It is with great sadness that we have heard that Ann Syrad died in the early hours of News Years day. She & Stuart had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in the summer and Ann had her 88th birthday in October. Ann gave much time to the Area especially as the Area President. Many members have benefited from her skills as a teacher of flower arranging and she was a long standing member of Broadstone & Corfe Mullen club .Our thoughts are with Stuart and her family.

It is with great pleasure that I can pass on the fantastic news that Dorset & Guernsey Area have won the December National Chairman’s Challenge. 

12 of our clubs submitted entries titled “A Festive Gift.” These were judged by two of our Area Judges who awarded first prize to Gillingham club and that entry went through to the finals at National Level and this is the entry which won! The extra good news is that it was designed by our very own Area Chairman, Sandra Taylor. Congratulations to her and to all those who entered from the clubs. Pictures of all the entries are available in the picture gallery of this website.

Remember there is a challenge each month so submit a design to your Club Chairman and maybe yours too will be a National Winner. January’s title is “Burn’s Night”

Sandra’s winning entry

The NAFAS Virtual National Show April 2021. 

 The Spring…. The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come

This is our first Virtual Show, and it will have everything you would expect.  Each week for the first three weeks of April there will be a demonstration, talk and ‘how to’ session viewable on all our various media platforms including the new website.  These will be provided by our National Demonstrators, Speakers and Teachers. The full list of these platforms will follow nearer the time.  During the last week of April all the judged competition entries will be on view.  The Schedule ‘Springtime’ created by our National Judges Committee has a wonderful variety of 12 classes.  A feast to look forward to. 

Applications are between 10th -17th January 2021 so time is short and I am sure most of you will want to enter ! 

Looking forward to seeing Dorset & Guernsey pictures in the fourth week. Plenty of time if we lockdown, nowhere to go except your flower shed/room.

Kind regards, Sandra,

Click below to download a pdf version of the schedule:

NAFAS Virtual National Show 20219 (1)

Double click on this image to view the schedule

Dorset & Guernsey Area held a virtual Annual Meeting via Zoom on 27th October 2020.

As the meeting was held via Zoom the meeting was limited to members of the Area Executive, Area Representatives, Area Associates of Honour and Chairman or Representatives of each club.

To view the minutes of this meeting please click on this link DORSET AND GUERNSEY AREA OF nafas 2020agm and for the Accounts presented by the Area Treasurer click here Accountsagm2020