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Tuesday 17 September 2013

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Since 1973, except for one year when I was ill, I've been involved in one way or another with every New England Spring Flower Show. And even that year I managed to attend the Preview Party. It's hard to believe that the Flower Show, which has been around for 137 years, will not be taking place in March of 2009.

So many wonderful memories! The Show has often been referred to as the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's "most visible and most enduring tradition." I can't count the number of times I've written that statement in so many different columns, both in print and online. Sadly, no more.

Most of my participation has been through volunteering. There's no way I can ever forget the Boston Spring Flower Show and what it has meant to me throughout the years.

The reality is that I've received so much more than I have ever given.

Although I had visited the Show before, my initial involvement was through my own garden club when I joined a committee to help plan and set up the club's exhibit at the 1973 Show. At that time it was held at the Armory on Commonwealth Avenue. There would be many club entries to follow in all the different venues.

In the early 80's, I joined a group that would gather to repair and paint the old gray wooden window frames used for the amateur plant displays. The frames were kept in the basement of Horticultural Hall on Mass Avenue. The late Bill Thompson, Flower Show Designer at the time, was in charge of teaching us what to do.

Sadly, I happened to be at Horticultural Hall the day in April of 1989 when Bill had a stroke and would later die at Boston City Hospital. We were meeting to discuss and evaluate the recent Flower Show.

Another connection was through the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. As publicity chair for the Federation, it was part of my job to send out all the press releases regarding the Design Division and the Amateur Horticulture exhibits of the Show. In other words, in those days the Federation was responsible for its own publicity concerning its participation.

One year I was invited to be on the committee that would decide whether there should be a "trade show" component along with the exhibits of flowers and gardens. Impossible to even imagine, especially to more recent visitors, some of whom have never known of a Flower Show without the retail area (in recent years selling such items as rug cleaners, deep-dish apple pies and personal services such as back massages).

There was so much heated discussion at the time. Many on the committee were dead set against such a "crass" development. Ultimately, it was approved, on a trial basis, but only for vendors who were in some way involved with horticulture and gardening. Even the sale of jewelry was approved-"botanical" jewelry, that is. I remember pretty ivy leaves that were dipped in gold to be sold as bracelet or necklace charms.

As a member of the Federation's Landscape Design Council, I volunteered to be a clerk, writing down the comments of the group as they critiqued the different exhibits using a point system to choose award winners. Such a wonderful learning experience for a neophyte such as myself!

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