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Tag: Noannet Garden Club

  • Wreath of the Day – Pine Street Inn

    We decorate wreaths for raffle winners and high auction bidders to benefit various not for profit organizations, and this year we received a heartwarming note from a member of the Noannet Garden Club, who, unbeknownst to us, planned to donate her wreath to the Pine Street Inn. Pine Street Inn provides a comprehensive range of services, including permanent supportive housing, job training and placement, emergency shelter and street outreach to nearly 2,000 homeless men and women each day. Founded in 1969, Pine Street is the largest resource for homeless men and women in New England. The wreath pictured below now hangs on the door leading to the men’s dining hall there. She reports the men and the staff were thrilled to receive it. The only decorations they had were a couple of tin Christmas trees, and this wreath has brought joy to all who see it.

  • Noanett “Gold”

    Noanett Garden Club invites you to participate in their annual sale of Noanett “Gold”.

    Noanett has become well known for its wonderful bright red bags of organic manure that come from a dairy farm in Western Massachusetts. When you purchase the bags, you support the Noanett Garden Club and you also support the farm. If you want to “buy local”, Noanett Gold is the way to go! And since many of you and your fellow gardeners have ordered before, you know how good this stuff is. The 40lb bags are only $7.50 each – the same as last year.

    Bags available for Honor System Pick-up beginning Friday, April 18th. Please pick up your order by April 27th! Help will be available to load cars on Saturday, April 19th from 10am–12pm at the pickup location, 74 Farm Street in Dover.

    Please send orders and PREPAYMENT to:
    NOANETT GARDEN CLUB
    c/o Elaine Fiske
    74 Farm Street
    Dover, MA 02030

    Orders MUST be RECEIVED and PREPAID by April 10th. Late orders will be accommodated on an as-available basis. Just a reminder: they do not offer delivery. For questions, please call Lin Murray, 508-785-9876 or e-mail murrlin@aol.com.  For product information see

    http://blackgoldcompost.net/Product_Information/.

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  • Wednesday, April 4, 10:00 am – Ikebana Demonstration with Kaye Vosburgh

    See the art of Ikebana, Japanese floral design, utilizing spring plant materials. Ikebana Instructor of the Sogetsu School Kaye Vosburgh will explain the technique to both novice and experienced students in this linear form of flower arranging. This Garden Club of the Back Bay meeting will be held at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, on Wednesday, April 4, beginning at 10 am, and will be followed by an optional lunch. Members will receive written notice of the program. Non-members may contact info@bostonflora.com if interested in attending.

    Ms. Vosburgh, a member of The Garden Club of the Back Bay as well as Noannet Garden Club, has studied, exhibited and taught in Massachusetts, New York, Japan and Ecuador. She is also a Master Judge in the Federated Garden Clubs and a First Grade Ikebana Teacher in the Sogetsu School. A frequent speaker at flower shows and with garden clubs, Kaye and has earned numerous awards for her designs including the two top awards in the 2008 Boston Flower Show’s Molten Lava category.