Penelope Lane of Owermoigne Flower Club, received a First Prize at the Dorset County Show 2018 for this design in the class “Gold Cup Winner”
Area Members compete in WAFA competition “Masquerade”
Elizabeth Witcomb’s flamboyant exhibit “Masquerade” staged on behalf of the Area, for the WAFA Elimination Competition in Leicester. Not a winner this time.
Irene Hickson also competed on behalf of Wessex and Jersey Area. Here’s her delightful exhibit too.
Gillingham Flower Club Flower Festival “Working Together”
Gillingham Flower Club staged a beautiful Flower Festival at Simon and St. Jude’s Church, Milton – on- Stour over the weekend 4th/5th August. Thanks to Jan Preen their Chairman for sharing some pictures with us.
West Moors Show – 55 Floral entries
West Moors had a wonderful day and an excellent number of visitors who were all suitably impressed with the 55 floral entries and 20 photographs.
Best in Show from “The Leaves of Summer” foliage class
12 entries in the “Summer Basket” class
65 Years of Lytchett & Upton Floral Group
Lytchett & Upton Floral Group celebrated their 65th Anniversary with a demonstration and workshop with Hans Haverkamp. The demonstration, at Lytchett Minster School delighted the audience on Friday evening with his relaxed style and fabulous designs. On Saturday Hans tutored a well attended workshop using some of his current favourite materials, T- grass and bear grass. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the day. Congratulations to all at Lytchett and Upton on their anniversary and for organising these lovely events.
Trainee Demonstrator Mock Tests
We had a very entertaining morning yesterday from 5 trainee demonstrators, 3 of which are Dorset & Guernsey Area members. They demonstrated 2 designs each from their portfolios for their mock test. We were delighted to have a good audience and hope members will come and support them all on 1st September when they take their test. Here’s a sneaky look into one or two of their flower boxes.
Area Day 2018
Another great Area Day. Michael’s Floral Tour of India was entertaining, fascinating, colourful and a great insight into the significance of flowers in India. Following a tasty lunch, Derek Armstrong delighted us with an explosion of flowers. His stories, his humour, his flowers, his designs were all fantastic.
The welcome pedestal was greatly admired and the Hamworthy rocked with the chatter from lots of members
Another Medal for a Dorset & Guernsey member at RHS Chelsea. Many Congratulations to our trainee demonstrator Amy Shakeshaft on receiving a Bronze Medal in the floristry competition at RHS Chelsea 2018,
Congratulations to Di Holman on receiving a Bronze Medal at Chelsea 2018 in the floral design competition. Another medal for D&G showing the talent we have in the Area.
Verwood team gain a Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Malvern Spring Show 2018
