Congratulations to Helen Hare on achieving the NAFAS/OCN Teaching Certificate. She presented with her certificate by Area Chairman Gill Smaggasgale at a Kent Workshop she was tutoring. Well done Helen
Congratulations to Marion Matharu of Ashford Club for her very interesting article on her journey into competing in the winter edition of Flora magazine. The article features her design in the Novice class at the Area Show back in May (photo by Pauline Pearce).
You can also find a design for a Christmas posy by Trudie Easton in the "Winter Wonders" supplement. Members of Kent Floral Art were honoured to be asked to arrange the flowers for the Battle of Britain service at Westminster Abbey. They produced beautiful designs in red, white and blue. Congratulations to Sue Thompson of Paddock Wood, Pam Hayward of Maidstone, Cecilia Sleap of Romney Marsh, Rosina Horton of Folkestone and Iris Shaw of Wateringbury who worked with NAFAS Abbey Co-ordinators Liz Hall and Marilyn Marsh. More pictures can be found on the Gallery page.
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.
Thank you to Pauline Pearce for producing this fabulous video of the Area Show. Thank you to all the show team, all the competitors, our sponsors and everyone else who helped to make a successful show. This is a picture of Pam Hayward's petite design which was awarded Best in Show. The full results sheet can be downloaded from the Area Show page - click here and the photographs of all exhibits are on the Gallery page - click here
We are delighted to be the first show to be able to go live in these times. The show team did a fabulous job to bring a socially distanced show to fruition, the competitors were great and the judges complementary. The results are now on the Area Show page of the website. Click here to see them. Photos will follow after the show closes
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