Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Location:  St. Lukes Parish Hall, Ruggles Street

Lifecycle Gardening with Betty Sanders

“Making your Garden fit the Stages of your life”

Young, working, busy with children?-Your time in the garden may be estricted by other pressing needs. Older, but career and other demands of daily life steal your time? Learn how to use your spare time to create your dream garden and then savor the time you can relax in your garden.  While our time spent in the garden can be limited by what’s happening now, with proper planning, we can take steps to garden throughout our lives.

Betty Sanders is a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association. She is also a nationally accredited flower show judge.  Betty has studied gardening everywhere from Arnold Arboretum to the New York Botanical Garden and the New England Wildflower Society.

Westborough Garden Club
Annual Plant Sale

Saturday, May 19th
9  – 11 a.m. (rain or shine)

Tufts Machine Parking Lot
53 East Main Street

Don’t miss this annual event featuring locally grown and nurtured plants grown by the members of the Westborough Garden Club. 

All proceeds support our mission to provide scholarships, plant and maintain 22 community gardens around town, and provide educational programs for our members and the general public.  This year we are able to award $1,500 in scholarships to students pursuing studies in horticulture, and environmental or related studies, $1,000 donation to  the Bay State Gardens project, and a $2,000 donation to the garden renovation project at the  Westborough Public Library.

Come early and thank you in advance for your support!

Saturday, June 9, 2012

10 a.m. – noon:  Weston Nurseries, 93 E. Main St. Hopkinton

Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies

Refreshments from GayGrace Teas

Take a break from your garden, relax with garden friends and enjoy  teas and scrumptious pastries as we listen to the Weston Nurseries experts share ideas on planting to entice Hummingbirds and Butterflies. The Nursery will be in bloom –

always fun to tour the grounds after our tea.

Presented by: Al & Paula DeLuca
Location:  Mill Pond School,. 6 Olde Hickory Path

Enjoy an evening of flowers and music sure to set the mood for the holiday season, as Al DeLuca AIFD and his wife Paula dazzle you with floral designs that draw their inspiration from the traditional sounds of the Christmas Season.  As you listen to familiar carols and holiday selections play on the piano by Paula DeLuca, Al will design unique floral decor to grace your home for the holidays.  Music and floral design share many of the same principles and elements, so, it is only natural that one would be the inspiration for the other.  This is a unique program, not to be missed!  You will find the presentation to be both inspirational and entertaining.  Don’t miss this opportunity to spend a merry evening of lively entertainment and practical application.

Al DeLuca has been active in the floral industry for nearly 30 years.  His career started as a freelance designer while he was a full time world language teacher.  He was inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designer in 1995 and was inducted into the American Academy of Floriculture in 2002.  From 1996 to 2008 Al owned and operated Flor-Al’s Inc in Worcester.  During those years Al participated in the Boston flower show as an exhibitor and lecturer and was invited to design for the AIFD booth at the Philadelphia Flower show on three different occasions.  He has taught several courses at Tower Hill Botanical Gardens and has been a presenter at many garden clubs and other organization.  Al currently is teaching Spanish at St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury and is a freelance designer when time permits.

Paula DeLuca holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Anna Maria College and a master’s in music from Boston University.  Paula taught music in the Worcester Public Schools for several years  and presently is a private piano instructor of over 30 students.  Paula has accompanied her husband, Al to several floral symposiums and workshops held throughout the United States. Most recently, she performed at the AIFD National Symposium held in Boston, Massachusetts in July of 2010.  She and Al devised the program of Music and Its Relationship to Floral Design and they were featured at the Holden Garden Club’s spring meeting in February of 2010.  It is a pleasure for them to be presenting a similar program for the Westboro Garden Club.

Presented by:  Layanee DeMerchant
Location:  St. Lukes Parish Hall , 2^nd Fl, Ruggles Street

Layanee DeMerchant is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Landscape Architecture. She also holds a Certificate of Horticulture from URI. Layanee is a member of the RINLA, The Garden Writer’s Association, and the American Horticultural Society. She has worked as a Landscape Designer and has worked as an independent Lawn and Garden Sales Representative. Layanee is currently working as a Garden Coach and Consultant in addition to her duties with The Garden Guys.

An avid gardener, Layanee gardens in northwestern Rhode Island and maintains several mixed perennial borders in addition to shrub borders and a modest vegetable garden.

Layanee shares her gardens via her personal blog, stop by and visit and don’t forget to smell the roses!

http://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/

presented by:  Melissa Horne
Location:    Bergson’s 1790 Restaurant & Tavern, 208 Turnpike Road (Route 9 eastbound)

This evening’s presentation will take place at the historical Bergson’s 1790 Restaurant & Tavern, which is listed on the National register of Historic Places in the United States.  The house has eight working fireplaces, each with a unique surround built by different carpenters of that time.  Tonight, Melissa will be designing a mantel in silks everlasting in a New England colonial theme, a fresh harvest theme for the current season and one for year round which will include live plants.

Note:  If you have a special mantelpiece and would like some advice on how to show it off best, please bring it along.

Melissa Horne, a native of Westborough is the owner of The Plant Bazaar Florist. She has been in business since 2006. In her opening year, Melissa placed first for her floral artistry and unique interpretation at the Central Massachusetts Flower Show.

Since then, The Plant Bazaar Florist has taken on a fresh perspective and new, imaginative concepts, incorporating these into lush plantscapes and exotic varieties in floral design. She specializes in modern, contemporary artistry as well as maintaining her customers traditional needs. Melissa has an eclectic style which shows through the unusual gift items and custom gift baskets you will find at her shop.

From Weddings, Special Events, Interior and Exterior Corporate and Residential Seasonal and Holiday decorating, Plant installation and Maintenance, no job is too light or grand.

April 27, 2011   7:00 P.M.
Location: St. Lukes Parish Hall , 2nd Fl,
Ruggles Street

“Feng Shui Gardening: Love, Wealth and Meditation” presented by: Natalia Kaylin A Feng Shui assessment always starts by analyzing a site because the land itself is what offers the most support for the building and its occupants. In this workshop you will discover how the landscape around your home affects your wellbeing and luck and how to correct undesirable influences if they exist.

You will learn characteristics of an ideal property according to Feng Shui principles. You will see numerous examples of garden elements such as water features, paths, walkways, sculptures, and garden accessories and learn how to place them and combine them to create the most nurturing and beautiful garden.

You will learn how to have fun in the garden by creating a “love garden,” “wealth garden,” and a “meditation and healing garden.”

Natalia Kaylin is a leading Feng Shui expert in New England. She has consulted on countless projects in the greater Boston area and her services are sought out by people in both residential and commercial settings.

With her experience and intuitive skills, Natalia helps her clients to develop a connection between their personal energy and the energy of their environment to create nurturing spaces that are supportive on many levels.

Natalia has studied with Feng Shui masters in China and in addition to other certifications, holds the “Certificate of Advanced Feng Shui Studies in China”. Natalia lectures extensively and teaches classes on Feng Shui. She has taught workshops at the University of Massachusetts, Williams College, and the Build Boston convention. Her articles have appeared in several publications, and she has been interviewed and filmed by the media on the topic of Feng Shui.

Natalia has an MS in Physics and worked for many years as an electro-optical engineer. Her background helps her understand the depth of Feng Shui as a science and to distinguish its real nature from false notions. This ability is invaluable when applying Feng Shui to modern western culture and her clients’ needs.

Natalia lives in Westford, MA. She consults in the Boston area, throughout New England and New York and periodically on the West Coast. For more information please visit www.easternsciences.com

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