LATEST NEWS...........

At our June clubnight, Angela Woodley from the London and Overseas Area came and presented flower arrangements on the theme of Gardeners Galore. Angela created some amazing floral displays. As well as doing a traditional flower arrangement in a trug with magenta stocks, magenta gerbera and pink carnations and pink and white roses, other displays used more unusual containers; with one in a barbeque bucket where Angela used pink antirhinums, cherry brandy roses with scarlet gerbera to represent the hot coals and dried grasses for the rising smoke from a barbecue. Another with glorious big sunflowers was done in a wheelbarrow. Angela brought some beautiful foliage and delicate flowers from her own garden and made them into a lovely hand-tied bouquet. All the arrangements were raffled at the end of the evening and members were able to take them home and continue to enjoy them.

Did you visit the Horley Methodist Church Summer Flower Festival over the first weekend in June? If you didn't, you missed a treat. The theme this year was Childhood Memories. Local clubs, community groups and businesses were invited to provide an exhibit. On behalf of our club Bev and Joyce did a stunning arrangement using beautiful white roses, lilac coloured statice, with blue eryngium against a background of eucalyptus and fatsia foliage with twigs of twisted hazel. Our thanks go to them for representing the club.

COMING UP...............

At our July clubnight we have Barbara Caldecourt coming to present a demonstration with the title Calendar Moments. Barbara sits on the Sussex Area of NAFAS Executive Committee as Chairman of JDS&E (Judges, Demonstrators, Speakers and Education), is an experienced National Teacher and has been teaching florists and floral design leisure classes for 25 years. I am sure we will be in for a great treat. We welcome visitors, so please bring family and friends.

The Bring and Buy table theme on 1st July is Stationery, Pens, Pencils etc. Have you got any writing sets, sketch books, perhaps watercolour paints or other art related materials that could be donated. Take a look around and bring it along on Tuesday 1st July for sale.

Our show Let's Celebrate...65 years' is fast approaching on Saturday 5th July at the English Martyrs Church Hall in Vicarage Road. Entry has now closed and we are pleased to announce we will have 35 exhibits over the 10 classes. Good luck to those who have entered. Please bring friends and family to visit the show; buy raffle tickets, have a go at the tombola and enjoy the refreshments. Doors open 1.30-4.30pm - £4 entry for non exhibitors.