CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SECOND VICE-CHAIRMAN VANESSA WELLOCK FOR PASSING HER NATIONAL DEMONSTRATORS' TEST AT GLOUCESTER IN SEPTEMBER 2021.
Chairman's Challenge - August 2021
You are hopefully aware of the national competition that is taking place on a monthly basis called "The Chairman's Challenge" where ANY member of the North East Area can submit an image of one of their designs, not previously uploaded to any social media platform, created to follow a monthly theme. Submissions are made to Sue Guilliatt and then the Executive submit the best to Katherine Kear our National Chairman for the Board of Trustees to judge against other Area's entries. August's was "A Picnic on the Beach" and we are as pleased as Punch to announce that the North East Area has WON the August competition. Step forward Valerie Jessop from Northallerton Flower Club with her interpretation of the design "A Picnic on the Beach". Valerie has written a few words about the inspiration of her design which, not unsurprisingly, comes from a visit to Northumberland...
I am really thrilled and surprised that my design achieved first place and honoured to have represented Northallerton Flower Club. So, days on the beach in Northumberland inspired me to try to recreate the feeling of being on the dunes with a picnic amongst the grasses , wild flowers, sand and pebbles, the sea just out of sight. I used grass plants heaped with sand and gravel for the dunes. I used yellow Achillea and Craspedia along with pink Sea thrift and a small white daisy for the dune flowers. I then made two round structures to represent plates for a picnic out of flat Midelino and wired test tubes to them to hold pink and yellow mini Gerbera. I added some Eryngium to give a seaside feel along with some shells and pebbles I had collected and an old string bag for a bit of discarded fishing net to complete the picture.
I am really thrilled and surprised that my design achieved first place and honoured to have represented Northallerton Flower Club. So, days on the beach in Northumberland inspired me to try to recreate the feeling of being on the dunes with a picnic amongst the grasses , wild flowers, sand and pebbles, the sea just out of sight. I used grass plants heaped with sand and gravel for the dunes. I used yellow Achillea and Craspedia along with pink Sea thrift and a small white daisy for the dune flowers. I then made two round structures to represent plates for a picnic out of flat Midelino and wired test tubes to them to hold pink and yellow mini Gerbera. I added some Eryngium to give a seaside feel along with some shells and pebbles I had collected and an old string bag for a bit of discarded fishing net to complete the picture.
North East Area Photographic Competition 2021
The results are in for the 2021 Photography Competition and are displayed in the Photography page of this website that can be found here: www.flowersnortheast.org/photography.html. CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and thank you for all your support.
Statement from the Board of Trustees of NAFAS regarding the Charities Commission
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Area Online Workshops
Vanessa Wellock led a successful online workshop earlier this year. You will find below some images of her design.
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Area, National and Other Events 2021/2022
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Date |
Event |
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21 – 26 September 2021 |
RHS Chelsea Flower Show |
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5 October 2021 |
National Annual General Meeting. This event will take
place, as last year, online and will be introduced and facilitated by Tony
Cleaver from the North East Area. Full details about how to watch will be
provided soon. |
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16 October |
Area
Council Meeting. This event will take place LIVE at the Folk Hall, New
Earswick. |
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20
November |
Area
Annual General Meeting. This event will take place online. |
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22 January
2022 |
Area
Council Meeting. This event will take place online via Zoom. |
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5 March |
Demonstrators
and Speakers Combined Refresher Day. |
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19 March |
Area
Education Day at the Wigginton Recreational Hall, Wigginton, York YO32 2LL |
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15 – 17 April |
RHS Cardiff, Bute Park, Cardiff CF10 3ER |
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21 – 24 April |
Harrogate Spring Flower Show at the Pavilions
Showground, Harrogate HG2 8NZ |
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30 April |
Area
Council Meeting. This event will take place at the Folk Hall, New Earswick
YO32 4AQ |
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1 May |
National Flower Arranging Day |
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4 May |
Area
Luncheon at the Parsonage Hotel, Escrick YO19 6LF |
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17 – 22 May |
RHS Chelsea 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 – 14 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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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 |
