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Welcome to Broadstone & Corfe Mullen Floral Decoration Society's website.
Broadstone & Corfe Mullen Floral Decoration Society meet
at 7.30 pm on the third Tuesday of each month (except January,
May, August and December) in the
Corfe Mullen Village Hall
Towers Way (off Wareham Road)
Corfe Mullen BH21 3UA
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on
Tuesday 16th March at 7.30pm for
'Saw this and thought...' a floral demonstration by Margaret Simpson
Members' competition: An Easter Arrangement
Visitors welcome £4.00
Sales table, charity stall, flower raffle and refreshments available
A GOLDEN FANFARE
A NAFAS anniversary and a special one indeed
For 50 years in flowers is what we have achieved.
We’ve decorated abbeys and churches large and small
We’ve decorated minsters, cathedrals and halls.
Our Founder lived in Dorset as many are aware
Her name was Mary Pope and ideas she wished to share
'Twas she who had the vision to nurture a love of flowers
And form an Association that we now consider OURS.
From one small club in Dorchester we now have many more
But finding committee members is something of a chore
We beg and plead with members to give us some support
To help us run our flower clubs, though nerves can get quite fraught!
Through all those years of flowers we’ve made so many friends
Some no longer with us but in our memories they remain.
For their knowledge and their guidance and their foresight to propel
The art of flower arranging- something we do so well.
NAFAS has achieved so much in two score years and ten
Who would have thought THIS hobby could attract so many men!
As members of this Association, we all have played our part
To help benefit many charities and good causes through our art.
Our talents, skills and know how have brought us to this date
Inspiration and interpretation - words to which we associate.
Our shows and competitions are something to acclaim
For what started out just locally now has its World-wide fame.
Those flowing styles of Constance Spry and others so to speak
Are now replaced with modern work and trying new techniques.
We bunch and bundle stems and twigs, and wire leaves and flowers
We stroke and manipulate our plants which keeps us quiet for hours.
Our hope is for our art form to continue to expand
And be a constant pleasure to all throughout the land.
So here today let’s celebrate with friends from far and near
And raise a toast to NAFAS in this Golden Fanfare Year.
Denise Pharaoh February 2009 |
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