Each of us have our own holiday traditions: preparing holiday meals and snacks, attending secular and sacred programs, and decorating our homes for a season of guests. The focus will be on creations with locally collected materials, involving young and old collaborations, and reviving old ornaments!

We will cozy up with some real sweethearts this month including great design styles, seasonal flower selection, and fabulous foliage collection ideas for February.

The holiday season is here! Join us for great tips from MSU’s Lynette McDougald AIFD, CFD on holiday decorating. Holiday designs will include evergreens, faux fruit, and fun holiday picks. She will create a good base that will last throughout the season so that fresh items can be moved in and out.

The Harvest season is here and we will talk about incorporating fresh flowers with produce, dried, and natural materials. Our “trans-seasonal” designs will take us into the winter holiday season.

As a change of pace, Lynette will have some pre-made designs she’ll share, but much of our focus, will be a BOO-quet arrangement. It’s not as SCARY as you think to design, we’ll have step-by-step instructions.

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Fall is almost here and today’s program will focus on seasonal flowers incorporated into tablescapes along with entertaining ideas. Lynette will use those last flowers of summer which work well with Italian meal theme, wine & cheese party, and ever popular farm to table spreads.

Yes, it is August and it is hot out! Let’s cool things down a bit this month. Lynette will focus on cool flowers, cool colors, and some cool mechanics in her designs.