Previously at Burnham Area Flower Club
Many thanks to those members who came to the clubs end of season plant sale.
All the money raised from plant sales goes to the club; keeping membership fees low, and brings you quality demonstrations, entertainment and workshops throughout the year.
On September 10th, our Demonstrator was Tracy Johnson from Torquay with Around the world in eighty minutes. Here are some of her designs.
Wells Cathedral – August 2024
Julia Smith represented our club with a beautiful pedestal:
Michael Bowyer, July Club Meeting
Our special Friends and Family Night was on July 9th, when Michael Bowyer from Salisbury entertained us with his ‘optimistically entitled’ demonstration – ‘Welcome Summer’ !
Michael delighted us with his designs and conversation. Here are a few photos to give you a taste of the evening.
‘Lonely Bouquets’
On 1st July we celebrated National Flower Arranging Day by placing ‘Lonely Bouquets’ at various locations in Burnham and surrounding areas. We hope those people lucky enough to find one of our posies enjoyed the beautiful flowers.
June
Our Demonstrator had to cancel through illness, but club members Di Phillips and Sally Fallows stepped in at very short notice to provide a demonstration of their own. Here are their designs….
Many Thanks and Well Done to you both, from all your friends at the club.
May 14th was both our Competition and ‘Club’ Night, and it was the turn of members and visitors to create their own arrangements. This time, we used empty wine bottles with containers clipped to the sides to hold our flowers and foliage like this…………
And if you would like to see some of our Competition entries and the Results go to the Competitions page.
In April 2024………..
We were also delighted to present a cheque for £300, collected by members, to representatives from our local Parkinsons Support Group.
March 2024
Di Phillips inspired our Easter Designs at the March workshop. These are just a taste of the designs we created.
At our March meeting our Demonstrator for the evening was Jenny York from Bristol with ‘Out of Africa’. Jenny entertained us with interesting stories of her Diplomatic career in Africa, and illustrated her tales with exotic floral designs. Here are a few of them.
FEBRUARY 2024
Our first Demonstration of 2024 was on February 13th, when we were entertained by Kathryn Delve from Yatton. Her title was ‘Waste Not, Want Not’, and as well as a nod to Valentines Day, her designs also included a pair of recycled jeans!
JANUARY 2024
It was a most enjoyable evening on 9th January; with a good AGM, followed by cheese and wine and a brain-teasing quiz to celebrate our Ruby Anniversary. All exactly 40 years from the day the cub was founded. Well done to all and thanks for such a beautiful anniversary cake.
What a lovely evening we had on 14th November 2023 at the Princess Theatre with Tracey Griffin and her Demonstration called ‘Snowflakes’.
October 2023
Thank you to Pamela Lewis from Devizes for her lovely displays on the theme of Autumn Opulence
October 2023
Mark Church’s Harvest Flower Festival.
The club contributed to this beautiful event depicting various harvests, including Willow.
September 2023
A great evening with Coral Gardiner on her theme of Nature’s seasonal palette.
July 2023
We had another delightful evening with Susan Blandford from Usk on her theme of Here Comes Summer. Beautiful flowers.
June 2023
Susan Blandford
May 2023
‘Florilegium’ – NAFAS National Competitions ‘ A gathering of flowers’
Gloucester Cathedral created a beautiful backdrop to the floral arrangements.
The range and colour of the exhibits was awe inspiring from intricate kneelers to six foot installations. The colours were stunning, to suit all tastes, fruits and flowers in apricot, peach and pink, and many in between.
Here are some photographs of entries to inspire you.
April 2023
At our club night, four of our committee members entertained us with some wonderful arrangements.
