Sutton Coldfield Flower Club
Sutton Coldfield Flower Club was founded in 1964 and at present has over 70 members.
We meet at The Fellowship Hall,South Parade,Sutton Coldfield B72 1QU.
Our meetings start at 2.00 p.m. on the 1st Thursday afternoon of every month (except January when we meet on the 2nd Thursday afternoon)
We have a varied and interesting Programme and the majority of our meetings comprise of a demonstration
given by a fully qualified Demonstrator at either Area or National level with the occasional workshop
and social meeting.
Coffee mornings and outings also feature during the year.
We have a sales table for all flower arranging needs and a plant stall during the summer.
Why not come along to one of our meetings and see what we do.
A very warm welcome awaits both new members and visitors
For further details please contact either our Chairman or Secretary
Programme 2012 |
| 2nd February |
Lee Berrill "Into the Light" (Bring Friends Free) |
| 1st March |
Margaret Rumens "Serendipity" |
| 5th April |
AGM with Afternoon Tea Light Entertainment with June Roberts |
| 3rd May |
Sharon Possart "Fashion & Flowers" |
| 7th June |
Diamond Jubilee Celebration Lunch Presentation by Ann Horsley "Life & Times of an Elizabethan Lady" |
| 5th July |
David Martin "Losing the Plot" (Bring Friends Free) |
| 2nd August |
Carola Kean "Recollections" |
| 6th September |
Social & Demonstration "Just for You" by Members |
| 4th October |
Don Billington "Out of the Wood" |
| 1st November |
Janine Hall "Glamorous Gifts" Christmas Tea |
| 6th December |
Tony Brown "Festive Delights" |
January 2012 Katherine Kear - Demonstrator's Dilemma |
Our first meeting for 2012 was a great success. We had a superb afternoon watching National Demonstrator, Speaker and Teacher Katherine Kear solving her "Demonstrator's Dilemma"
All she brought with her was her tool box.
Six members had each prepared a container plus a box of flowers and foliage for Katherine to arrange. Our programme secretary made sure each container was different and we tried to ensure
we had a variety of colour schemes too. Katherine had no idea, until she took the covers off, just what she would have at her disposal.
Everyone was very impressed with Katherines' ingenuity and she produced six very different designs. Many vastly different to what we had expected when we packed the boxes.
Katherine shared with us her vast amount of expertise as a teacher, speaker and demonstrator, we came away with lots of interesting ideas and information for future use.
A masterclass in flower arranging which everyone found very enjoyable and one we hope to repeat again in a couple of years.
It was a useful exercise for the members chosen to provide the flowers etc too, not an easy task to find the right flowers in the right colour at the right price.
We understand how difficult it must be for demonstrators to work within their flower allowance. |
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| Katherine Kear - Demonstrator's Dilemma |
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| ‘Katherine Kear - Demonstrator's Dilemma’ |
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| Katherine Kear - Demonstrator's Dilemma |
December 2011 Nick Grounds - Christmas Carols |
Our final meeting for the year was a great success.
Not only did we have our largest audience for a long time but we were entertained admirably by Nick Grounds with his delightful demonstration "Christmas Carols".
Nick managed to convey the real meaning of Christmas to us but also included many of his humourous tales as well, an excellent end to the year.
His flowers were beautiful and he gave us some good ideas to use in our own arrangements. Everyone was full of praise for him at the end and all eager to win one of his lovely designs.
We are now looking forward to the interesting programme planned for 2012. |
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| Nick with his final design |
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| Part of the final display |
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| Nick's interpretation of the Holy Family
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