Bradford Flower Club

“Gin Gle Bells” Flower Demonstration by Judy Watker Monday 16th December at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church. Judy did a total of 5 different designs ranging from gin bottles, gold dishes and Christmas wreaths (with a difference) to make a total of 10 separate arrangements. A variety of Christmas music was played after each arrangement. The stage was full by the end of the evening making members feel ready for the Christmas season. The demonstration…

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“Welcome to My World of Colour” Flower Demonstration by Janice Kirk Monday 21st October at 7.30pm with refreshments following the talk Haworth Road Methodist Church. Janice last visited at the Club in 2016 and so came with a brand new tittle for club members. Five very different colourful arrangement themes were produced during the evening ranging from a Harvest to Great Britain and as far afield as Thailand. Janice was helped on the evening with her daughter and our thanks…

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“Willow, Wood and Wine” by Ann Simpson Monday 16th September at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church. It was nice to have Ann demonstrating at the Club once again. As always Ann works very quickly and has many stories to tell as well as talking us through what flowers and foliage she is using in each demonstration. With having her allotments Ann was able to use much of her own foliage as well as some of…

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“Creativity” Flower Demonstration by Susan Fairhurst Monday 19th August at 7.30pm with refreshments following the talk Haworth Road Methodist Church it was a lovely summers evening for the Clubs first ever August Meeting. Susan demonstrated some wonderful arrangements and kept members informed with her mechanics and flower conditioning.

The September Meeting of the Bradford Flower Club  had a demonstration by Heather Hayes and her tittle was : ‘With Beauty in Mind’ Heather made several arrangements using lovely foliage and flowers. Her presentation was full of laughter and fun. • Heather’s first display was in a flat tray, previously greened up. Using folded Formium placed upright and mini yellow Gerberas to follow the lines of the Formium and aromatic Dill. When complete the arrangements separated to form two individual…

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    ‘Seasonal Serendipity’ Guest Evening with David Rylands Monday 16th May at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church

‘Rhapsody of Flowers’ a flower demonstration by Sue Spencer Monday 21st March at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church MINUTES OF THE CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 21 MARCH 2016 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1 In Attendance: there were 62 members and 4 guests in attendance. 2 Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. 3 Apologies – Muriel Spencer-Wilcock, Norma Dobney, Pat Trueman, Pat Turner. 4 Correspondence and Notices – Chair announced the following: • Spring Flower…

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‘Taste of Summer’ a talk with slideshow by Tony Cleaver and Peter Mathers Monday 18th January at 7.30pm with refreshments following the talk Haworth Road Methodist Church MINUTES OF THE CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 18th JANUARY 2016 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1        In Attendance: there were 45 members and 4 guests in attendance.  2        Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and wished everyone a happy new year. 3        Apologies – Helen Reynolds, Jean Mouls, Jean Winder, Anita Day, Marjorie…

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‘It’s that time of year again’ a flower demonstration by Marie Harris and Muriel Spencer Willcock Monday 14th December at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church MINUTES OF THE CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 14th DECEMBER 2015 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1       In Attendance: there were 72 members and 4 guests in attendance. 2       Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and anticipated it would be fun packed and hoped everyone would join in the fuddle after…

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‘Halloween Accents’ a flower demonstration by Janine Gray Monday 19th October at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church   Janine’s staging looked very intriguing and hinted at something a bit different for the evening.  A stand at the front of the stage displayed a variety of herbs, fruit and vegetables which Janine used during her presentations.  Displays were created with a lively and amusing commentary. 1       The first was a layered hand tied using a frame of orchid…

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‘The Tool Box’ a flower demonstration by Susan Fairhirst Monday 21st September at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church Susan presented six beautiful stagings with lovely flowers and foliage. ·            Susan used a tall metal stand with a flat oasis tray and using mahonia, fatsias, ‘chicken tail’ dresina and flashed copper berginia leaves created a structure of long, short foliage.   Into these were placed ‘bizarre’ Germini, red Calas and peachy-cream roses to balance at each side,…

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Bradford Flower Club 2015 AGM followed by ‘In the Summertime’ a flower demonstration by Jan Faulkner Monday 13th July at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church 1)    Jan’s first design was a beautiful hand tied bouquet using folded Aspidistra leaves into cones and then inserting a rosy-pink Maritime Rose.  Jan gave informative explanations and training as she worked.  The bouquet was placed in a glass container with water. 2)    The top of a white candelabra was…

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‘Le Tour Yorkshire’ a flower demonstration by Vanessa Wellock Monday 15th June at 7.30pm Vanessa has been a Florist for 30 years and lives in Ilkley. Entered Chelsea 2 years ago. Vanessa is doing the Yorkshire Show but is away the two weeks before so a bit of pressure. She did 5 demonstrations for us. First Demonstration:- Represented Leeds and the start of the Tour Yorkshire using two bicycle wheels and yellow flowers for the Yellow jersey. Second Demonstration:- Representing…

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For our guest evening on 18 May 2015 we were delighted to welcome Craig Bullock with his title ‘Inspired by Nature’.  Our patron the Lady Mayoress Mrs Elizabeth Sharp attended the meeting as her last civic appointment and gave the vote of thanks.  A cheque for £100 was handed to Mrs Sharp for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Craig used some spectacular containers with unusual features. His first was in a large fruit bowl with an asymmetrical arrangement of solomon’s seal,…

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‘A Man for all Seasons’ a flower demonstration by Lesley Devalle Monday 20th April at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church Chair welcomed our demonstrator for the evening – Lesley Devalle with her title ‘Man for All Seasons’. Lesley’s demonstration was very inspiring and entertaining with amusing anecdotes and her husband Stuart added to the fun with his interjections. Lesley gave us six displays using creative containers and pots, most of which were large. Her first…

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‘Have Passport Will Travel’ a flower demonstration by Carys Harrison Monday 16th March at 7.30pm with refreshments following the demonstration Haworth Road Methodist Church Chair welcomed Carys Harrison with her demonstration entitled ‘Have Passport Will Travel’. Carys introduced herself as a new demonstrator and took us on a journey to places she had visited – Vietnam, Australia, and Japan and incorporated aspects of plants and flowers there. She used mechanics made from water hyacinth, bark from Eucalyptus and coloured boxes…

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CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2015 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1        In Attendance: there were 50 members and no guests in attendance.  2        Welcome – Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and complimented Muriel, Norma and Pat our own club members for the fantastic displays.  3        Club Notices ·       Photo Competition – entries to be in no later than the March club meeting.  Entry forms can be collected from the information desk. ·       Spring Flower Competition –…

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MINUTES OF THE CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 19 JANUARY 2015 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1        In Attendance: there were 46 members and 2 guests in attendance. 2        Club Notices – Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and wished them a happy new year and thanked them for coming out in such snowy and icy conditions.  3        Announcements – An email has been received from Gwyneth Priestley reporting that she is having a wonderful time in Canada and Florida,…

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Andrew Mason provide the November Club demonstartion and his title was ‘Dreaming of a White Christmas’.  Andrew gave a very entertaining and amusing demonstration and started the evening by showing us how to tie a ribbon bow.  He staged 6 arrangements all in green and white; flowers used were – lilies, roses, carnations, gerberas, chrysanthemums and with a good variety of greenery.  1      For his first staging Andrew made a wreath for a door.  He had already prepared part of the wreath…

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Minutes of the Meeting of the Bradford Flower Club held on Monday 21st March 2011 at Haworth Road Methodist Church: Our Chairman gave Members a warm welcome to our March meeting and special welcome was given to Guests who had attended for the evening demonstration given by Eileen Barraclough. She was sure all would be amazed with the arrangements.  Our Chairman hoped everyone had enjoyed the Dinner on the 7th March. She thought the room looked splendid and said that…

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Minutes of the Meeting of the Bradford Flower Club held on Monday 17th February 2011 at Haworth Road Methodist Church: Our Chairman gave Members and Guests a warm welcome to our February meeting. A special welcome was given to our Committee Member Jean following the death of her husband. Yvonne said how much we had enjoyed our January meeting when we had super demonstrations by Eileen Barraclough, Pat Wiley and Jean Mouls. Looking through the old club minutes Yvonne noticed…

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At our meeting on 15 November 2010 our demonstrator was Andrew Grisewood who gave us an entertaining evening of “Festive Magic”.  Indeed, the glitter and vibrant colours were an amazing start to our Christmas festivities. Also at this meeting a Lifelong Membership Certificate was given to one of our own members – Norma Dobney, who is the National Chair of NAFAS. Also attending were:  The Lady Mayoress of Bradford (Mrs Gillian Hill); Sue Maddocks (The North East Area Chair of…

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