Welcome to Floral Notes! A studio based business in Acton, Massachusetts, I look forward to connecting with you so we can discuss flowers!
Please use the 'contact us' page below and together we can create flowers that send the perfect message for your event!
I have a passion for flowers that started with competing in flower shows and evolved into a special event business. Staying current with trends and techniques through symposiums, workshops and seminars is a priority. As a National Garden Club Master Flower Show Judge, I am very particular about the quality of the designs I let leave my studio.
Winner of a Bronze Award in Fusion Flower Magazine's International Designer of the Year Competition 2017
Photo by @Charlesmayerphotography
These designs were created for flower shows, Worcester Art Museum's Flora in Winter, and other design challenges.
Selected for the cover of National Garden Club's Vision of Beauty 2017 Calendar. Winner of the Cindora Goldberg Award 2014 - Copyright photography by Charles Mayer Photography (images not to be used without written permission). Woven flexigrass and deconstructed lilies combine to form a rhythmical design.
Copyright by Charles Mayer Photography
I was honored to represent the Acton Garden Club with a floral interpretation of Bhairava or Mahakala at the Museum of Fine Arts' Art in Bloom. Multiple leaf manipulation techniques were used to reflect the detailed carvings on the statue residing in the Southeast Asia Gallery.
Awarded the Blue Ribbon, Designer's Choice Award, and the Ruth Wallack Award which 'recognizes a design of outstanding beauty and creativity in the expression of one designer's imagination.'
Red willow was wired to create a structure from which Starfighter lilies burst out. Flexigrass with hypericum berries threaded on, fiddlehead ferns and wire balls ty to escape adding tot he exhuberant feeling.
Art Deco with a Twist
Winner of the National Garden Club, Inc. New England Region's Deanna Mozzochi Award for the Best Creative Design of the Year.
Winner of the The Preservation Society of Newport County Design Award (displaying the most creative use of the majority of challenge components). Pink 'protea' on left is a wisk, small circles on midolino are cut sponges, center uprights are painted straws, and bits of wool were used as part of the design in this design using 2 containers that were stacked.
Blue ribbon winner - Flexigrass was wired to form 'racquets', tennis balls were used to hold craspedia. The Narrow Wave made by Blackwater Floral Accessories (Ireland) was the 'net' but also acted as a mechanic.
Winner of three top awards and the blue ribbon
Class Title - Sunset
I created a time-lapsed sunset with wired willow, calla lilies, proteas and other plant material arranged in a colorgradient.
Awarded the Jeanne-Marie Parkes Award given to the design judged by the evaluation panel to be the most creative interpretation of the class title.
I created a large hand-tied arrangement by layering wired flexigrass structures (which I created) with flowers to interpret this Roberto Coin multi-stone ring.
Maureen gives programs and workshops for garden clubs. Below are four of her most popular demonstrations. Please contact her to tailor a program to suit your needs.
Arrangements to welcome the fall and winter holiday seasons including design tips and a bit of history about the origins of some common customs.
Designs for your dinner party, cocktail party and special occasions will be demonstrated.
Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Graduations, Weddings – spring time celebrations. Add a special touch to your next get-together with arrangements ranging from Traditional to Creative Styles.
France, Iceland, and Japan are just a few of the countries we will visit. Designs reflective of various countries will be created with a ‘tie-in’ to an assortment of scarves.
Learn some of the many ways you can use midollino. In this workshop, you will make a design as well as see many other ways to use midollino to enhance your creations.
I am pleased to serve as the USA Distributor for Blackwater Floral Accessories, Ireland, featuring iron work designed by Tim Mulchinock. Ann McDevitt, the previous distributor, has moved back to the UK.
Some of the items shown in the pdf. have additional information or links to video on Blackwater Floral Accessories website –www.floralaccessories.com.
Due to shipping costs from Ireland and the fluctuating exchange rate, prices listed on the Blackwater site will not be accurate. Please refer to the prices and additional products in the pdf.
Click here for Blackwater Floral Accessories pdf.