Festive Flowers Bloom

 Maggie Roberts and Tim Nichols showed their floral arranging expertise to a packed Memorial Hall audience at the November meeting.  Between the talented pair they demonstrated six Festive Flower arrangements, sharing tips and techniques. 

Maggie used hesian and wire with gold chrysanthemums for her first arrangement.  A snow scene was created for her second arrangement using artificial snow crystals, white roses and silver leaves.  For her third arrangement, she used red roses and pink gerbera and made an all-round line arrangement around red ting ting.

Tim's first arrangement used a oblong charger as a base and had a candle with red spray carnations for a simple table arrangement.  For his next arrangement he used a posy pad of oasis foam and carved out a round hole and placed a bottle of wine in it.  He then did a tapestry style arrangement using lots of different types of foliage and then added flowers: white roses, lilac freesias, an orimental cabbage to compliment the colour scheme.  For his final arrangement he used a large basket to be put on a fire place and used white lillies and red roses.

Vice Chairman, John Bennett thanked Maggie & Tim for an inspiring evening which showed everyone how to do simple flower arrangements at Christmastime.

Proceeds of the raffle and refreshments were donated to the club's nominated charity: The Mardon Rehalbilitation Centre, in the sum of £300.