Page 52 • The HERALD • 6th October 2022 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ Fred Hurst 023 8084 2191 or 07761 467217 • Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance • Hedge Cutting • Fallen Trees Cleared • Mini Digger Hire with Operator • Property Clearance • Small Demolition • Tractor Flail Cutting FULLY INSURED v FREE QUOTATIONS SPADEWORK Family Landscaping & Fencing Team ] Decking & Natural Sandstone Paving ] Patios ] Driveways ] Block Paving ] Turfing ] All Types of Domestic & Commercial Fencing ] Security Fencing Supplied & Fitted Tel: (023) 8089 4909 Mobile: 07703 566814 u Free Estimates u Fully Insured Journey to Creativity by Graham King Written by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Wow, our meeting on 1st of September should have been titled “An Inspirational Journey to Creativity”! Graham stunned us with artistic talents and creativity – not just with owers, but with the containers in the accompanying displays. He incorporated metal, metal wire, plastic (recycled), wood, wool, paper – in actual fact, the list is endless. Graham has been a Surrey Area Demonstrator and teacher for 30 years and is the author of various Cra and Flower arranging books. He did six stunning arrangements. e rst arrangement used a container made from a cardboard cone and a small wooden box on top, to hold the oasis. e whole container was covered in bits and pieces sprayed red, orange, gold and white – barbecue sticks, wool, fabric leaves. He had tendrils of orange fabric and orange fabric leaves and a cascading posey arrangement in shades of peach, orange, burnt orange and greens. Fatsia leaves, rubus tricolour, willow hebe, so apricot gerberas, lemon and orangeedged roses, so peach spray roses were some of the incorporated owers. My favourite arrangement was his last one - ultimate grand nale. is was a tree and canopy. Graham had sculpted this amazing tree trunk and branches using 2 mm galvanised wire, from the garden centre. e tree had roots and branches and was adorned with butter ies – exquisite! He used a dish at the top with a small piece of foam to make the canopy– a beautiful arrangement. Foliage included large begonia leaves, burgundy heuchera leaves, trailing ivy-green and variegated hebe. Flowers included red escallonia, physocarpus lady in red, gerbera – orange with black centres, burgundy balthazaar flair chrysanthemum blooms, rusty helichrysum, red spray roses, Ivanhoe rose-dark red with lime centre and red hypericum berries. To nish, the trunk lit up with warm white fairy lights. Beautiful! Graham patiently answered questions during refreshments and how very extremely lucky were the ladies who won the arrangements! e next meetings are: 6th October: Social and Practical with M & M and 3rd November: Spring in Japan – Presentation by Rosemary Legrande. Meetings held at Copythorne Parish Hall SO40 2NZ for more information please call Deb orne on: 07769 830752. Graham King with a few of his arrangements BLACKFIELD FLOWER CLUB e Chairman welcomed Bronda Dossett, Area Speaker, to the September meeting with her talk which was entitled ‘My Passion for Dance’. Bronda had been a dance teacher for thirty years and had owned her own dance school. e rst part of the talk featured ballet and Bronda had brought along a tutu and a pair of ballet shoes and explained how a tutu is made. Ballet shoes are expensive and only last for a short time. A large black and white poster of Anna Pavlova was displayed and Bronda mentioned the connection with Anna and the meringue dessert. e second part of the talk featured tap dancing and a black and white poster of Fred Astaire was revealed. Bronda encouraged everybody to participate here with clapping to the rhythms used in tap dancing which was fun. At the end of the talk, Bronda spoke brie y about the popularity of Strictly Come Dancing and the judges. A very interesting and enjoyable talk. e next meeting will take place on Tuesday 11th October at 2pm when Alison Finch will be the demonstrator and the title is ‘What a Sweety’ – visitors most welcome, please contact Jan Gordon on 023 8084 4835 for more details. Meetings take place second Tuesday of the month at the Royal British Legion Club, Exbury Road, Black eld. Bronda Dossett
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTIyNzI=