Winter 2013 - Parishes Online
Winter 2013 - Parishes Online
Winter 2013 - Parishes Online
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10 Les Nouvelles <strong>Winter</strong><strong>2013</strong><br />
St Martin’s Flower Club<br />
By Elinor McFaddon and Kay Laverty<br />
Images: Arrangements<br />
shown by Sandra Le<br />
Vesconte and Miriam Hill<br />
Bottom left: The display at<br />
the RJHS Show<br />
St Martin’s Flower Club held its inaugural meeting<br />
in January 1969 under the experienced guidance of<br />
our founding chairman Kath Robinson who had<br />
come to live at Rozel Mill.<br />
Kath had great experience of<br />
running flower clubs in England<br />
as she was a founder and<br />
trustee of NAFAS (The<br />
governing body of The National<br />
Association of Flower Clubs), so<br />
St Martin’s Flower Club was in<br />
safe hands.<br />
A year or two later it was<br />
decided to hold a competitive<br />
Flower Show. Well into the<br />
organisation of this Kath fell ill<br />
and went to England for an<br />
operation. In the ensuing panic<br />
of her committee, none of whom<br />
had experience of running a<br />
show, Kath kept them up to scratch from her<br />
hospital bed. Every morning there was a phone<br />
call saying “Have you done such and such.” The<br />
show was a great success and the club still<br />
flourishes 44 years later.<br />
The club usually meets on the first<br />
Wednesday of the month at the Public Hall at<br />
2.30 pm. Most months there is a qualified<br />
demonstrator from England who does several<br />
delightful arrangements. In the summer, in July,<br />
we have a visit to a local garden and in<br />
August we have a Garden Party with a<br />
lovely afternoon tea.<br />
Throughout the year we decorate<br />
churches and marquees for weddings<br />
and festivals where any members who<br />
enjoy taking an active part are very<br />
welcome to help and we all have a fun<br />
time. Some of our members have also<br />
done demonstrations and have even<br />
taken part in the Chelsea Flower<br />
Show.<br />
We also do a display at the RJHS<br />
Spring Show and many of our<br />
members take part in the Eisteddfod.<br />
The display at the RJHS Show that<br />
we did for the Diamond Jubilee was repeated<br />
when the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visited<br />
the RJHS Showground this summer. It attracted<br />
their attention and they spent<br />
several minutes talking to our<br />
members.<br />
We are a very happy<br />
flourishing club and there is<br />
always a warm welcome for<br />
new members or guests.
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