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  • Thursday, November 17, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm – The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America Fall Lecture and Luncheon

    The Boston Committee of The Garden Club of America invites its member clubs to the Fall Lecture and Luncheon on Thursday, November 17, featuring Carol R. Johnson, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Carol R. Johnson Associates.  Carol will speak on A Life In The Landscape.  Boston-based landscape architect Carol R. Johnson has spent the last four decades transforming urban spaces, campuses, industrial sites, and neglected waterfronts into vital, celebrated parks and public spaces.  In her lecture she will talk about her life, career, design philosophy, and what it means to be a pioneering woman in the field of landscape architecture.  At the Thursday, November 17 meeting, The Boston Committee will also present the 2011 Boston Bowl to Arabella Dane, past President of the American Horticulture Society and the World Association of Flower Arrangers, as well as a Master Judge for National Garden Clubs and the author of several books on horticulture and butterflies.  The Beautification Award will be presented to Boston University in special recognition of its work planting, paving, and enhancing the Commonwealth Avenue landscape.  Registration will begin at The Country Club, 191 Clyde Street, at 10:30 pm, with lecture and luncheon to follow.  $50 for lecture and luncheon, $25 lecture only, with checks made payable to The Boston Committee of the GCA and mailed to Mrs. William U. Shipley, 40 Dunster Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.  If you are not a member of a Boston Committee club, contact info@bostonflora.com for more information.

  • Shirley Nicolai Named 42nd President of National Garden Clubs, Inc.

    Shirley Nicolai, of Fort Washington, Maryland, has been named the 42nd president of National Garden Clubs, Inc.  The Garden Club of the Back Bay  is affiliated, through its membership in the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, with the National Garden Clubs.  Quoting from an article published in The Washington Times, Shirley is “a former elementary school teacher who has been deeply involved in NGC-affiliated activities for more than 30 years…also recognized for her environmental activism related to aquatic ecosystems, having successfully submitted one of the first mitigation plans to satisfy Chesapeake Bay Critical Area legislation requirements.”  To read the full article, visit http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/making-change/2011/aug/7/national-garden-clubd-inc-welcomes-new-president/  We welcome Shirley and wish her much success during her two year term.

  • Thursday, October 27 – Saturday, October 29 – Landscape Design Study Program

    The Massachusetts Landscape Design Study Program, Course II, Series 14, is a four-course series accredited by National Garden Clubs, Inc. and sponsored by the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.  The program provides continuing education in landscape design, and the courses and examinations are open to all. The written examinations are based on both the required reading and the lecturers’ presentations.  After successfully completing two courses, a student is eligible for Provisional Consultant status and may join a Landscape Design Council.  The program will be held at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts.  For complete information and registration details, contact Jane E. O’Sullivan, 781-659-4423, or jeosullivan@comcast.net.

  • Monday, October 17 – Tuesday, October 18 – New England Region Annual Meeting and Flower Show Symposium

    The National Garden Clubs, Inc. New England Region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) announces the New England Region Annual Meeting and Flower Show Symposium, to be held Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 18, at the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford (below.)  Agenda, tours and registration forms will be available at www.gcfm.org, and in upcoming issues of The National Gardener.

  • National Garden Club’s Bloomin’ Bag

    The National Garden Club’s Member Services is delighted to introduce the new Bloomin’ Bag, just in time for the holidays.  This high style, light weight bag features a three dimensional open rose (8 1/2″ by 10″) on the front of the bag.  Constructed of soft faux leather, accented with gold tone hardware, reinforced bottom, top zip, one outside zip pocket, lined interior, inside pocket and additional inside compartments, the bag is 10″ high by 12″ wide, with two 7 1/4″ handles.  The item is available for $36 plus shipping, and is available in daffodil yellow, light grey, bronze, beige, red, white, pewter, light purple, green (citron yellow), blue and true green.  Call Teri Virga at Member Services (1-800-550-6007) to place an order.  All bags will be shipped directly to you from the manufacturer, and minimum shipping is $10 per bag.  Exact shipping rates will be available from Teri.  For complete information, log onto www.gardenclub.org/Shopping/BloominBag.aspx.

  • Saturday, November 6 – Sunday, November 7, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – GCFMA Environmental Studies School 2010

    Get ready for another exciting and informative weekend, this year in Hull, Massachusetts.  Welcome back some instructors you may have enjoyed before, and meet new ones.  Learn about weather and discuss global warming with a local meteorologist.  Trade in your toxic household products for healthy, non-toxic alternatives.  Explore pollution and develop a value system which respects the interdependence of all nature.  Explore the rain forest and discover new ways to protect endangered plants and wildlife.  Last, but not least, visit Hull’s wind turbines and learn about their development, construction, and how Hull benefits from clean, free energy.  This National Garden Clubs, Inc. program November 6 – 7 is entitled The Living Earth – Air and Related Issues.  The event will be held at the Nantasket Beach Hotel and Conference Center, 45 Hull Shore Drive in Hull, and the course fee is $110. Marc Fournier, Debbie Cook, Marie Stella, Rob Gilman, and Patrick Cannon will speak.  Required text: Living in the Environment by G. Tyler Miller, Jr., 7th Edition or later – Reference only.  For complete information, call Judy Dorner at 781-367-0626, or email her at Kayakflower@verizon.net.

  • Wednesday, May 19 – Friday, May 21 – 43rd Annual New England Regional Symposium

    The 43rd Annual New England Regional Symposium will take place Wednesday – Friday, May 19 – 21, at The Colony Hotel, 140 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine (below).  This program is presented by the Garden Club Federation of Maine, Rebecca Linney, President, and New England Region Director Kathleen Thomas.  The course is accredited by National Garden Clubs, Inc.

    Instructor Dorothy (Dottie) Howatt is a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, is a NGC Accredited Master Flower Show Judge, a Flower Show School/Symposium Horticulture Instructor, and a Daffodil Instructor for the American Daffodil Society.  She holds a BS degree in horticulture from the University of Maryland.  Instructor Bobbi Heenan, a resident of Georgia, is also a NGC Accredited Master Flower Show Judge and a Flower Show School/Symposium Horticulture Instructor.  She has been exhibiting, teaching and lecturing on design for thirty years throughout the United States and South America.

    The deadline for hotel reservations is May 13.  All reservations are to be made directly with the Hotel at 1-800-552-2363, or on line at www.thecolonyhotel.com/maine/.  Register with the Registration Code: New England Regional Symposium in order to receive the NER group rate of $139 + 7% tax (tax amount subject to change), double or single occupancy.  The rate includes free parking and a breakfast buffet each day.

    To register for the Symposium, make checks (see amounts below)  payable to NER Symposium 2010 and mail to Nancy Atwell, 21 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107-2307.  Deadline is May 10.  No refunds will be made after that date.  No telephone reservations, please.  Include your name, address, telephone number and email address with your check.  $145 will include the full course with exam, and includes one dinner and two lunches.  Another $145 option is for full course Audit, taking for Credit, and includes the same dinner and two lunches as above.  $140 pays for full course, no Credit, with meal options as above.  Please indicate if you prefer grilled salmon, chicken Wellington, or vegetarian lasagna.

    For more information, go to the NER web site, www.newenglandregion.org.

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  • Wednesday, May 26 – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Annual Meeting

    Please join President Linda Jean Smith at the 83nd Annual Meeting, “The Green Fields of Summer,” Wednesday, May 26 at The Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street in Mansfield, Massachusetts.  Registration begins at 8:30 am, followed by your choice of one of three workshops:  “Awards, Flower Shows & More”, “The Meeting Will Come to Order, Please” and a Victorian Tussie Mussie Workshop.  Following the 10:00 am Call to Order, there will be the presentation of awards, a Judges Council Flower Show Viewing, a Social Hour and Boutique Shopping, the Awards Luncheon, and a Floral Design Program at 2:15 pm with Gloria Freitas-Steidinger, Master Flower Show Judge and White House and International Designer (See one of her designs pictured below).  The meeting will adjourn at 3:15 pm.  For full registration forms and material, check the most recent Mayflower, or log on to www.gcfm.org.

    Royalty

  • Wednesday, June 15 – Sunday, June 19, 2011: This Glorious Earth

    The World Association of Flower Arrangers announces that the United States of America is the host country of WAFA, responsible for  three years of floral activity.  The 10th World Flower Show will culminate in a four day event at the World Trade Center here in Boston, June 15 – June 19, 2011. Join WAFA as it welcomes floral artists from across the globe.  The show will be an extraordinary time for the USA: a chance to see and participate in a collaborative effort by the National Garden Clubs, Inc. and The Garden Club of America’s design study groups.  There are spaces and places available for everyone who wants to be a part of these memorable events.  Sign up and learn more at www.wafausa.org.

    Subscribe to Floral Design Magazine
    and support the 10th World Flower Show
    In a watershed move, Floral Design Magazine’s publisher, Mike Legg, has joined WAFA USA fundraising efforts by donating US$10.00 for every new subscription and subsequent renewals received until the World Flower Show being held in 2011.
    Start a subscription today by visiting Floral Design Magazine’s special webpage http://www.floraldesignmagazine.com/wafa.html

  • Wednesday, June 3 – Thursday, June 4 – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Annual Meeting

    Please join President Celeste Wilson at the 82nd Annual Meeting Wednesday, June 3rd through Thursday, June 4 at The Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center, 219 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01886.  Registration begins Wednesday at 2:30 pm, followed by a design workshop “Summer Elegance” with Thelma Shoneman.  At the 5:30 Cocktail Reception and 6:30 dinner meet honored guest Renee Blaschke, President of the National Garden Clubs.  Thursday’s activities begin with coffee and boutique shopping at 8 a.m., a speech by Peter Alden entitled “Changes in Flora and Fauna, Understanding Invasives”, and Julie Lapham with a design presentation “Hats Off to Our Presidents.”  Following the Awards Luncheon, Presentation of Awards and Installation of Officers and President’s Message, the meeting will adjourn at 3:15.  For full registration forms and material, check the most recent Mayflower, or log on to www.gcfm.org.