Southborough Gardeners

Part of the Bressingham Garden at Elm Bank in Wellesley.  The garden was designed by Adrian Bloom to echo his own garden in Bressingham, England.

Part of the Bressingham Garden at Elm Bank with a view toward the Manor House, designed for Alice Cheney-Beltzell, the last person to live on the property.

Our knowledgeable (and entertaining) Elm Bank tour guide show us a favorite gardening book by Adrian Bloom, his most recent.

These are three different varieties of honeysuckle that looked gorgeous and smelled just as pretty as they looked.  Note the interesting branch structure created by a local craftsman.

This fun fellow was part of a sculpture exhibit at Weezie's Garden for Children at Elm Bank.  He became such a favorite with the kids that Mass. Hort. purchased him.

At the end of our Elm Bank tour our grateful group posed for a photo with our wonderful tour guide.  Note another branch structure in the background.  This one is intended to give visitors a view of the gardens from above.

Blue Ribbon Winner Marilyn Stivers used gorgeous spring blooms and her signature open style to create this delicate but dramatic arrangement. 

Julie Lapham, one of our Blue Ribbon Winners, used a variety of beautiful and unique roses to created this arrangement.

Michele Landes won a

Blue Ribbon for this

arrangement at a Newport Flower Show

This graceful arrangement in shades of white was created

by Trudy Bessom, one of

our Blue Ribbon Winners.

Veda Greene was a Blue Ribbon Winner at a Boston Flower

Show with this lovely little arrangement.

Phyllis Bezanson and Jayne Grieco interpreted Phyllis's beautiful painting which graced the cover of the award winning "Perennial Palette" cookbook.

​Judy Quinlan created this pretty floral version of a painting in  our "Perennial Palette" cookbook

Louise Turners used beautiful flowers and colorful veggies to interpret a painting from our "Perennial Palette" cookbook.

Danielle OConnell and Caroline Rossen demonstrate that "not all Spring bouquets are made of flowers" in their interpretation of a "Perennial Palette" painting.

Betty Meyer's interpretation of her own painting from the "Perennial Palette" cookbook.

Mary Coldwell's interpretation of the painting she created

for the "Perennial Palette" cookbook.

Jan DeWolf created this charming arrangement that calls to mind our planting projects around Southborough.

Celebrating our Holiday Wreath Sale...
Basket by Colleen Harper
Cake Stand by Elaine Holmes

& Hanging Wreath by

Amy Coombs

Shelley Dropkin's arrangement interprets an annual Spring Plant Sale scenario.

Joyce Macknauskas and Salli Hegarty's interpretation of the Triangle plantings at Rt. 85,

(including the traffic).  The triangle is one our ongoing community projects.

Sandra Peters' cheerful arrangment interprets

Gardeners plantings at the

Rt. 85 Triangle.

Laurie Macauda and Elizabeth Martins created this interpretation of the Library Urns in the Fall.

Michele Landes shows us

her perspective on the

greenhouse of the supplier

of geraniums for our

Spring Plant Sale.

​Michele Landes and Sue Lowell created interpretations of the Library Garden in the Spring.  These gardens were designed by the Southborough Gardeners.

Danielle OConnell's lovely creation shows her take on  our plantings in the Library Urns along with a town light post that happened to be centered between them in a photo.

Cathy Neidich and Barb Kantorski created this arrangement reminiscent of the Library Urns planted for spring.

Denise Baker designed this gorgeous and dramatic arrangement based upon her interpretation of the

Library Urns.

This striking arrangement

by Caroline Rossen was inspired by autumn plantings in the Library Urns.

Sue Conti shows us how "Flowers for Friends" can use flowers from our back yards for bouquets to cheer Southborough seniors and other friends around town.

Members enjoy a delicious lunch and celebrate a successful Spring Plant Sale and 50th Anniversary Flower Show.  Thank you to  Diana Lindon and her volunteer cooks and bakers!

We had a huge selection

of geraniums in a variety of fabulous colors!

Shoppers find a wide variety of plants donated by members

from their own gardens.

Members meet early to set up

the Spring Plant Sale on the Community Center Lawn.

Geraniums and Impatiens

spend the night before the

Spring Plant Sale on the deck

of the Community Center

Member volunteers unload

a truck full of geraniums

and impatiens the day

before that sale.

Colleen Harper and
Elaine Holmes with their

"Wabi Sabi" style arrangments.

Judy Quinlan created a

lovely arrangement as a demonstration at our

50th Anniversary luncheon.

One of the matching pair of urns in front of the Southborough Library.  The urns are planted seasonally (summer here) and maintained by our members.

Long time members

enjoy visiting at the 50th

Anniversary Luncheon

Current president Danielle OConnell with past president Louise Turner at our

Holiday Brunch.

Michele Landes hosted our Holiday Brunch and demonstrated three arrangements with the same group of flowers

Michele Landes and Caroline Rossen help assemble wreaths for our annual holiday wreath sale.

Members help assemble wreaths for our annual holiday

wreath sale.

A member's creation at our August Floral Arranging Workshop.