Area, National and Other Events 2022
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Date |
Event |
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17 – 22 May |
RHS Chelsea Flower Show |
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18 June |
Club Officers' Day
at Stockton on the Forest Village Hall. More information about this day will be published shortly. |
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4 – 9 July |
RHS Hampton Court Flower Show |
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7 – 9 July
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ECT Tour
of Bath and Wells hosted by our National Chairman Katherine Kear (see ad
below) |
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12 – 15 July |
Great Yorkshire Show at the Pavilions Showground,
Harrogate HG2 8NZ |
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23 July |
Area
Council Meeting. This event will take place at the Folk Hall, New Earswick
YO32 4AQ |
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12-14 August |
Area Weekend in Hull. Please see the dedicated page in this website for full details about this not-to-be-missed event and an application form. |
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9 – 11 September |
National Weekend at the Marriott Hotel Leicester LE19 1SW |
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15 October |
Area
Council Meeting. This event will take place at the Folk Hall, New Earswick
YO32 4AQ |
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19 November |
Area Annual General Meeting.
This event will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Coffee from 10:00, AGM 11:00, then a luncheon, then a demonstration by Vanessa Wellock and Alex Gracey |
Please see the separate page of this site www.flowersnortheast.org/hull-trip-2022.html for news and information about the Area trip to Hull 2022.
The Queens Platinum Jubilee 2022
Competition to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee to be held at the Area Council Meeting on Saturday 30 April 2022
‘A lady’s corsage or gentleman’s buttonhole’ to be displayed on a table. Artificial plant material, aluminium wire etc., allowed. All club members can enter, they don’t have to be present at the Council meeting. Entries to be brought to the meeting completed accompanied by a card bearing club member’s name and club, the reverse of card to be blank. All entries to be displayed before 12:15pm Prizes will be awarded.
We have also been asked to publicise the following event:
Hayton Platinum Jubilee Flower Festival 1952-2022
The event will take place from Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June 2022 on the village green at Hayton near York. There is no charge to view the event but any donations received will be in aid of Her Majesty's Charities. A Collection Box will be sited near the village green.
The event is being designed and co-ordinated by Andrew Grisewood, National NAFAS Flower Arranger and his team of NAFAS Flower Arrangers and will celebrate many aspects of the 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
The main flower arrangers are: Andrew Grisewood lead designer
Nicola Bullock
Vanessa Wellock
Janet Hayton
Catherine Gledhill
Caroline Nash
Mary Adam
Sue Spencer
with others including Gaynor & Peter Nicholson, Gary Chapman, Chris Kendra and Andrew's Flower Class students.
‘A lady’s corsage or gentleman’s buttonhole’ to be displayed on a table. Artificial plant material, aluminium wire etc., allowed. All club members can enter, they don’t have to be present at the Council meeting. Entries to be brought to the meeting completed accompanied by a card bearing club member’s name and club, the reverse of card to be blank. All entries to be displayed before 12:15pm Prizes will be awarded.
We have also been asked to publicise the following event:
Hayton Platinum Jubilee Flower Festival 1952-2022
The event will take place from Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June 2022 on the village green at Hayton near York. There is no charge to view the event but any donations received will be in aid of Her Majesty's Charities. A Collection Box will be sited near the village green.
The event is being designed and co-ordinated by Andrew Grisewood, National NAFAS Flower Arranger and his team of NAFAS Flower Arrangers and will celebrate many aspects of the 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
The main flower arrangers are: Andrew Grisewood lead designer
Nicola Bullock
Vanessa Wellock
Janet Hayton
Catherine Gledhill
Caroline Nash
Mary Adam
Sue Spencer
with others including Gaynor & Peter Nicholson, Gary Chapman, Chris Kendra and Andrew's Flower Class students.
More news...
Two sad items of news to share.
Hazel Hall (Acomb) died earlier this this month. Hazel was well known throughout the area as a teacher and a retired demonstrator.
Additionally Rosalind Walker (Driffield Flower Club) passed away recently. Rosalind was the North East Area Chairman 1999/2001 and held a National appointment on the committee that oversaw the direction of the Association (the predecessor of the Board of Trustees).
Rosalind's funeral took place on Saturday 19 March in the small church in the village of Lund near Driffield where she lived . Pictured are some of the floral tributes on the altar, and in the church.
Hazel Hall (Acomb) died earlier this this month. Hazel was well known throughout the area as a teacher and a retired demonstrator.
Additionally Rosalind Walker (Driffield Flower Club) passed away recently. Rosalind was the North East Area Chairman 1999/2001 and held a National appointment on the committee that oversaw the direction of the Association (the predecessor of the Board of Trustees).
Rosalind's funeral took place on Saturday 19 March in the small church in the village of Lund near Driffield where she lived . Pictured are some of the floral tributes on the altar, and in the church.
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Rosalind Walker - An Appreciation. By Norma Dobney
We are grateful to Norma Dobney (Bradford), past Area Chairman and past National Chairman for kindly giving permission to reprint the Eulogy which was delivered at All Saints Church, Lund on the occasion of Rosalind's funeral on Saturday 19 March.
Click below to download the text of Norma's speech.
There is another personal recollection of Rosalind written by Margaret Jenkins which can be read on the Driffield Flower Club's page on this website.
Click below to download the text of Norma's speech.
There is another personal recollection of Rosalind written by Margaret Jenkins which can be read on the Driffield Flower Club's page on this website.
| rosalind_walker_tribute.docx |
Demonstrators and Speakers Combined Refresher Day 5 March 2022
A successful Refresher Day was held at Stockton on the Forest Village Hall on Saturday 5 March. With sessions led by Janet Hayton, Rita Braithwaite and Sue Spencer the attendees (some existing speakers and demonstrators and some prospective trainees wanting to know more) brushed up on their skills.
Speaker Sarah Hopps from Sowerby, Thirsk
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Sue Spencer
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NAFAS National AGM 10:30 Tuesday 5 October 2021
A recording of the 2021 NAFAS national AGM is available to view by clicking this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDqBCgAOxlc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDqBCgAOxlc
Floral Art Association of New South Wales (Australia) 2022 Online Competitions - Open to All
We have received an invitation from the Floral Art Association in Australia to compete in their online Competitions which (like the Chairman's Challenge last year) is running throughout 2022. Each month two titles are featured: one for their own members, and one which is open to ANYONE (This includes us!). Download the schedule below which gives full details of the title for each month and instructions about how to enter (involving photographing your completed design and sending it as an email attachment).
Good luck - please let your Webmaster know how you get on if you enter.
Good luck - please let your Webmaster know how you get on if you enter.
| nswfaa.docx |
Statement from the Board of Trustees of NAFAS regarding the Charities Commission
| statement_from_the_board_of_trustees_august_2021.pdf |
