will be available for purchase.

  • Thursday, January 30, 10:45 am – Flower Arranging Demonstration

    Thursday, January 30, 10:45 am – Flower Arranging Demonstration

    Nancy Cyr, Garden Club of the Back Bay member, will be doing a large flower arranging demonstration at the Museum of Fine Arts Sharf Information Center on January 30 at 10:45 am.  This provides an opportunity to learn about flower arranging and get tips as Nancy makes a large flower arrangement which will be used as part of the Lunar New Year celebration. No need to RSVP. However, a membership to the MFA or day ticket will be required to enter. Grab a friend, spend the day, and enjoy a fellow member’s work!