The Flower arranger Winter-2015

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Welcome
WINTER 2015
Volume 55
Issue 4
A letter from
The Flower Arranger’s
Editor, Judith Blacklock
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Fifty Christmas trees at St. Lawrence’s Church were decorated, COVER DESIGN
each in a unique way, to raise funds for charity. I am sure this will See how to recreate this contemporary festive
centrepiece, step-by-step, on page 70.
inspire many of you to also raise money for good causes.
Designer Marco Wamelink
Photographer Oliver Gordon
The TV series Downton Abbey may be set at Highclere Castle in
Berkshire but our Downton Abbey is at Manor Farm in Cheshire!
The Cheshire Area, under the leadership of Dorothy Irvin, created
the mood and atmosphere of Downton in the elegant farmhouse
dining room with beautiful flowers and stunning arrangements.
I love ‘A Touch of Frost’, which was also created in the Cheshire
farmhouse. It shows that flower arranging has no bounds and
Editor
can bring brilliant design anywhere –even to the smallest room
Judith Blacklock
in the house! 52 Suffolk Road, London SW13 9NR
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I would encourage you all to enter the competition to win a Advertising
gardener’s belt. I always lose everything, including my handbag, Wendy Rose, Fillingham Castle,
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 5BX
so the thought of having scissors, essential floristry supplies and
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(to a lesser extent) my money around my waist, (under one’s belt contact Wendy Rose
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to excuse the pun) made me think other flower arrangers might
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designers created a floral treat that raised considerable amounts
of money for charity.
Simon Lycett is a floral designer known to many of you. As a
devotee of George Smith and NAFAS he was enthusiastically
willing to be interviewed by The Flower Arranger. He will be at
the National Show in Blackpool which is a must in the floral year.
I will also be there on The Flower Arrangerstand where there
will be demonstrations of the step-by-steps you have enjoyed over
the last year. Come and see us!
Best wishes © NAFAS 2015
‘All profits from NAFAS Enterprises Ltd
Judith
go to the National Association of
Flower Arrangement Societies’
Registered charity no. 1101348
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Contents
IDEAS & INSPIRATION STEP-BY-STEPS
4 Magna Flora 5 Winter splendour
6 A Touch of Frost 10 Christmas pudding
16 Classic with a twist 12 Festive centrepiece
19 Festive glamour 13 Happy Christmas
20 Narnia
30 Festive decorations
48 Downton at Christmas
60 ‘Hippie’ Christmas
63 White Christmas
68 Jack Frost
READER COMPETITIONS FLOWER FESTIVALS
& EVENTS
11 Burgon & Ball –
50 Poc-kitTM 40 & 72 Winter Festival at
Gardener’s the Bishop’s Palace, Wells
Utility Belts 58 The Floral Minster
to be won
INTERVIEW
32 Simon Lycett
14 Starlight express
17 Three in a row
18 A cracking Christmas
23 Festive circles
26 From the garden
REGULARS
28 Rustic meets ritzy
39 The perfect Christmas gift 24 You be the Judge
46 Handmade quilled paper 66 Shopping
decorations 67 Books
56 Naughty but nice 69 The Flower Arranger
61 To the glory of the Lord subscriptions
62 Simply squeeze 70 You be the Judge results
70 Cover story 71 Classified advertising
FEATURES
1 & 34 Hotel flowers
54 Charmed memories
64 Sixty Christmas trees
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Winter splendour
This rich design captures the elegance of the red roses and the beautiful delicacy
of the orchid by contrasting them with the cones and twigs. The Ilex (holly) is added
for a festive feel and the cinnamon will give a pleasant fragrance to the room.
SKILL LEVEL HH ENTHUSIAST METHOD
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Place the soaked foam on the dish. Wire the cones and place in the
Flowers and foliage 2 design, or alternatively simply place on
l 15 red roses Position as many cinnamon sticks the foam.
l 1 stem Ilex(holly) berries as you can hold around the foam, then
l 8–10 fir cones take a length of wire over these and 5 Insert the twigs between the rose
l 2 bunches of long twigs around the foam to secure. Repeat until clusters and the cones to fill the gaps.
l 5 Cucumis hirsutus
l 5 stems orchid (I used Mokara‘Pannee’) the sides of the foam are covered. For 6 Balance the Cucumistowards the
l half a bunch of steel grass additional security and decorative centre of the design.
interest add multiple wraps of bullion
Mechanics and sundries 7
wire around the foam. Add the Ilexand the orchids to one
l half a piece of OASIS®Jumbo foam or two
bricks taped together 3 side.
Add the roses in groups, making
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three clusters of five roses. Drape bullion wire over the design
l long cinnamon sticks
l stub wires and finally add the steel grass in loops.
l bullion wire
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A Touch of Frost
At the Cheshire Area Flower Festival at Manor Farm we were
Clean and crisp designs to decorate
asked to decorate the bathroom and were given the title
“A Touch of Frost”. Television programmeswere the theme of the
a bathroom take their inspiration
Festival.Our brief by the co-designers,Val Seed and Chris O’Hara,
from a winter landscape touched was NOT to depict Detective Jack Frost and his battles with
Superintendent Mullet but to take a ‘frosty’ approach and
by early-morning frost.
compose white and glittery contemporary designs.
PAT MURPHY, JEAN MANGNALL AND BERYL HOUGHTON
Designer Jean Mangnall
ABOVE An afterthought at the end of staging
but fun –a toilet roll tube wrapped with double
sided adhesive tape with Gypsophila‘Million
Stars’ added!
LEFT A narrow oblong glass container was filled
with ‘water pearls’. The pearls expand when
soaked for a few hours in water to form a
structure which holds stems in position.
A layer of Gypsophila‘Million Stars’ was topped
by a layer of white Rosa ‘Avalanche’, three
Ornithogalum saundersiaeand stems of
Miscanthus sinensis. Some visitors assumed
this was the ‘loo’ brush!
TOP RIGHT Two complementary opalescent
containers were filled with Gypsophila‘Million
Stars’ and arching stems of Phalaenopsis N
orchids. Stems of Miscanthus sinensisreflected TO
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the top of the container. Stems of Miscanthus AP
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Designer Jean Mangnall above the shelf and mirror. A stem of OT
Phalaenopsisorchid arched over the design. PH
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Beryl Houghton
Designer Jean Mangnall
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LEFT The outer rim of two metal
wreath rings were covered in wool
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glittering silver wires. Stems of TO
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trailing Amaranthus were sprayed G
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suggest icicles. To the front, S
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silver-leaved plant Ceropegia AP
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Designer Jean Mangnall attached to the wire. PH