CAMDEN — John Fromer will lead an outdoor presentation on Arranging Country Flowers, Tuesday, August 6, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.

What are country flowers and how do you arrange them? When do you cut them and how do you keep an arrangement looking fresh? What kind of flowers make the best cut flowers? What tools do you need? Come to Merryspring Nature Center for this demonstration by John Fromer. 

Fromer and his wife, Kathy, have grown cut flowers on their farm for 25 years. John created flower arrangements for many restaurants, caterers, inns and weddings over the years. In this demonstration on design, he will talk about filler, thriller and spiller and how it applies to arrangements and garden design. Beyond arranging, how to condition flowers and keeping an arrangement fresh in a vase will be discussed.

This in-person talk is part of Merryspring’s Summer Talk Series co-sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank and Camden Riverhouse Hotel.

Attendance is free for members; $5 for non-members.

Merryspring is your community nature center offering walking trails, cultivated gardens, wildlife, and ecology and horticulture educational programs all year round. The park is located at the end of Conway Road, just off of Route 1 in Camden behind Hannaford Shopping Plaza. For more information on this program, please contact info@merryspring.org or call 207-236-2239.