November 12, 2026 Community Service Project - Thanksgiving Centerpieces
Instructor: Margaret Smith, Member
Description: Dress casually to participate in this hands-on community service workshop, creating Thanksgiving centerpieces with live greens. This year, make two: one for donation to local nursing homes, assisted living sites, or senior centers and one for your holiday table.
Instructions will be available for beginners.
Bring your clippers, scissors & gloves, silk flowers in fall hues, etc.
Please let us know in advance which hardy greens you can bring from your garden, for example, boxwood, white pine, nandina, acuba, pachysandra, cedar, fir, etc. Extra containers, silk flowers, ribbon, berries, and pinecones are always welcome. Sustainable containers and floral hardware will be provided.
Bring a guest.
RSVP to Crystal at 301-335-4870 (mobile) by Monday, November 9th.
$5 materials fee for members; $10 materials fee for non-members. Everyone will make two centerpieces- one for donation and one for your own holiday table!
Bring a bag lunch and water. Light refreshments provided.
The Hawthorn Center
12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
See the Monthly Programs section of our website for more details on the presentations and workshops
and the Field Trips section for information about excursions.