The Club is usually asked to arrange the poppies for Remembrance Day in Norwich Cathedral. We have a box of large silk poppies that belong to the Club for this. The last time we arranged the poppies was in 2018,… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – November 2021
For our November 2nd meeting we had Barbara Collins demonstrating with her title of ‘Floral Moments’. Barbara is the NAFAS East area Chairman and came to us all the way from Peterborough. Despite coming across two accidents and negotiating the… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – October 2021
On 5th October we held our first flower arranging demonstration for over a year and a half when Stephanie Laing came along to St John’s Church, Loddon. Stephanie’s title was ‘A Wood Affair’ and all her arrangements included some wood… Read More
Arrangements
Harvest 2021
On 24th September some members of the Club decorated Holy Trinity Church, Loddon with some Harvest Flowers. Thank you to Tricia Godfrey, Janet Morgan, Tricia Loades and Angela Moroney
Garden outing
20th July 2021 – Garden Party
For our first get together from the enforced Lockdown of the Coronavirus, we had an outside meeting in our Treasurer Penny’s garden at Claxton. We had some lovely weather and we sat under some gazebos and had some delicious cakes… Read More
Show Report
10th to 12th September 2021 – Chedgrave Church Flower Festival
Anne Baker, one of our members, organised a Flower Festival at All Saints Church, Chedgrave with the theme of “Norfolk Icons”. Lots of our members took part and you can see all the photos below.
Show Report
NAFAS EAST Virtual Competitions
Our Flower Club is in the Norwich Group of Flower Arrangers in the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies East of England Area (NAFAS East). During the Pandemic NAFAS East held some virtual competitions. Members could take part by making… Read More
Show Report
2nd July 2021 – Lockdown Unlocked
The Church in Loddon organised a weekend event called Lockdown Unlocked, where people and Clubs were invited to display what hobbies or interests they had taken up during Lockdown. This event was held at Holy Trinity Church, Church Plain, Loddon… Read More
Garden outing
Spring 2021 – Members gardens
Although we can still not hold our meetings indoors, we have asked members to send in photos of their Spring gardens, so that others can enjoy them. We have made up a gallery below. Our President, Diane Blyth says ”… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – March 2020
Helen Bird came along to our meeting on 3rd March with her title of “As the Days Lenghten”. We also held a competition for members with the same title which Helen kindly judged for us. In the Novice Class, Jean… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – February 2020
For our meeting on February 4th Christine Hewson joined us with her title of “Food for Thought”. We were joined by some new members which was nice to see.
Arrangements
Victorian Evening – December 2019
The Church in Loddon hold an Open Evening at Holy Trinity Church, Loddon in conjunction with the Victorian Evening. We are asked to decorate two windowsills every year and this year our member Janet Morgan decorated one of them and… Read More
Club Meeting
Open Meeting – December 2019
Our Christmas Open meeting was held on 3rd December at Hobart High School, Kittens Lane, Loddon. We had invited David Wright along with his title of “Christmas Dreams”. We have had David demonstrate before and we always like his arrangements…. Read More
Workshop
Workshop – November 2019
Our winter workshop was held at St John’s Lecture Hall, George Lane, Loddon on Saturday 23rd November. We had fourteen members come along and have a go at making some Christmas ornaments, and trees and candle arrangements and made a… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – November 2019
On 5th November we welcomed Lorraine Scott along to demonstrate flowers with her title of “It’s All About the Sparkle”.
Club Meeting
Club meeting – October 2019
On Tuesday 1st October 2019 we were to have Tim Green come along to arrange flowers with the title of “My Life in Flowers“. Unfortunately Tim did not turn up and luckily we were holding a competiton that evening with… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – September 2019
Linda Kingcott came along to arrange flowers with her title of “The Green Man and Friends at our new venue of St John’s Lecture Hall, George Lane, Loddon.
Club Meeting
Club meeting – August 2019
Our Annual General Meeting was held on 5th August at Chedgrave Church rooms. Most of the Committee were voted back in, but our Chairman of over 7 years, Margaret Turner, was standing down. Margaret was presented with a pot of… Read More
Club Meeting
Club meeting – July 2019
At our meeting on 2nd July 2019 we welcomed along Sandra Price with her demonstration entitled “Let’s Celebrate”. We also held a competition of the same title.
Workshop
Workshop – June 2019
On 4th June we held our summer workshop at Hobart High School, Loddon. The arrangements were contemporary and the workshop was led by our President Diane. Many members enjoyed making them as can be seen from the photos.
Coffee Morning
Coffee Morning – June 2019
On Saturday 15th June we held our annual Coffee Morning at our Chairman Margarets house in Chedgrave. There were various stalls including plants, bric-a-brac, raffle and win a painting of your choice. Lots of people attended and we raised some… Read More
Garden outing
Garden Outing – June 2019
Our annual garden outing on June 11th was to Perennial’s garden at Fuller’s Mill, Hartest. But firstly we visited Bury St Edmund’s and had a look around the Cathedral Gardens and the town and enjoyed a lunch somewhere. Unfortunately the… Read More