Category: Colne Valley Flower Club

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Green Fingers


Gardeners Association

The Gardeners Association next meeting is in the Orpen Hall on Monday 19 October at 7.30pm. The broadcaster, Karen Kenny will talk about composting worms and comfrey for fertility. Everyone welcome.

Flower Club

The Colne Valley Flower Club’s next meeting is on Wednesday 21 October in the Orpen Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. This is ‘Bring a Friend Free’ evening. Mary Griffith from Mildenhall will arrange her flowers around the title ‘Kaleidscope’.

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Flowers & Gardens

Both the Colne Valley Flower Club and Gardeners’ Association announce their upcoming meetings:

Gardeners’ Association
The next meeting of the village Gardeners Association is on Monday 18 May in the Orpen Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Bill Wye will give a slide presentation on fuchsias.
A very successful plant sale was held last month to help boost club funds.

Flower Club
The next meeting of the Colne Valley Flower Club is on Wednesday 20 May in the Orpen Memorial Hall Lexden Road at 7.30pm. The demonstrator will be Crystal Dyball from Horsford Norwich with her arrangements entitled ‘Floral Fun’. Members are asked to bring plants/seedlings for the plant sale that evening for the club’s chosen charities. Guests welcome.

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Spring Weddings…


The Colne Valley Flower Club will welcome David Wright from Norwich on Wednesday 15 April in the Orpen Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. He will be demonstrating Spring Weddings. Members are asked to bring along an Easter Arrangement.

The picture right is of a bride with spring flower bouquet – the image is by griff on flikr.

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Spring is on the way for our flower experts


The Gardeners Association next meeting is on Monday 16 March at 7.30pm in the Orpen Memorial Hall when Clare Heyes will give a slide presentation of “The Changing Seasons at Marks Hall”. Visitors most welcome.

The Colne Valley Flower Club next meets on Wednesday 18 March in the Orpen Hall at 7.30pm. when demonstrator Jenny Baker will base her arrangements on the title
“Bargain Buys”.

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Flower Club – September Update

The Colne Valley Flower Club resumes its meetings on Wednesday 19 September in the Orpen Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Arranger Anne Bell from Newport will demonstrate her flowers with the title ‘From Me to You’. The evening is an invitation to come along for free.

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Flower Club – July Report

The Colne Valley Flower Club planned open garden evening last month was cancelled due to poor weather. All the stalls were set up at the July meeting in the Orpen Memorial Hall and £120 was raised towards the club’s local charities YMCA and the Haven Mental Health Support. The speaker Melvyn Prentice spoke about the various gardens he had been involved with during his 28 years as a horticulturist and illustrated his talk with many photographs.

There is no meeting in August but September 19 welcomes demonstrator Anne Bell from Newport with her arrangements entitled ‘From Me to You’. It also includes ‘Bring a Friend Free’.

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Flower Club

At the Colne Valley Flower Club’s annual meeting last month a cheque for £900 was given to a representative from the local Alzheimer’s Society. This had been the club’s chosen charity for 2006. Follwing the business meeting member, Mrs Sheila Greaves gave an interesting demonstration on the making of flower stands from unusual alternative materials. The new season begins on Wednesday 21 February at 7.30pm in the Orpen Memorial Hall. Subscriptions of £19 are due ( first rise in 4 years) . Helen Bird from Marks Tey is the demonstrator with her arrangements entitled ‘Just Imagine’.

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