Meeting Dates

• 15th January  - Annual General Meeting
• 5th February - ’Limelight' with Lucy Ellis from Bratton
• 4th March - 'She came late for tea’ by Kathryn Delve   from Bristol 
• 8th April - 'Our way with flowers’ with our own Dorryta and Pippa
• 13th May - 'Twixt spring and summer’ by Michael Bowyer, MBE from Salisbury.     Additionally our PLANT STALL for club funds
• 3rd June - ‘View from my Window’ with Stephanie Cornell from Bramley, Hampshire 
• 1st July - our Annual Outing and supper
• 5th August - 'Just for you’ by Jo Jacob’s from Weston Super Mare
• 2nd September - A harvest themed workshop - Book your place 
• 7th October - ‘Out of Africa’ with Jenny York from Bristol

      Additionally, Cake Stall for Club Funds

• 4th November- ‘Circles and Spheres’ with Selena Denham from Calne
• 20th November - Annual Dinner 
• 2nd December - our  OPEN EVENING * with the very entertaining Nick Grounds from Cambridge with his demonstration - ‘ Jingle a Partridge, with tinsel ’

Our subscription is £45.00 per annum or as a visitor at £6.00 per visit, maximum 3 visits before membership.

At each meeting we have a raffle where for £1.00 per strip of tickets you have chances to win one of the wonderful displays created that night.

* Our Open Evening is a wonderful Christmas event with a national demonstrator,   Tickets are sold for this occasion from October onwards. 

We are pleased to welcome back by popular demand Jenny Jacobs. NAFAS Area Judge and Area Demonstrator.   Jenny will be regaling us with her travels through Africa.  These tales take in the essence of Africa, its landscape and its people.   We are hopeful that Jenny's floral arrangements will include some tropical plant material for the lucky winners of the raffle. 

We also have a Cake Stand - featuring the lovely Lemon Drizzle, Coffee and Walnut, Brownies and gluten free baked goods.

Members - Free

Child Membership -£1.00 per year

All children must be accompanied.

Visitors - £6.00

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Or just come along on the evening.

We look forward to welcoming you on 

7th October t Sheldon School Hall

Doors open from 6.45pm

On 2nd September our members, together with 8 guests tried their hands at Wreath Making.   Every single wreath was different, yet we all used foliage and plants from our gardens and the hedgerows.   Not only were we busy making wreaths, but we also enjoyed a shared supper of tasty treats and a wonderful fruit punch. 

The 5th August has us welcoming Jo Jacobs from Weston Super Mare.   Like so many of you, once Jo found NAFAS it filled her life. Her hobby became her vocation. She has pursued all four disciplines and was thrilled to rise to the dizzy heights of a National Speaker. She enjoys sharing her interests with others and loves the research and the chance to visit hither and yon in pursuit of more facts to add to the presentations. Jo enthralled the Assembly audience in Bath with her presentation, ‘Queen of Spades’, and says that her only problem in her maturity is keeping her memory sharp to share her thoughts with you all (NAFAS.org.uk)
For us Jo presented her demonstration ’Just for you’. Jo showed us many new techniques of using plant material in unfamiliar ways, her bleached and her cinnamon pine cones were a prime example, as was her use of glycerine and dried foliage in a fresh floral display.   Jo certainly deserves all the accolades that proceeded her visit.

On 1st July we had our annual club visit - this year we went to Ridleys Cheer at Mountain Bower, near  Marshfield, followed by a buffet supper at The Bell in Yatton Keynell.   
On 3rd June we welcomed Stephanie Cornell, a NAFAS area demonstrator and teacher with her demonstration’View from my Window’.   What a funny and entertaining evening we all had.   It was delightful listening to Stephanie regale us with stories about her travels and her ‘View from her Window’.   Whilst chatting to us, she constructed several displays, all raffled off to lucky members and visitors 

Michael Bowyer MBE, did not disappoint.   His arrangements were outstanding, members particularly appreciated him teaching two young budding demonstrators during his performance. 

On May 13th we were honoured to welcome MICHAEL BOWYER, MBE.   Michael is the current president of the South West Area of NAFAS.   He is a world renowned flower arranger, a NAFAS National and Area Demonstrator and judge.  His work is very highly respected, after all he gained a MBE!  Michael is responsible for the flowers at Sailsbury Cathedral additionally he oversaw the arrangements of two floral displays at Westminster Abbey for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth
An interesting article about him can be found on this link

https://www.englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/building-michael-salisbury-cathedral/

visit our gallery to see wonderful displays 

On 8th April, we had our very own Chairman and our Tutor providing the evenings entertainment with ‘Our Way with Flowers’.   It was a very fun filled entertaining evening, demonstrating how supermarket  brought flowers can be used to produce wonderful varieties of floral arrangement.   The feedback from our members and visitors was so positive.   One visitor enjoyed the evening so much that she became a member.

As usual pictures are in our gallery 

On 4th March we welcomed Kathryn Delve, NAFAS Demonstrator and British Master Florist.

it was an amazing demonstration, Kathryn title She Came Late For Tea, turned out to be a mnemonic!

Kathyrn then used her demo to explain the principles of design.   I’m sure that all the flower arrangers at the meeting, from those just starting out to those who have been arranging for years, found her explanations interesting and informative.  Her displays were amazing and can be viewed on our gallery

On 5th February 2024 we were pleased to welcome LUCY ELLIS with her demonstration
LIMELIGHT

Lucy produced several displays in keeping with her theme, from the stage Limelights, to the film of the same name by Charlie Chaplin.   Lucy makes such good use of the flower allowance and her displays contain a rich selection of flowers.   Lucy used both bio foam and made fIve no foam displays, three using test tubes, one using a variety of materisl to place flowers in a vase  and one with chicken wire as the mechanic.  As with most demonstrations, her pictures in our gallery are ’close up’ so as not to disappoint other clubs that she will be performing at in the near future.  

Check out more about Lucy's work https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/14697466.village-transformed-into-art-gallery-for-weekend-event/

On the cold and frosty evening of 15th January we had our AGM.   Where we welcomed 28 hardy members who had turned out for the meeting.    We resolved to keep our membership the same price at £45 per annum, although our Practice Class is now £5 for the tutorial.

We would like to thank all our members who braved the cold - we really appreciated it. x