Cheltenham Flower Club

Another wonderful afternoon for the club, with 87 members attending, this was the best members attendance since the 2023 Christmas Demonstration.  The club were also delighted to welcome 6 visitors.

Dawn’s spectacular flowers, use of colour, and sheer quantity of arrangements earned her a very well deserved standing ovation.  The committee would like to thank all the volunteer helpers particularly Doreen Parsons for her foyer flowers and Sue Blakey for her vote of thanks.

Chairman Caroline announced that following the success of the summer outing to Devizes, the club would be holding a Christmas lunch and demonstration trip back to Pam Lewis on Wednesday 10th December, tickets will be on sale for this and the main Christmas Demonstration at the October and November meetings.

The Christmas trip to Pam Lewis’ for lunch and a demonstration will take place on Wednesday 10th December, further details to follow.

Sadly the proposed workshop scheduled for 20th October will now not take place, however we do have two new events;

On Thursday 2nd October Elizabeth Sales will host a coffee morning for members who wish to learn more about helping out at demonstrations or serving on the committee.

Following the popularity of the summer trip to Pam Lewis’ studio and garden in Devizes, Caroline is in the process of booking a Christmas trip scheduled for the first week in December this will include Lunch, a Demonstration, and return coach travel from Cheltenham.

Further details will be available at the next meeting on Monday 8th September.

The Club was delighted to welcome Lorena back to Cheltenham in our new venue.  The quantity and quality of her arrangements particularly during the current weather conditions impressed all of the 75 members and 7 visitors who attended.  Lorena received a well deserved standing ovation and once again everybody was hoping to win something in the raffle.  Thanks to Janice Cooke for her foyer flowers, Sue Wood for her vote of thanks and everybody who helped the committee stage the demonstration, not least to the Pavilion whose air conditioning system was much appreciated.

The club was delighted to welcome 4 new members for the second half of our year.  Chairman Caroline reminded everybody that there are still some places available on the August trip to Devizes and that our next full meeting will be on September 8th.

71 members and 8 visitors were delighted to welcome Lee back to Cheltenham Flower Club.  Lee took the members on a trip down “Memory Lane” with his enchanting designs depicting his, (and most members) childhood memories.  He received a well deserved standing ovation for his efforts.

Thanks to Jan Mallett for her beautiful foyer flowers and for running the reception table, thanks to Jenny Lawrence for her vote of thanks and to all the volunteers who helped the committee hold yet another successful afternoon.

73 Members and 7 Visitors started the May meeting by congratulating Club President Rosemary Stammers and Club Committee member Paula Harper on their tremendous successes at Malvern Spring Festival; Rosemary received a reserve best in show together with a handful of very highly commendeds, Paula received Bronze for her spectacular Beacon.

The club then thoroughly enjoyed the demonstration – “Women who changed the World” by Joanna Davis, the arrangements were plentiful offering lots of opportunities for the proud raffle prize winners and Joanna had an interesting and up-lifting story about every woman that her flowers represented.

Many thanks to Sheila Hand for her lovely foyer flowers and Jenny Bennett for her Vote of Thanks, Chairman Caroline thanked all the volunteers who helped the committee to stage yet another enjoyable afternoon.