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Tag: World Association of Flower Arrangers

  • 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.

  • 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.

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    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.
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