{"id":2166,"date":"2013-11-04T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2013-11-04T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T09:22:00","slug":"holiday-decoration-that-keeps-bosotn-green-and-shaded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2166","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Decoration That Keeps Boston Green and Shaded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you see a truly stunning holiday wreath on a Boston doorway or in someone&#39;s home, there is a good chance it was created by the talented volunteers from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenclubbackbay.org\/\" target=\"_self\">The Garden Club of the Back Bay. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074c66f970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gold-wreath-764x1024\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074c66f970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074c66f970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Gold-wreath-764x1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each year, members of this organization decorate and deliver hundreds of wreaths and poinsettia and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenclubbackbay.org\/club-projects\/\" target=\"_self\">use the funds raised to provide grants that maintain and protect Boston&#39;s trees and parks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074ff1b970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0146-816x1024\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074ff1b970d\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074ff1b970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_0146-816x1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Garden Club sent out a reminder that a late Thanksgiving means placing your order early for one of these beauties or for simple greens and poinsettia to decorate your home or business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&quot;Ordinarily we don&#39;t begin to worry about wreath orders until much later in the season, but this year we need to remind everyone that Thanksgiving is late\u2013 November 28, and that day is our wreath order deadline date. &#0160;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Yes, if an order comes in on Friday we will certainly accept it, but the danger is that many people wait until Thanksgiving is over to begin thinking about Christmas or Hannukah, and this year that is not an option. &#0160;No extra week between Thanksgiving and wreath week means your orders must be in the mail before you carve that turkey. &#0160;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>We will be setting up for decoration on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, and decorating from Monday through Thursday, December 2 &#8211; 5. &#0160;We don&#39;t&#0160;accept orders for fully decorated wreaths during wreath week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenclubbackbay.org\/products-page\/\" target=\"_self\">so please click here and print your order form today.<\/a>&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074d03b970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0115-787x1024\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074d03b970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0074d03b970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_0115-787x1024\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Take a few moments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenclubbackbay.org\/products-page\/\" target=\"_self\">to place your order<\/a>. Here&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenclubbackbay.org\/gallery\/holiday-wreathes\/\" target=\"_self\">their gallery of wreaths<\/a> for more ideas when ordering.<\/p>\n<p>And, as you walk around the city and enjoy the trees, parks, and shaded sidewalks, give thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers who raise thousands of dollars by giving their time during a busy time of the year.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #888888;\">Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for an early Holiday Gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestgiftshop-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=gift_certificates&amp;banner=127JF9E4530CSFRCY4R2&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>&#0160;<\/em><\/span><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photography: Courtesy of the Garden Club of the Back Bay &#0160;&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers&#39; comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn\u2019t become a pure ad, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; give thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers who raise thousands of dollars by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724,4],"tags":[43,14471,6646,14472,5782,14474,14470,14473,7989],"class_list":["post-2166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-green","category-we-recommend","tag-boston","tag-funds","tag-garden-club-of-the-back-bay","tag-grants","tag-holiday-decorations","tag-late-thanksgiving","tag-poinsettia","tag-protect-bostons-trees-and-parks","tag-wreaths"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holiday Decoration That Keeps Boston Green and Shaded - 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