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Northumberland & DURHAM Area Newsletter

May 2017 issue 19

www.flowersnorthumberlandanddurham.co.uk follow us on twitter @NDnafas

Harrogate Flower Show April 2017

Message from our Area Chairman Where does the time go? Here we are halfway through my first year as Area chairman and what a few months it has been with several clubs successfully acquiring funding from Northumberland County Council for practical workshops, an inspiring Education Day and an interesting and informative Demonstrators and Speakers Refresher Day. Thanks go to all the Clubs who participated in the "Show the Love" and "Lonely Bouquet" campaigns. We now look forward to our 50th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition at Sage Gateshead on 5th and 6th August. I hope to see many of you there. Whatever you choose to do over the coming months . Enjoy Pam G

Westminster Abbey March 2017

Wendy Smith and Pam Greenhill beside their designs at the High Al-tar at Westminster Abbey. They were part of a team of 12 arranging flowers for the Commonwealth Observance service on 13th March in the presence of the Queen and other members of the Royal family. Go to the website www.flowersnorthumberland and durham.co.uk for a full report.

Competition winners:

Make Do and Mend: 1st Susan Hall , she also received the Sheila Matthews trophy.

Make Do and Mend: 2nd Sally Brass

Round the Twist: 1st Kathleen Dodds

Musical Miscellany: 1st and Best in Show Sally Brass

Hitched and Stitched: 2nd Rebecca Hough

Congratulations to everyone

Susan’s winning design

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Around the clubs

Loftus and District Flower Club

Pam Greenhill presenting

Nan Graham with a silver salver and £25 for the most

increased sales of the Flower Arranger magazine.

Whitley Bay Flower Club

Ann Larke

Ann Larke died peacefully at home on Tuesday 14th March 2017 aged 92 . Ann founded Hartle-pool and District Flower club in 1965, later be-coming their President. She was a life member of Durham Flower Club and President of Seaham Flower Club. She became an Area demonstrator in 1968 and a National teacher in 1971. In 1972 she qualified as a National judge and Ikebana teacher. Between 1989 and 1990 she was Chair-man of the Area JDS&T committee. She partici-pated in many Area and National Flower Festivals and became a National Associate of Honour in 1991. She made a very big contribution to the development of North-umberland and Durham Area.

Pictured: Ann Larke Presi-dent , Hartlepool and Dis-trict Flower Club with Chairman Kath Crawford

Christine Dalton was awarded first place at the Christmas workshop for her design of pale yellow roses, orchids and pieris from her gar-den.

Chairman Mary Bentley presenting a cheque of £1000 to the Sick Children’s fund. The donation will be used at Crawford House in the grounds of the RVI who pro-

vide a home from home for the parents of seriously ill children re-ceiving treatment at the hospital.

Dunelm Flower Club

Darlington Flower Club

Darlington Flower Club spent a day in Sainsburys making up arrangements and selling them making a £100 for their charity Still Born Babies. They also made up lonely bou-quets .

Loftus and District Flower club, held a Christmas workshop with the theme ’Christmas Puddings’. Seventeen girls and boys attended. Susan Hall Chairperson, organised the event as-sisted by the committee, Mums and Grandmoth-ers.

Eileen Perkins , President of Dunelm Flower Club presenting a £500 cheque to St Cuthbert’s Hospice, Durham at their AGM in February.

Loftus and District Flower Club made this bicycle that was dis-played for the Klondike cycle race that went through Loftus, on Sun-day 2nd of April.

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Around the clubs

Education Day—April 2017

Woodlands Park Floral Art Club celebrated their 35th anniversary with a dinner and entertainment at

Horton Grange Country House Ho-tel. Fifty three members and two guests attended the event . Front row, R—L Rita Braithwaite (Area Chairman),

Mildred Rutherford (President), Elizabeth Reed (Chairman) and other committee members.

Demonstrators and Teachers Refresher Day Gosforth—April 2017

Warkworth and District recently celebrated their Gold-

en Anniversary. The cake was cut by Margaret Burrell

the founding Chairman assisted by demonstrator Mil-

dred Stafford. Margaret was also presented with the

NAFAS 50 year membership pin by Philida Irving.

Warkworth Flower Club

Lonely Bouquet Show the Love

Monkton Flower Club

Members took part in a practical workshop working with branches and bark.

Nafas members joined forces with the WI to support two recent campaigns. Show the Love to consider the effects of climate change and lonely bouquet to spread a little joy with a random act of kindness.

Woodlands Park Floral Art Club

Members at the Education Day tutored by Pat Hutchinson

The demonstrators each did a design, either of

foliage or using a limited budget; these were then

used to show the best ways to set up a stage. It

was a super day and we all learned a great deal

from Michael Bowyer.

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President Rita Braithwaite 01665 577800 Chairman Pam Greenhill 0191 413 2366

Tickets Pamela Greenhill 0191 413 2366 Trading Kath Gibson 0191 4143689

Secretary Pamella Alexander 01670 514276 Treasurer Margaret Anderson 0191 262 7047

Projects Heather Carr 0191 252 1784 Printing & Media Heather Henderson 0191 4914993

Flower Arranger

Averil Oakey

0191 2672121

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Dorothy Smith

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Contributions for next edition by 15 October 2017 please

Golden Celebration Exhibition

5 and 6 August 2017

Sage Gateshead

The Festive Flower and Food Show

9—11 November 2017

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

For more info go to www.festiveflowerfoodshow.co.uk

29 November 2017

Area AGM

National Demonstrator: Pamela Lewis

“Christmas Naturally”

Entertainment by Ndulgence

WANTED—AREA SECRETARY

To take over from Pam Alexander at the end of

November

Joint refresher day for Area Judges

7 October 2017

10.30 am—3.30 pm

Cotherstone Village Hall, near Barnard Castle

£22 tea/coffee included please bring packed lunch

Blue is the Colour– Flower festival

Ellington Flower Club Sapphire Anniversary

St. Bartholomew's Church, Cresswell Sat 12 August 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Sun 13 August 12.00 noon - 4.00 pm Arrangements can be bought on conclusion

Refreshments available at the church

What’s on

Exhibition Afternoon tea

Mini demonstrations Displays

Photography competition

Class 1. A burst of gold

Class 2. Days gone by

Class 3. A local treasure

Images to be no larger than 18 cm x 13 cm

See website for details

Country Baskets

We have had complaints from people not wishing to

cut out the £5 off coupon on the back of the Flower

Arranger magazine, which has a code number.

Country Baskets insist they will only accept the cut

out voucher.

Your committee are trying to rectify the

situation