Contact the Club

Merryn Shaw (Chairman) can be contacted for any information by calling 01829 740832 or by using our contact form.

Club Meetings

All meetings in the Edna Rose room (except November) at Tarvin Community Centre, Meadow Close, CH3 8LY, 7.30pm, except where stated *. No meetings in Jan, Aug & Dec.

Visitors always welcome; £8.50 which includes refreshments.

Club News and Events

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2025 Programme

February 12th. AGM followed by music from ‘Lynchpin’ and refreshments. March 12th. Demonstrator, Sarah Tomlinson, ‘Patisserie of Flowers.’ April 9th. Demonstrator, Tracy Davies. May 14th. Demonstrator, Carron White, ‘Pandora’s Box.’ June 18th. Garden Visit- Cotebrook. July 9th. Demonstrator, Jane Tully, ‘Inspired by Ceramics.’ September 10th. Demonstrator, Clare Downing, ‘The Gift of Flowers.’ October 8th. Demonstrator, Kate Russell, ‘A Touch of the Exquisite.’ November 12th. Demonstrator, Debbie Davies, ‘Charismata.’ Stalls and festive refreshments.

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Club News and archive stories and photos.

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AGM the following is archived news.

Following a previous AGM we had a very well received talk by Sharon Nolan. More details below.

Sharon Nolan gave us a great talk afterwards, illustrated with plants and shrubs from her garden and how to use dried materials all year round. She provided 2 all foliage arrangements, for the raffle, with other floral prizes from the committee.

Here are some of the slides she showed us.

 

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Archive News

On our June visit to Bluebell Cottage Gardens we managed to dodge the rain and Sue Beesley gave us a very interesting tour explaining how she was developing her ideas into reality. A photo taken during the tour can be seen below on the left.

RHS Bridgewater in July, was showing mass planting at it’s best, but there were large cracks in the soil, hopefully remedied when the heavens opened as we left. Most of us easily walked to the lake to the east of the site and there was plenty of seating.

Congratulations to our president, Sharon Nolan who got a first at the Cheshire Show, in the Imposed Class. Sharon's winning arrangement can be seen below on the right.

At a previous meeting, Caroline Gregson amazed us with her willow sculptures all made in her back garden. She had made “The Queen” for a primary school in Colne and 9ft tall figures commissioned by Hampton Court Palace for the 500th anniversary of the ‘Field of Cloth of Gold’. She also gave us a great idea for making a vase topper for flower arranging from any flexible foliage or stems.

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Flower Arranging Day/Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

This year we have combined Flower Arranging Day and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to give all members a door wreath in red, white and blue. They can leave it as it is, redo it or just add to it.

A photo of all 40 wreaths and a photo of the basic wreath with an added ‘to’ wreath. All were recycled from the door wreath a year ago, stripped down, painted white and new decorations added.

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A Christmas Meeting - photos lower down the page (archive story).

After having to cancel our October meeting because the speaker had covid and myself a possible contact, we were looking forward to our November demonstration.

Our programme secretary did her usual check with the demonstrator well before the day and was horrified when the demonstrator said she wasn’t doing anything at the moment as her Mother had been ill and must have forgotten to tell us. Panic stations!! All posters had gone up and fliers gone out the day before. The phone lines were red hot and we were very grateful to Donald Morgan, from near Aberystwyth, for agreeing to fit us into his busy week. Then three committee members were laid low with non-covid ailments!

As they say 'It'll be Alright on the Night' and it was, a super turnout of 29 members and 23 visitors. Donald gave us a wonderful Christmassy demonstration with lots of laughter. Everyone went home happy, with flower arrangements, prizes from the tombola and goodies from the Christmas stall.

We look forward to seeing you on February 9th will be the AGM, followed by Sharon Nolan’s talk on WAFA 2020:in Jaipur, with Indian refreshments.

A Happy Christmas and New Year to everyone.

Merryn

Photos

Below Donald on the stage with some of his arrangements; Close-up of the ‘Bauble’ arrangement; Those gorgeous roses! Part of the unusual Christmas Tree.

Floral Fashion Show - archive news.

Members of the club really enjoyed a Floral Fashion Show. Our outfit was modelled by Elizabeth and inspired by the Hippie 60s and Sonny and Cher's "I've Got You Babe." We had great fun reminiscing and working out how to make it from plant material. The hat was papier mache, covered with beech leaves and decorated with paper flowers. The tunic was hessian trimmed with kapok and decorated with medolino sticks and paper flowers. Colourful jewellery made from conkers, cinnamon sticks and larch cones. Finally the eye catching shoulder bag was crocheted from jute twine and the cotton lining dyed from fruit and vegetables.

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Basic Door Wreaths

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National Flower Arranging Day

Every member and few extra people were given a basic door wreath, which could stand alone, or could be added to, or redesigned for National Flower Arranging Day. Using a wire coat hanger, cornus stems, fir cones and bits of ribbon at a total cost of £10! Below you can see several examples of members additions.

Basic Door Wreaths