December Club Meeting
December 2026
Monday, December 7, at 7:30 PM
Subject: Garden-Inspired Holiday Flowers
Speaker: Erin Williams
Join Erin Williams, founder of Gathered from the Garden, for a holiday floral demonstration showcasing her signature garden-inspired approach to arranging flowers. Erin will create a seasonal arrangement from start to finish while sharing practical tips for selecting flowers, creating movement, and designing arrangements that feel natural, abundant, and approachable. Along the way, she’ll demonstrate techniques attendees can use with flowers from their own gardens when the growing season returns, as well as blooms from the grocery store or local flower market. Finished arrangement(s) will be raffled off at the end of the evening.
Biography
Erin created Gathered from the Garden, where she teaches approachable, garden-inspired floral design through demonstrations, workshops, and private in-home sessions. She is a graduate of both the Floret Flower Arranging Workshop and Floret Flower Farming Workshop and loves helping people discover the joy and confidence that comes from creating with flowers.
Artistic Design Exhibits
Theme: Musical Inspiration of the 20th Century – 1960s Country
Challenge: Mono-Botanic Design – Designers’ Freedom of Choice, see Handbook, p.79.
Intermediate: American Traditional Line – Mass Design: Horizontal Line, see Handbook, pp.70-71.
Novice: American Traditional Line: Crescent Design, see Handbook, pp.70-71.
Open: Designer’s choice (one entry per member).
Artistic Design Exhibits – Please read “Artistic Design Rules” beginning on page 13 of the MGC Yearbook as well as Chapter 7 of the 2017 revised edition of the Handbook for Flower Shows.
Horticultural Exhibits – Please read “Horticulture Division Rules” beginning on page 14 of the MGC Yearbook as well as Chapter 6 of the 2017 revised edition of the Handbook for Flower Shows.
1. Schlumbergera syn. Zygocactus species (Christmas or Thanksgiving cactus), potted, pot not to exceed 10” in diameter
2. Begonia, potted, pot not to exceed 10” in diameter
3. Ilex (Holly) branch, not to exceed 24”
4. Open (maximum 2 entries per member
