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The Area Show is over for another year. Awards were presented at 4pm on Monday 26th May. There were over 1,300 Peoples' Choice votes which engaged the public in looking closely at the designs. The results are as follows. For photos of all the designs please see our Kent Floral Art Facebook Page or go to the Gallery section of this website. With grateful thanks to our sponsors Chris Thomas Deal and District Flower Club Folkestone Flower Arrangers -Club Herne Bay Flower -Arrangement Society Hythe Flower Club Margate Flower Club Nicola Prior Rainham Flower Club Romney Marsh Flower Arrangers Sevenoaks Flower Club Sue Thompson (President) Vanguard Contemporary -Design Group Verity Prior Whitstable Flower Club WMH Leisure SPECIAL AWARDS Best in Show: Vicki Hodgkiss (Class 2) Runner Up to Best in Show: Helen Hare (Class 6) Most Innovative Design: Helen Hare (Class 6) Best Use of Colour: Anna Ardolino & Sue Zacharia (Class 2) Best Use of Garden Plant Material: Anne Luckett (Class 5) Best Craft Exhibit: Cicely Finnis (Class 4) Novice & Flower Arranger Award: Pamela Beckett (Class 8) Judge's Choice: Susan Shaw (Class 7) People's Choice: Jean Schofield (Class 6) Club with Most Entries: Rainham Flower Club Class 1: Optical Illusion
1st Zoe Hawkins Herne Bay 2nd Anne Luckett Romney Marsh 3rd Carol Springett Rainham VHC Tan Harrington Dover HC Joy Bishop Maidstone Class 2: Balancing Act – may be staged by 2 people 1st Vicki Hodgkiss Canterbury and Vanguard 2nd Anna Ardolino & Sue Zachariah Herne Bay 3rd Maxine West-Burr and Cicely Finnis Dover VHC Pat Potter & David Williams Gravesend HC Pat White Maidstone, Wateringbury Class 3: Hiding Under – petite 1st Helen Armstrong Sevenoaks, Wateringbury 2nd Susan Shears Rainham 3rd Vicki Hodgkiss Canterbury, Vanguard VHC Carol Springett Rainham HC Iris Shaw Sevenoaks, Wateringbury, Vanguard C Verity Prior Rainham Class 4: Nature’s Charms - craft exhibit 1st Cicely Finnis Dover 2nd Dee Hickman Canterbury 3rd Anne Luckett Romney Marsh VHC Helga Cukure Canterbury HC Jill Smith Rainham C Jessica O’Sullivan Maidstone Class 5: Camouflage - an exhibit using predominately foliage 1st Anne Luckett Romney Marsh 2nd Marina Thorne Rainham 3rd Donna Palmer Maidstone VHC Rosina Horton Folkestone HC Nicola Prior Rainham C Verity Prior Rainham Classes 3 and 4 could be brought ready assembled Class 6: Morning Mist – Pedestal 1st Helen Hare Gravesend, Vanguard 2nd Verity Prior Rainham 3rd Jean Schofield Wateringbury VHC Iris Shaw Sevenoaks, Wateringbury, Vanguard HC Jill Smith Rainham Class 7: Floral Interpretation 1st Sue Shaw Maidstone 2nd Zoe Hawkins Herne Bay 3rd Helga Cukure Canterbury VHC Christine Thomas Canterbury HC Maxine West- Burr Dover C Chris Lawrence Herne Bay Class 8: Card Trick (Novice) 1st Pamela Beckett Canterbury 2nd Chris Lawrence Herne Bay 3rd Susan Shears Rainham VHC Jean Haves Dover HC Marina Thorne Rainham C Karen Card Wateringbury Class 9: Shadow Play 1st Iris Shaw Sevenoaks, Wateringbury, Vanguard 2nd Helen Hare Gravesend 3rd Cecilia Sleap Romney Marsh Class 10: It’s All Done by Mirrors 1st Robin White Sheldwich 2nd Pat Potter Gravesend 3rd Rosina Horton Folkestone Class 11: The Unexpected – Imposed 1st Sharon Owen Maidstone 2nd Genista Spencer Canterbury, Sheldwich 3rd Christina Hawes Rainham VHC Rosina Horton Folkestone HC Iris Shaw Sevenoaks, Wateringbury, Vanguard C Donna Palmer Maidstone Class 12: Out of the Hat! (an open Junior class) Could be brought ready assembled Ages 5 to 8 years 1st Sebastian Barter Mayeux Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club 2nd Eddie Spitty Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club 3rd Libby Simmons Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club “ HC Rose Bennett Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Hannah Stramowska Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Georgia Smith Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Seren Gesua Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Penny Wynne Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Willow Baldock Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Ivy Wynne Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Mugilan Balaji Srinivasan Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club Ages 9 to 12 years 1st Freya Wise Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club 2nd Layla Bannister Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club 3rd Molly Simmons Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club HC Summer Baldock Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Rocco Gesua Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Francesca Savin Independent C Evelyn Wise Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Adithi Balaji Srinivasan Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Amelie Smith Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club C Elena Barter Mayeux Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club Ages 12 – 16 1st Jack Barrell Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club 2nd Max Baldock Hamstreet Junior’s Flower Club VHC = very highly commended, HC = highly commended, C = commended. Kent Council have a site in which you can give details about your club, the link is
- https://local.kent.gov.uk/kb5/kent/directory/register.page. Once you have registered, you can then sign in via this link - https://local.kent.gov.uk/kb5/kent/directory/sign_in.page. The process is a little confusing but most people should be able to navigate it. We advise using your clubs email to set it up. Any problems email: [email protected] Anne Luckett shows how to produce a pedestal without using foam. Thank you Anne The Autumn/Winter Edition of Kent News is now available. It can be downloaded from the Kent News page of this website. Click here to go directly there.
We are delighted to announce that all of the candidates who took their speakers test today PASSED. Congratulations to: Jean Hoar - Hartley Gill Smaggasgale - Sevenoaks Lesley Iannidinardo - Sevenoaks Pauline Martindale who joined us from L& O Area Jean Schofield - Wateringbury Our thanks also go to all of the team who made it possible. Too many to list you all here but you know who you are .. particular thanks to Sue Shaw and Vicki Hodgkiss. Our thanks to our Adjudicators.
Well we did it! The JDSE&P day which was scheduled for March 2020 and postponed twice finally took place yesterday. Thank you to everyone involved in the organisation, everyone who came and to our speaker Linda Scoles and our demonstrator Nick Grounds. You were all completely fabulous. Nick has kindly given permission for us to post the photos of his designs We also took the opportunity to thank everyone who stepped down from post at the Virtual AGM in November and present badges to those who came into office at that time. Visit the Gallery page of this website to see all the photos  The schedule for the 2020 competition has now launched and can be downloaded from the photography page of this website. Click here to go straight there  Congratulations to the happy team on completing the Kent Floral Art Show Work course tutored by the excellent Avril Hill. They started before lockdown and have been waiting patiently to complete the course. Seen here with their certificates. Thank you to Nichola Prior for a fabulous and delicious cake thanking Avril for her time and expertise. 
 We are absolutely delighted to unveil our new name and logo. We hope you love our fabulous new logo designed for us by John and Seb Arnold as much as we do. Thank you both for all your hard work. We love it!!!
Have you seen your Flower Arranger yet? Our own Jacqui Arnold explains how to make the wreath which appears on the front cover. You can also find Cecilia Sleap's best in show design from the National Virtual Show and Jacqui's prizewinning design. You might also spot Anne Luckett's design from the national show in London in the You Be The Judge feature.  We only received one entry for the June National Chairman's Challenge. Thank you to Jean Hoar of Hartley for producing this evocative design. Sadly it was not placed in the National competition but we are proud of you Jean.  |
