2022 Wayland Garden Club Plant Sale
May 2022 Container Workshop
June 2021 Field Trip to Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Spring 2020 at the Wayland Depot
Wayland Garden Club members Missy and Linda at work and play
2020 Spring Wayland Post Office planter
Thanks to Garden Club members Linda and Missy!
FLORA IN WINTER. The “Seated Male Figure” of Aztec Veracruz culture (900 CE-1200CE) was the art object to which Molly Beard responded in her arrangement for Flora in Winter at the Worcester Art Museum. The sand colored terracotta figure has small traces of red paint on his chest. Molly spent some time studying this figure and researching his history. She chose plant material to reflect both the spirit and attitude of the sculpture as well as flowers found in the region such as the Birds of Paradise that are in sharp contrast to the monochromatic Seated Male. Gretchen Schuler assisted by communicating with the museum, driving, and plenty of admiring.
Garden Club Flowers and Fun!
January 2019
Flower Arranging at Council on Aging
Linda Cocce and Susan Thomas once again led a workshop in flower arranging where each participant made a lovely arrangement to take home for Thanksgiving 2018.
Tending Town-Owned Gardens
Besides planting and tending to planters around Town, members also plant and tend to some gardens on town property such as the triangle at School Street and Cochituate Road and at the Boston Post Road 'Wayland First Settlement' sign. Look for the Wayland Garden Club sign marking locations.
Wayland Garden Club Plant Sale - May 2018
It was another successful plant sale! The Rod and Gun Club sets up tents each year to shelter the shade-loving plants and the workers, especially on a rainy day. Members donated nearly 300 plants from their gardens.
Summer 2018 - A Native Wildflower Demonstration Garden at the Wayland Depot
Garden Club members , Jean Milburn and Patrice Barton, planned, planted and tended a Native Plant Garden at the Depot this past summer. It is thriving! Click the link below to read the story!
A Native Wildflower Demonstration Garden at the Wayland Depot
May 2018 Workshop - Council on Aging
Susan Thomas and Linda Cocce hosted a May workshop at the Council on Aging. They hold two such events for the COA each year on behalf of the Garden Club.
An Extreme Houseplant Makeover with Marie Winter of Russell’s Garden Center
Learn how to perk up your houseplants during the long winter. Marie Winter from Russell’s Garden Center discusses the basics of houseplant care, shows us how to repot our plants, take cuttings and answers our specific houseplant questions.
February 1, 2022
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Art in Bloom at Museum of Fine Arts - April 2018
Marilyn Fraktman and Alexandra MacKensie designed a stunning floral arrangement interpreting a large painting titled 'The Dead Christ' by Rosso Fiorentino.
January 2018 - Flora in Winter
Carol Spann and Holly Landsittel represented the Wayland Garden Club with an arrangement at Flora in Winter at the Worcester Art Museum in January. They did a submerged arrangement which is a wonderful way to showcase flowers because the water magnifies their beauty. Their arrangement was a tribute to the museum’s current Winslow Homer exhibit: “Our idea was to nod to Homer's stunning works of the ocean by showing treasures below the water's surface with the shells and Calla Lilies, and we aimed to evoke the wind above with the naturally curvy Bells of Ireland.”
November 2017
In November 2017, Linda Cocce and Susan Thomas helped Council on Aging members to create Fall arrangements. A good time was had by all!
Art in Bloom 2017
In April 2017, Joy Sayegh - as arranger - and Jennifer Koeller - as her assistant, represented the Wayland Garden Club at the Museum of Fine Art's Art in Bloom. Their arrangements was a response to 'Expulsion from the Garden of Eden' by Thomas Cole. In this photograph, Jennifer and Joy are joined by new member Irene Chang in front of the painting and arrangement.
Flora in Winter 2017
The 2017 arrangement for the Worcester Art Museum's Flora in Winter was created by Iryna Priester and Sonja Strong. The art work was a bust of Caligula (Cais Caesar Augustus). The light and dark side of his mind was evoked in the shape of a cranium. Several members visited together to see our Garden club members' fine work.