11:57am Tuesday 9th March 2010
THE meeting held on February 23 was very well attended considering the bad weather but it was all worthwhile with the entertaining afternoon we all enjoyed.
Vice-chairman Judy Smith opened the meeting to welcome Carol Gardener who had travelled up from Bath to give a demonstration, the theme shades of the seasons.
Carol had followed in her father’s footsteps and trained to be a gardener and told lots of stories of her experiences while she did the arrangements.
The first was a beautiful display in white and green using lots of foliage with white stocks, tulips, lilies, and roses followed by a colourful table setting in a tall clear vase filled with pink crystals decorated with colours including white chrysanthemum, pale pink roses and dark pink gerbera.
This finished with a ring of flowers round the base to match.
The next arrangement was a display on a Roman pillar which Carol called “Our Heritage”. This was mainly apricot roses and orange gerbera.
We then came to a display on top of a laundry basket using large pale green leaves, long stalks of pussy willow, blue delphiniums and pale green chrysanthemums.
The next meeting, on March 23, with Elizabeth Graham (national) – Travellers Joy – will be at St Andrew’s Hall, Poolbrook, at 2pm.
Visitors welcome.
ELLEN WALKER
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