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Loddon Flower Club

East of England Area of NAFAS

Loddon Flower Club

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Queen and Commonwealth – Flower Festival 2022

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Over the weekend of 16th and 17th July we held a flower festival to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at St John’s Church, George Lane, Loddon.

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Club meeting – July 2022

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On 5th July we invited Linda Kingcott along with her flower arranging demonstration entitled ‘Fascinating Rhythm’.

Garden outing

Garden Outing 2022

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On 15th June we had a coach trip to The Place for Plants at East Bergholt, Suffolk and then on the Beth Chatto’s garden in Essex.

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Flower Arranging Competitions 2022

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Our member Tricia Loades, has been taking part in virtual competitions and also real life competitions.

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Workshop – 7th June 2022

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Our summer workshop this time was to arrange some flowers in a tea cup which was led by our President, Diane Blyth and held in the Lecture Hall, George Lane, Loddon. We were all given a list of items to… Read More

National Flower Arranging Day

National Flower Arranging Day 2022

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On 6th May we took park in National Flower Arranging Day. This is a day when members of local flower clubs make arrangements and leave them for the public to find and take home. Partly as a good will gesture… Read More

Demonstrations

Club meeting – May 2022

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At our meeting on 3rd May we invited Brenda Tubb along with her flower arranging title of ‘Challenges’. Brenda told us of her challenges through lockdown and of her husband! She was a very funny lady with some lovely arrangements… Read More

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30th April 2022 – Open garden

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Our President, Diane Blyth, kindly allowed us to hold an open garden at her garden in Poringland. It was a lovely day and we had plenty of visitors around the garden. Lots of people stayed to have a cup of… Read More

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Easter 2022 flowers

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Some of our members were involved with arranging some flowers for Easter at All Saints Church, Chedgrave and Holy Trinity Church, Loddon. Here are some of the designs.

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Club meeting – April 2022

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We welcomed Terri Potter to our meeting on 5th April with the title of ‘ This Way and That’ for her flower arranging demonstration. Terri’s designs were excellent and she told us how she had made some of her props…. Read More

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Peter Watson

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We were sad to learn of the death of our Vice-Chairman, Peter Watson, in February 2022, following a fall at his home. Peter had been a club member for a number of years and many of our members had taken… Read More

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Club Meeting – March 2022

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We invited Vicki Hease to our March 1st meeting with her demonstration of ‘A Vintage Affair’. Vicki’s demonstration was her interpretation of the 1920’s brought up to date in the 2020’s. She started with an arrangement that depicted a 1920’s… Read More

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Club Meeting – February 2022

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Unfortunately Lois Gill and the Queen were not able to make it to our February meeting. So, our President, Diane Blyth and Committee member, Tricia Loades, stepped in to demonstrate to members. In her absence the Queen sent her representative,… Read More

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Christmas Workshop 2021

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On 11th December we held a Christmas workshop in the afternoon at the Lecture Hall, George Lane, Loddon for members to come along and make a Christmas wreath. Our Treasurer, Penny Mills, demonstrated how to make a wreath from Virginia… Read More

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Christmas 2021 – Windowsills

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Some of our members arrange flowers at the local churches for Christmas. Two of our members, Chairman, Tricia Godfrey and Committee member, Janet Morgan arranged flowers on two windowsills in Holy Trinity Church, Loddon for their Open House on December… Read More

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Club meeting – December 2021

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At our Christmas meeting on 7th December we invited Wendy Goodliff along with her demonstration entitled ‘Countdown to Christmas’. Wendy’s arrangements included ones for the presents, Santa’s sleigh, door wreath, chocolates (Quality Street to be exact – which are Wendy’s… Read More

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Norwich Cathedral Poppies 2021

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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

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Club meeting – November 2021

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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

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Club meeting – October 2021

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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

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Harvest 2021

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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

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20th July 2021 – Garden Party

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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

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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.

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NAFAS EAST Virtual Competitions

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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

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2nd July 2021 – Lockdown Unlocked

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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

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Spring 2021 – Members gardens

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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

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60th Anniversary Flower Festival 2018

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Club meeting – March 2020

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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

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Club meeting – February 2020

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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.

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Victorian Evening – December 2019

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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

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Open Meeting – December 2019

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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

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Workshop – November 2019

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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

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Club meeting – November 2019

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On 5th November we welcomed Lorraine Scott along to demonstrate flowers with her title of “It’s All About the Sparkle”.

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Club meeting – October 2019

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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

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Club meeting – September 2019

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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.

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Club meeting – August 2019

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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

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Club meeting – July 2019

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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.

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Workshop – June 2019

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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

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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

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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

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Welcome to the Loddon Flower Club

This popular club, which is affiliated to the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies, was started in May 1958 and has attracted members from Loddon and the surrounding area ever since. We are in the East of England Area of NAFAS and next year we will celebrate our Blue Sapphire Anniversary of 65 years.

Meetings usually take place on the first Tuesday of the month, 6-30pm for 7pm in St John’s Church, George Lane, Loddon, when members come to watch a high standard demonstration of flower arranging. Read More>>

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