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  • Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4 – Needham’s Art in Bloom 2012

    See student artwork with floral interpretations in two venues in Needham.  On Friday, March 2, from 2 – 4 pm, exhibits will be on display at Needham High School, in the Lobby of the Senior Center, and at Town Hall.  Saturday, from 9 – 5, go to the Needham Public Library, where forty arrangements will be shown.  Sunday, the hours at the Needham Public Library will be from 1 – 4. Needham’s Art in Bloom was modeled after the annual springtime exhibit Art in Bloom presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston.  Beth Shalom Garden Club’s goal was to organize a community event that would engage people of all ages, interests, and life experiences. Each piece of mixed media artwork created by talented Needham High School students will have an accompanying floral interpretation produced by members of the award winning Beth Shalom Garden Club. For more information, visit www.needhamartinbloom.com. The event is co-sponsored by Beth Shalom Garden Club and the Needham High School Fine Arts Department.

  • Friday, March 4 – Sunday, March 6 – Needham’s Art in Bloom 2011

    Beth Shalom Garden Club and the Needham High School Fine Arts Department proudly announce Needham’s Art in Bloom 2011, which will be held during the weekend of March 4 – 6 at multiple locations in Needham, Massachusetts. Beth Shalom Garden Club co-chair Sue Kaplan said “It really appeals to everyone – art lovers, flower lovers, seniors, students, couples, families with young children…everyone!” This free, multi-generational exhibit will feature mixed media student artwork accompanied by floral interpretations designed by members of the Beth Shalom Garden Club. This year’s event has been generously sponsored by Roche Bros.

    Needham’s Art in Bloom was modeled after the annual springtime exhibit Art in Bloom presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston. Beth Shalom Garden Club’s goal was to organize a community event that would engage people of all ages, interests, and life experiences. In June 2010, the Garden Club Federation of MA, Inc. awarded the state’s SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Beth Shalom Garden Club for it’s successful creation and execution of Needham’s Art in Bloom. The exhibit, now in it’s third year has become a well-received annual event. Last year, over a thousand people filled the Needham Public Library during the weekend long exhibit.

    This year there will be special Tercentennial component of Needham’s Art in Bloom in celebration of town’s 300th birthday. Floral interpretations of notable Needham artists W.C. Wyeth and Giovanni Costano as well as notable Needham authors will be on display in the Bosworth and Wyeth rooms at the library. The Needham Exchange Club and Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) have generously funded this special exhibit.

    The weekend’s schedule is as follows: On Friday, March 4th from 12-4, a few pieces of the exhibit will be on display in the Needham High School lobby and also at the Needham Senior Center providing a taste of what’s to come. On Saturday, March 5th from 9:00am to 5:00pm and on Sunday, March 6th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm the complete exhibit will be on display throughout the Needham Public Library.

    If further information is needed  please contact either co-chair:

    Sue Kaplan, Beth Shalom Co-Chair      Allison Shapiro, Beth Shalom Co-Chair
    SueKflowers@yahoo.com LATDShapiro@rcn.com
    Phone: 781-444-6085                               Phone: 781-453-9880

  • Wednesday, September 2, 4:30 – 7 pm – Redesigning a Garden Center & Farm Stand for Future Growth

    Volante Farms, a farmstand and garden center located at 226 Brookside Road, Needham,  recently redesigned and constructed their garden center featuring a new, state-of-the-art 16,000 square foot gutter-connected greenhouse with rainwater collection, ebb and flood benches, heated floor, shade curtains and more. Join them for pizza and an evening learning about their renovation.
    Cosponsored by University of Massachusetts Extension Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture Program and Massachusetts Flower Growers Association.
    For more information, contact: Tina Smith 413-545-5306 – tsmith@umext.umass.edu, Paul Lopes 508-295-2212 ext. 24 – lopes@umext.umass.edu or Bob Luczai 781-275-4811 – bluczai@ballseed.com .