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  • Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Back to Our Roots: A Summer Garden Tour

    The Easton Garden Club presents Back to Our Roots — a summer garden tour of five exquisite gardens of Easton, Massachusetts, Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15, from 10 – 4. Boxed lunches will be available. To purchase tickets contact Debby Johnson at 774-257-7653 or EGCTreasury@yahoo.com. The self guided tour will begin at the Easton Historical Society and Museum, 80 Mechanic Street in North Easton.  Tickets are $22 in advance, $30 on day of tour.  Image below of 136 Elm Street, North Easton, circa 1959.

  • Friday, November 25 – Saturday, December 3 – Easton Garden Club Festival of Trees

    Enjoy an indoor display of decked-out holiday trees at Queset House, 51 Main Street, North Easton, sponsored by the Easton Garden Club.  Hours are November 25, 6 – 9, November 26 and 27, noon – 9, and weekdays, November 28 – December 2, 4 – 9.  The final day, Saturday, December 3, the Festival will be open from 10 – 9.  There will also be a greens sale at the Railroad Station on Sullivan Avenue in the Village of North Easton.  All trees are donated by individuals, local businesses, organizations, and schools.  Many award-winning Easton Garden Club floral designers will participate, including Gloria Freitas-Steidinger, a past President and GCFMA accredited judge, who also holds the distinction of decorating for the White House.  Admission: $5 adults, kids free.  Tree raffle tickets will be available at the door (a sheet of 26 tickets is $8)  For more information visit www.eastongradenclub.org, or email info@eastongradenclub.org.

    Easton Festival of Trees

  • Garden Clubs Hold Greens Sales in Early December

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay is known for its beautiful holiday wreaths, but many other Garden Clubs throughout eastern Massachusetts hold greens sales in early December, where you may purchase swags, boughs, mistletoe and holly to further decorate your home.  Not all Clubs  have websites to check for details and directions, but we have included contact information below, so you may find the site most convenient to you.  All proceeds go towards betterment projects in the communities served by the Clubs, so buying from them is an easy way to help beautify Massachusetts.

    Tuesday, December 1 – Open Meeting and Greens Sale featuring floral designer Betty Call at the Cove Community Center in Beverly, beginning at 6 pm, sponsored by the Friendly Garden Club.  (www.beverlygardenclub.org)

    Saturday, December 5 -  “Annual Christmas Faire” at the First Congregational Church Fellowship Hall in Wareham, sponsored by the Wareham Garden Club.  Call Donna Greenwood at 508-748-1011 for times and more information.

    Saturday, December 5 – Greens Sale at the St. Joseph’s Parish Hall in Belmont, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, sponsored by the Belmont Garden Club.  Please use entrance from School Street parking lot.  For more information email sherry.h.jones@verizon.net.

    Saturday, December 5 – Greens Sale at the Easton Historical Society, North Easton, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, rain or shine, sponsored by the Easton Garden Club.  Contact info@eastongardenclub.org.

    Saturday, December 5 – Basket and Greens Sale at the Marblehead Community Center in Marblehead, from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, sponsored by the Arrangers of Marblehead. Call Nancy DiLisio at 781-593-3323.

    Saturday, December 5 – Greens Sale at Endicott Park Carriage House, Danvers, from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon, sponsored by the Danvers Garden Club. (www.danversgardenclub.org)

    Saturday, December 5 – Holiday Greens Sale at the Wollaston Congregational Church in Quincy, from 9:00 am – 11:00 am, sponsored by the Wollaston Garden Club of Quincy.  ( http://gardencentral.org/clubs/wgcquincy/)

    Saturday, December 5 – Greens Sale at the Little Red School House in Groveland, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, sponsored by the Groveland Garden Club.  Contact Margo Maione at bcsk&mom@verizon.net.

    Saturday December 5 – Sunday, December 6 – Holiday Boutique at St. Peter’s Church in Salem, from 10 – 4 (Saturday) and noon – 4 (Sunday), sponsored by the Salem Garden Club. (www.salemgardenclub.com)

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