Four intrepid members of Kent Floral Art set off to the National Show in Gloucester. We are very proud to announce that Cicely Finnis of Dover club achieved a second place in the class "Celebrating Courage", Mig Kimpton also of Dover was awarded highly commended in "A Feast for the Eye" and commended in "Rejoice". Nicola and Verity of Prior entered the petite class "Richly Woven"
Sue Shaw produced a fabulous talk at the National Show in Gloucester Cathedral. Several members of Kent Floral Art were present in the audience. Cecilia Sleap (Vice Chairman) said "Sue kept the audience at Gloucester Cathedral captivated with her talk about Beatrix Potter’s ‘Tailor of Gloucester’…. a fitting subject. Sue took us through the origins of the stories, giving us snippets of little known information with humour, and a mysterious twist!"
Congratulations Sue. Members of Kent Floral Art produced regal designs to celebrate the Coronation and National Flower Arranging Day. To see all of the designs go to the Gallery page of this website
Congratulations to Margaret Smith of Deal & District who is the overall winner of the competition and is awarded the Carolyn Raisbeck Trophy. Margaret, entering the show for the first time, won 1st prize in Class 4 "Wonderful Foliage" and Class 5 "Reflections", 2nd prize in Class 1 and 3rd prize in Class 3 and the most points. Her photographs are below. Well done Margaret
For full details of the results visit the Photography page and to see all the photographs which achieved awards to the Gallery page WOW - What a fabulous day we had at All Kinds of Everything organised by our hardworking JDSE&P committee. Thank you to everyone who took part. Particular thanks to our speakers Lesley Iannidinardo, Jean Hoar, Jean Schofield and Gill Smaggasgale and our demonstrators Gill Smaggasgale, Helen Hare, Trudie Easton, Sue Shaw and Jacqui Arnold for all their preparation and planning which all came together to a very enjoyable day. More photos are on the gallery page of this website.
Thanks to Ellouise Hasler-Stott for an inspiring Kent Floral Art workshop - how to make structures for hand tied designs with spring flowers. Ellouise was extremely generous with her tips and techniques. Keep an eye on the website and our Facebook page for information for future Kent Floral Art workshops.
We are sad to learn of the passing of Barbara Wilson of Ashford Flower Club. Barbara is a past area Chairman of Kent Area and was the Courses Administrator for NAFAS.
Barbara will be missed and we send our condolences to her family at this difficult time. 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: localdirectory@kent.gov.uk We return to the County Show on 7th to 9th July 2023. The schedule for entry is now available for download from the County Show page of this website - click here or can be viewed at https://showingscene.com/events/kent-county-show-2023-jul-2023-2. Get your applications in early to secure a place as we celebrate some of the major milestones of the last 100 years with "100 Years Then To Now"
Kent Floral Art members started the year as they meant to go on and showed their Friendship Through Flowers by producing designs on the theme of LOVE. All of the details of the designs can be seen on our Gallery page. With grateful thanks to all our members who took part. They are all identified on the Gallery page |
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