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Page 46 • The HERALD • 26th August 2021 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v Contact Nick 07825 662955 or 023 8017 3186 (office) • Local Domestic and Commercial Tree Surgeons • Hedging work • Tree reductions • Thinning • Tree dismantles • Arboricultural reports and Surveys • Fencing Free no obligation quotation, and free advice E: enquiries@langleyarb.com W: www.langleyarb.com Innovators in Metal Quality Iron Works Guaranteed. Small and large jobs undertaken, from gates and railings to weathervanes & curtain poles. Call Nathan on 07500 016546 customerservices@phoenixironworks.co.uk www.phoenixironworks.co.uk Unit B, Brokenford Business Centre, Brokenford Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9LZ | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | FLOWERS AND FUN ARE BACK WITH MARION AND MO! by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club The 5th of August saw lots of lovely ladies enjoying a fun evening of eight floral demonstrations by comedy duo Marion and Mo. Seven designs were foam free! • Sunflowers . Marion used a bunch of sun owers secured with ra a, hypericum berries around these, outside were aspidistra leaves looped and stapled. All secured with yellow ra a, placed in a vase with a pin holder covered with natural stones (care not to break the vase!). Summer in a vase! • “Going to pot”. A short vase from a charity shop lled with a “vintage hand tie” - not tied and no mechanics. Mo made a hand tie of vintage coloured owers –alstroemerias (white, raspberry ecks), pale pink carnations, spearmint in ower, lisianthus (white with maroon tips), silvery foliage and hostas leaves to nish. Put straight into a vase-reminiscent of a summer a ernoon tea. Other designs – recycled clay fondue pot lled with summer oranges from a supermarket mixed bunch and a variety of foliage - variegated, di erent leaf sizes, textures and colours and seed heads to add texture and space. Opposites on the colour wheel were used to add a “buzz”. Mechanics were a grid of oasis tape. “Pick a vase and get owers to match”: A blue and white, heavy oriental style vase was lled with tied tiers of agapanthus, bear grass, gypsophila and palm leaves. Another tall vase (pale okra, mint green, so brown), weighted with sand and lled with burgundy owering foliage, owering spearmint, lemon gladioli (remove tops to keep looking fresh), textured grasses with seeds and tassels and yellow spiky pom-pom owers to add texture. A weighted (bricks) metal planter with a oasis holder secured to the top had a stunning design using greens and whites – crocosmia leaves, palm leaves, large white fragrant lilies, red brown foliage, lime green rhododendron foliage, white lace hydrangea, white roses and lime green umbrella style owers. Last but not least were a beautiful basket arrangement by Marion and “le overs” by Mo - heavy based glass vase, rhododendron foliage and stems used as mechanics and a variety of owers and grasses. All Stunning! All designs were ra ed and lucky ladies le with beautiful arrangements. Next meeting will be held on 2nd September, 7.30pm , Copythorne Parish Hall, demonstrations by Nafas trainee demonstrators. For more information call Debbie orne on: 07769 830752. Floral Demonstrations by Foresters Flower Club Woodlands Gardening Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Trinity Church in Totton, and their next meeting takes place on Tuesday 14th September for a talk by Gill Southwell titled ‘Solitary Bees’. Visitors will be very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. Solitary Bees