The Framingham Garden Club presents Say it with Flowers with Thelma Shoneman on April 2 from 6:15 – 9 at Boston Church of Christ, 214 Concord St, Framingham. Tickets are $20. There will be refreshments and raffle prizes. Contact Pam Keeney (508-405-0331) or Andi Saari (508-877-1091) for tickets.
Get a welcome taste of spring during Worcester Art Museum’s 18th-annual Flora in Winter. One of our most highly anticipated events, this four-day extravaganza features captivating and imaginative flower arrangements inspired by works of art and created by the region’s top floral designers.
Flora in Winter is supported in part by the Bernard G. and Louise B. Palitz Fund and the Spear Fund for Public Programs. Sponsored by Unibank. General admission to the event is at the door only – WAM members free, nonmembers $25. There are ticketed events that may be reserved online. For complete information visit www.worcesterart.org.
Thursday, January 23 from 11 – 1, join Thelma Shoneman for a Workshop on Leaf Manipulation ($50). From 1:30 – 3:30, Ellen Donaldson will take you back to the 1960’s with a Workshop on Groovy Felt Flower Pins ($15.)
Friday, January 24 from 8 – 10 am brings a Flora Live Interpretation in the Gallery: Two Impressions, One Renoir, with floral designers Julie Lapham and Sarah Ribeiro ($20 WAM members, $40 nonmembers.) At 10:30, Kim Cutler, Flora in Winter co-chair, reveals how floral designers look for clues such as color, line, and texture, in works of art when creating interpretive flower arrangements. In the evening, from 5:30 – 8, don’t miss the exclusive evening celebration of Flora in Winter, inspired by the exhibition Photo Revolution: Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman! The festivities include entertainment, live music, hearty hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar. Valet available at Lancaster Street entrance for $5 per car. Tickets ($25 members, $40 nonmembers) sold online and at the door.
Saturday, there will be Flower Power Art Carts, with face painting in Lancaster Lobby and Chenille Stem Flower Making in Salisbury Hall. At 9:30 am, Sally Jablonski, of Herbert E. Berg Florist and World Cup of Flower Arranging finalist, shows how to create centerpieces for your dining room table or entertaining spaces—using her award-winning design techniques. Program includes refreshments and a docent-led tour of Flora. (WAM members $20, nonmembers $40). At 2 pm there will be a concert in Renaissance Court by Post Road Chorus.
Sunday, attend a lecture at 1 pm on Artificial Flowers in the Age of Aquarius, with Nancy Burns, Stoddard Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs ($10, limited seating), followed by a concert at 2 by the Seele Musicale Chamber Ensemble, performing selections from the 17th and 18th centuries.
This Worcester Art Museum Flora in Winter event on January 25 from 8:30 – 10 taps the expertise of floral designers Susan Dewey and Thelma Shoneman. Enter the Museum before hours (8:30 – 10) and enjoy coffee and pastry in the Café before watching Susan and Thelma as they create arrangements inspired by two suits of armor in the European Galleries. Register online at http://flora2019.brownpapertickets.com. WAM Members $20, Nonmembers $35, Students $20 (includes Flora admission). Limited to 30 people.
Join National Garden Club Master Judges Thelma Shoneman and Maureen Christmas on Saturday, January 30 from 10:30 – 1:30 at the Worcester Art Museum as they explore the world of floral design. The demonstration will present exciting combinations of plant materials and new design techniques. The stunning results will be raffled off to the audience. Immediately following will be a buffet-style lunch and a special docent-led tour of Flora in Winter! WAM members $30, nonmembers $40. To reserve your seat: Call 1-800-838-3006, or buy online at www.worcesterart.org.
The Metro District Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 11 at 10:00 AM. at Elm Bank in the Hunnewell Carriage House. Elm Bank is located at 900 Washington Street, (Route 16), Wellesley, Massachusetts. Our featured speaker, Thelma Shoneman, a nationally accredited Master Flower Show Judge, will be presenting a program, Fabulous Gardens that Inspired Floral Designs. Thelma recently visited six fabulous gardens in Oregon, Nebraska, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Maine. Thelma will speak about each garden and the unique attraction that inspired the “floral souvenir”! Each arrangement that she creates will include a different leaf manipulation, which she will demonstrate. These arrangements will be raffled at the end of the program.
The luncheon will be catered by Baker’s Best of Newton and the charge for the luncheon is $25 per person. Checks should be made out to GCFM. For each attendee please list their name, email address, and their choice of lunch sandwich: chicken salad, roasted vegetable or turkey. Tell us if an attendee has special dietary restrictions. Guests are welcome. You may mail a check to Babs Moss, 43 Fairfax Road, Needham, MA 02492. Image below is of Thelma’s floral interpretation at the Worcester Art Museum’s Flora in Winter:
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will hold a series of lectures and demonstrations on Flower Arranging three times in the coming season : Monday, October 29, Monday, January 28 (with a Tuesday, January 29 snow date), and Monday, March 25, from 10 – noon at the Hunnewell Building, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Elm Bank, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Join them for an interactive design experience. The Massachusetts designers, among the best in the country, will teach you what they do and how they do it. Top secrets are often revealed! Reservations are being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, but no telephone reservations will be taken. The total (and very reasonable) fee for all three sessions is $25, and you may make out a check payable to GCFM, Inc. and mail it to Thelma Shoneman, 21 Freedom Farme Road, Acton, MA 01720. Please include your full name and address, telephone number, email address, and Garden Club affiliation. You will receive an email confirmation when your check is received.
On Friday, February 11, from 9:30 am – 12 noon at the Fitchburg Art Museum, 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Master floral designer Thelma Shoneman demonstrates different approaches to interpreting African artwork in preparation for Fitchburg Art Museum’s Art in Bloom, taking place April 15 – 17. Contact Fiona Casey, fcasey@fitchburgartmuseum.org, or call 978-345-4207, ext. 312, to register. $5 for FAM members, $15 for non-members. Flower arrangement below by Cath Bray.
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.
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.
