ATKINSON — The Atkinson Garden Club will host internationally-renowned floral designer Maureen Christmas as featured speaker for their open meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Atkinson Community Center, 4 Main St.
A National Garden Club Master Flower Show Judge, Christmas is a graduate of the European Master Certification Program, and has been inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers.
She is a major award winner in numerous design shows, has been on the cover of the National Garden Club’s Vision of Beauty Calendar, and has exhibited at the MFA’s Art in Bloom flower show. One of her career highlights includes designing for the Dalai Lama at Boston’s Wang Center.
An avid home gardener, Maureen is also an eco-friendly, studio-based florist and proprietor of Floral Notes in Acton, Massachusetts. One of her wedding clients has described her as “a creative visionary, whose arrangements are unique and gorgeous in a way that turns heads!”
Admission is $10 per person. Light refreshments will be served.