The Southborough Recreation Department has upcoming floral design classes for all skill levels. Participants will create beautiful arrangements and learn how to create pieces worthy of holiday entertaining.
The workshops will be led Nancy Vargas of le Jardin Blanc.
The floral designer has graciously offered to share a simple fall gardening online tutorial below for interested readers.
Below, Nancy provides instructions for creating an arrangement similar to the one pictured here.
If you’re like me, autumn is your favorite season here in New England. The cool days, the gorgeous colors and the warm light, especially in the afternoon, all contribute to a magical feeling. Even better is the promise of the warm, friend and family-filled holidays that are right around the corner. If you are a gardener, it is also the time to tally up your victories, document your intentions for next year and to put your beloved garden safely to bed for the winter. Since gardens are my business, my own garden tasks are usually put off until the last minute. I have been known to plant bulbs on December 1!
Therefore, as I write this on a windy Friday afternoon, I am looking forward to a weekend of raking, weeding, last-minute planting, moving and dividing. Oh, and there are also over 500 bulbs that need to be planted!
It will be a weekend of hard work. However, there also promises to be some beautiful surprises still hiding in my garden and I bet there are some in your garden as well. Although we have had our first frost and there are many plants that have already retreated for the year, there are also lots of beautiful flowers, foliage, seed pods, berries and branches that can be brought inside and used to create beautiful floral creations. In this post I hope to show you how. Let’s get started . . .
Click on the gallery below for Nancy’s detailed instructions with pictures.
I hope you will venture out into your fall garden and try this for yourself.
If you have any questions about your fall garden or the creation of this design, please comment on this post and Nancy will attempt to answer them.
To learn more of her techniques, you can sign up for one of Nancy’s classes listed below. (Note – Hurry, the November 13th classes registration deadlines are this week.)
Fall Floral Design for Beginners – $60
Wednesday, November 13, 9:30 – 11:30 am
South Union Building
Participants will be introduced to basic techniques, tools, and materials for designing with flowers, foliage, fruits and vegetables. We will focus on designs for the Thanksgiving holiday and create a simple yet impressive arrangement.
Fall Floral Design for Intermediate Designer – $75
Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
South Union Building
Participants will learn how to design and create unique displays for the autumn table. We will focus on more advanced floral design techniques such as pave, layering, vertical designs and spiral design. Participants will create three elements to be used in a single autumn “tablescape” and will take away many more ideas for holiday tables to come.
Winter Green for the Season – $60
Wednesday, December 18, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
South Union Building
Nancy will lead a workshop for floral designers of all levels. We will focus on the use of evergreen foliage to decorate the home – both inside and out, for the holidays/winter season. Participants will create a charming long-lived evergreen topiary and take away lots of information on how to create beautiful wreaths, kissing balls and outdoor winter displays that will make them the envy of their neighborhood.
To register, contact the Southborough Recreation Department. Click here to register online. Or call 508-229-4452.
(Photos submitted by Nancy Vargas)
