Cheltenham Flower Club

71 members and 9 visitors gave National Demonstrator Alison a well deserved standing ovation, her floral tributes to her idols were varied and spectacular and this well attended May meeting was enjoyed by all.

Thanks to Jan Mallet for her foyer flowers and to Jenny Lawrence for her vote of thanks, many thanks to the volunteers who run the stalls, unload and reload cars and generally make the meetings happen.

Congratulations to Club President Rosemary and Club Member Paula for their successes at the recent Malvern Show.

77 members and 8 visitors really enjoyed both Adrian’s amazing creations and his anecdotes.  The committee were delighted to welcome more new members and visitors to the club and to see such a good turnout.

Thanks to Teresa Richards for her Foyer Flowers, to Geraldine Prosser for her Vote of Thanks, and to the volunteers who helped make the meeting happen.

The floral competition “Springtime” was judged by demonstrator Adrian and by the “coin votes” from the members.  The novice class rose bowl went to new committee member Lynette Ayers, in the intermediate class our judge selected the entry by Di Roe for first place with Jan Mallett second, the members voted for Jan first and Di second – congratulations to everybody who was involved.

Sadly our Chairman Caroline is still unwell and was unable to attend, therefore Club Secretary Vicki Atherton took the meeting.

65 members and 7 visitors gave Coral a well deserved standing ovation for her demonstration which thoroughly entertained the club in the new venue, members are now trying to track down her latest “must have” the floraguppy device.  Thanks to Margaret Hunter for her foyer flowers and to Tricia Ratcliffe for her vote of thanks, huge thanks to President Rosemary for standing in for Chairman Caroline, everybody in the club sends their warm wishes for Caroline to return home and to the club soon.  The committee would like to thank everybody who helped make the demonstration possible and the members who attended despite the meeting not being held on our regular club day.

71 members and 7 visitors attended the first demonstration at the new home of Cheltenham Flower Club – The Pavilion.

Linda Seabrook entertained the club with her tales of the Welsh equivalent of “Robin Hood”, thanks go to Judith Daws for her foyer flowers and Chris Hyett for her vote of thanks.  Many thanks to all the people who helped get this first demonstration off the ground, the committee will work on improving the lighting for the next demonstration.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the AGM meeting on Monday will now be followed by a speaker from the Linc Charity not the mini demonstration as previously advertised.  A complimentary Afternoon Tea will still be served, Members only.

In causes close to the heart of the committee, Cheltenham Flower Club will be supporting FOCUS Cancer Support Centre through donations used as votes for the monthly single flower stem competition and the two 2024 floral competitions.

In addition the club will continue to support the Cheltenham Cobalt Unit by collecting used greeting cards, there will be a “post box” ready to receive your used cards in our new home at The Pavilion.