“Pots with Pizzazz” the featured program at a joint meeting of the Franklin, Norfolk and Millis Garden Clubs

“Pots with Pizzazz” will be the featured program at a joint meeting of the Franklin, Norfolk and Millis Garden Clubs on Tuesday, November 1, at the Remington Middle School located on 628 Washington Street, Franklin. The program will begin at 7:00p.m. in the school cafeteria. It is open to the public.

Presenters will be Jana Milbocker and Joan Butler of Holliston-based Enchanted Gardens. The workshop will inspire participants to design jazzy containers that can be the “jewelry” of a garden, elevating it from “good” to “great”! 

Participants will learn how to brighten shady spots with pops of color, create focal points for vistas and welcoming entry gardens with stunning container groupings. Including designs for all seasons, the presenters will show examples of pots ranging from whimsical to grand. They will also provide information on creating unusual, eye-catching pots.

Franklin Garden Club

Butler and Milbocker are avid gardeners, plant collectors, garden designers and writers. They lecture on a variety of gardening topics to garden clubs and community education classes. They have presented programs at the Boston Flower & Garden Show, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and Blithewold, as well as at the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts (GCFM) Landscape Design Council, Judges’ Council and Horticultural Mornings. Both are past presidents of the Holliston Garden Club and are active in the GCFM and other horticultural societies. Currently, they both serve on the board of the Massachusetts Landscape Design Council.

Milbocker is principal of Enchanted Gardens, a landscape design and garden construction firm in Holliston. She has authored gardening articles which have been published nationally and can be found on her website blog. Butler is a horticulturalist at Weston Nurseries. She is a former Chairman of the Massachusetts Landscape Design Council and is a member of Garden Consultants Council and an accredited Flower Show Judge. Currently, she serves on the GCFM Board as Awards Chairman.