Bromsgrove Flower Club

05/09/2024

On Thursday August 15th 2024, we were pleased to welcome National Demonstrator Lorena Dyer, whose demonstration was entitled "Are You Sitting Comfortably?". Lorena gave us a delightful demonstration, and kindly gave us permission to show one of her designs. Our monthly flower arranging competition for members was "Afternoon Tea", and we also had the usual Flower of the Month competition. Entries for these are also pictured here.
Join us next month on September 15th, when we have National Demonstrator Sue Blandford with "Mellow Magic". The competition title is "Ancient and Modern".

11/08/2024

Our latest programme for 2024. Come and join us for a relaxing and entertaining afternoon!

01/08/2024

01/08/2024

On Thursday July 18th, we welcomed members and visitors to our demonstration by Tina Miles, whose demonstration was entitled "Holidays". Our competition for members was, "A Summer Picnic", and the winners were
Advanced:
1st, Paula Cerrone
Intermediate:
1st, Ann Westwood
2nd, Jackie Taylor
Novice:
1st, Nan Adie
Flower of the month competition winners:
1st, Diana Glendenning
2nd, Janet Bourne
3rd, Angela Burt
Sorry we don't have any photos of Tina's demonstration, but photos of the competition entries are attached.
Don't forget to join us for our next meeting on Thursday August 15th, when we have National Demonstrator Lorena Dyer with her demonstration, "Are You Sitting Comfortably?". The flower arranging competition for members is "Afternoon Tea", plus the Flower of the Month competition.

11/07/2024

Come and join us for an entertaining afternoon on Thursday July18th, when we have a demonstration by Tina Miles entitled "Holidays". Doors open at 1.30pm when refreshments will be available before the demonstration, which starts at 2.00pm sharp. Refreshments are included in the entrance fee - £4 for members, £10 for visitors. Our annual membership fee is £40.
The flower arranging competition for members will be "A Summer Picnic" and there will also be the usual "Flower of the Month" competition where members can bring a lovely bloom from their garden for us all to admire.

03/07/2024

On Thursday June 20th, we were delighted to welcome members and visitors to our demonstration by local florist Tammy Kefford, whose demonstration was entitled "Summer's Heaven Scent". Everyone enjoyed Tammy's demonstration, and several people were lucky enough to win the raffle and took home a lovely arrangement. Our competition, "All Summer Long" with roses as the main flower, was as usual well supported, and the winners were
Advanced:
1st, Paula Cerrone

Intermediate:
1st, Diana Glendenning
2nd, Sue Wheeler
3rd, Ann Westwood
Novice:
1st,Georgia Dunn

Flower of the month competition winners:
1st, Nan Adie
2nd, Janet Bourne
3rd, Eunice Wright

Photos of Tammy's demonstration and the competition entries are attached.
Don't forget to join us for our next meeting on Thursday July 18th, when we have Tina Miles with her demonstration, "Holidays". The flower arranging competition for members is "A Summer Picnic", plus the Flower of the Month competition.

18/06/2024

We are looking forward to welcoming talented florist Tammy Kefford on Thursday June 20th. Doors open at 1.30pm when refreshments will be available before the demonstration which starts at 2.00pm sharp. Refreshments are included in the entrance fee - £4 for members, £10 for visitors. Our annual membership fee is £40.
The competition for members will be "All Summer Long" - an arrangement with roses as the main featured flower. There will also be the usual "Flower of the Month" competition where members can bring a lovely bloom from their garden for us all to admire. Come and join us!

02/06/2024

On Thursday May 16th, we were delighted to welcome National Demonstrator Coral Gardiner, with her demonstration entitled "Spring into Summer". Coral gave us a lovely demonstration and several lucky raffle winners went home very happy! Photos of Coral's designs are posted below. Our competition, "A Sensory Arrangement" was as usual well supported, and photos are below. Sorry we don't have the names on the photos, or the competition results for you but everyone did lovely arrangements as you can see.

Don't forget to join us for our next meeting on Thursday June 20th, when we have Tammy Kefford, with her demonstration, "Summer's Heaven Scent". We hope to see you there!

06/05/2024

We are looking forward to welcoming National Demonstrator Coral Gardiner on Thursday May 16th. Doors open at 1.30pm when refreshments will be available before the demonstration which starts at 2.00pm sharp. Refreshments are included in the entrance fee - £4 for members, £10 for visitors. Our annual membership fee is £40.
The competition for members will be "A Sensory Arrangement" - an arrangement to celebrate Dementia Awareness week. There will also be the usual "Flower of the Month" competition where members can bring a lovely bloom from their garden for us all to admire. Come and join us!

22/04/2024

On Thursday April 18th, we were delighted to welcome 36 members and 5 visitors to our demonstration by Penelope Harrison, entitled "Contrasts". Penelope gave us a lovely demonstration making six beautiful arrangements, most with two or more placements. Our competition, "Spring into Easter" was as usual well supported, and the winners were
Advanced: 1st, Paula Cerrone
Intermediate: 1st, Diana Glendenning
Novice: 1st, Sue Wheeler
2nd, Janet Ratcliff
3rd, Jackie Janes
Flower of the Month Competition winners were:
1st, Ann Westwood
2nd, Diana Glendenning
3rd, Gillian Moody
Penelope has kindly given us permission to post two photos from her demonstration.
Don't forget to join us for our next meeting on Thursday May 16th, when we have National Demonstrator Coral Gardiner, with her demonstration, "Spring into Summer". Put it in your diary now 😀

07/04/2024

Come and join us for an entertaining afternoon on Thursday April 18th. Doors open at 1.30pm when refreshments will be available before the demonstration, which starts at 2.00pm sharp. Refreshments are included in the entrance fee - £4 for members, £10 for visitors. Our annual membership fee is £40.
The competition for members will be "A Tribute to the late Queen" - an arrangement with a red, white and blue theme. There will also be the usual "Flower of the Month" competition where members can bring a lovely bloom from their garden for us all to admire.

25/03/2024

Our latest programme for 2024.

23/03/2024

On Thursday March 21st, we were delighted to welcome 31 members and 10 visitors to our demonstration by Andrew Lloyd, entitled "Spring". Our competition, "Spring into Easter" was well supported, and the winners were
Advanced: 1st, Paula Cerrone
Intermediate: 1st, Diana Glendenning
2nd, Jackie Taylor
3rd, Georgia Dunn
Novice: 1st, Penny Richardson
Flower of the Month Competition winners were:
1st, Penny Richardson
2nd, Gillian Moody
3rd, Janet Bourne
Andrew has kindly given us permission to post photos from his demonstration.
Join us for our next meeting on Thursday April 18th, when we have Penelope Harrison with her demonstration, "Contrasts".

11/03/2024

In a change to our advertised programme this month, on March 21st we now have the ever-popular Andrew Lloyd, with his demonstration entitled "Spring". Come and join us for an entertaining afternoon, starting at 2.00pm. Refreshments will be served before the demonstration, and are included in the entrance fee - £4 for members, £10 for visitors. Our annual membership fee is £40.
The competition for members will be "Spring into Easter" - a purple-themed display to reflect Epilepsy Awareness Day. There will also be the usual "Flower of the Month" competition where members can bring a lovely bloom from their garden for us all to admire.
See you there!

17/02/2024

Bromsgrove Flower Club welcomed 48 members and 8 visitors to its first meeting of 2024 on Thursday 15th February 2024, when Katherine Kear, a National Demonstrator, came to demonstrate for us with the unusual title ‘Doofers.’

Not only were we treated to some beautiful designs but Katherine also gave the audience some valuable flower arranging tips and explained the meaning of the word "doofers", as well as the interpretation of some well-known sayings.

All in all it was a great start for our 2024 season which the audience thoroughly enjoyed.

Katherine kindly gave us permission to post two of her designs, which are featured below.

We hope you will join us for our next meeting on Thursday 21st March, when we will have National Demonstrator Lorena Dyer, with her title "Are You Sitting Comfortably?". The club competition will be "Spring into Easter", a purple-themed display to reflect Epilepsy Awareness Day. We will also have the usual Flower of the Month competition.

17/02/2024

Here is our updated programme for 2024.

26/09/2022

On September 15th, Chairperson Mrs Angela Harvey extended a warm welcome to 39 members and 6 guests. She then introduced Sally Taylor. Sally had visited our club some years ago. Her Demonstration title on Thursday was “Sallying Forth Again”. One of the definitions in the dictionary of sallying forth is “an adventure off the beaten path”. Sally certainly took us on an interesting journey. Each of her arrangements were accompanied by many stories and recollections.
In Her first arrangement using a cherub accessory, Sally used blue larkspur, pink roses and pink snow berry, she also had a similar arrangement she had made earlier. The next design consisted of a larger arrangement joined by ruched black ribbon to a smaller version. These arrangements had, cream roses, chincherinchees and foliage. The next arrangement was without floral foam and had a ball made of wound wire which was inserted into the top of the container. Shades of pink larkspur and delphinium along with white agapanthus were then threaded through, to create the simple shape. Using two containers, one lying on its side, Sally created a beautiful design from a variety of foliage, yellow orchids and deep red anthuriums. For her last arrangement Sally created a long, low design with yellow/orange small gerberas, peach Lisianthus and two tone red roses. She left a space in the middle of the design and then created a hand tied design using the same flowers. Placing the hand tied neatly into a gold container Sally then inserted it into the space in the centre of her main design.
All Sally’s arrangements were put into a raffle and the lucky recipients were able to take home and enjoy Sally’s creativity.
The vote of thanks was given by Lesley Vanezis.
Sally has kindly given permission for two photographs to be posted.
(Photography by Chris Arter and Lesley Vanezis)

Competition Results:
Flower Arranging Competition – “Wine and Roses”
Novice class - First - Sue Wheeler
Intermediate class – First - Paula Cerrone
Advanced class – First - Angela Harvey
Flower of the Month Competition:
First - Jan Heason

Our next meeting will be on Thursday October 20th, when Tammy Kefford will be our demonstrator with "Inspirations of Autumn". The flower arranging competition for members will be "Autumn's Glory".