On the first Monday of the month, instead of the usual second, members of the Flower Club were entertained by June Borrowdale, a North East Demonstrator from Carlton-in-Lindrick with her demonstration entitled ―Buds, Blooms and Twigs‖. June used twisted willow, contorted hazel and silver painted materials for her ―twigs‖ and created beautiful designs with snapdragons, tulips of different shades, carnations, tiny orchids and chrysanthemums amongst many others. She decorated a large screen with ivy and shamrock chrysanthemums and used dainty red roses, completing the beautiful and original arrangement with Gloriosa Lilies, a flower new to many of the members. For another arrangement June created a cage into which she inserted honeysuckle, campanula, purple flocks, stilby and a rose named Rosamunde which represents the white rose of Yorkshire and the Lancastrian red rose. To conclude the evening and in celebration of the club‘s 50 th anniversary year, June created a golden anniversary arrangement using gilded palm leaves, gilded fatsia, sphinx roses, golden yellow carnations and tiny cream orchids. As she demonstrated June gave one or two teaching points and told us of her experience of being examined to become an Area Demonstrator. She also told us of the honour she felt at being chosen to be part of a team to display at Chelsea Flower Show next year. The enjoyable evening was concluded with a raffle and the usual tea and coffee. The next meeting of the flower club will be on Monday 11th July at 7.30p.m.in the Stephen Jones Community Hall, Haxey when Norman Britton from Finningley will entertain with an evening entitled ―Bonsai with School Tales‖. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
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