NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to watch a tutorial by Sharon Dower, National Teacher and member of the National Education Committee titled ‘Ideas Using Copper Wire Mesh’. https://youtu.be/wT5fONfLaTQ
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to listen to National Speaker, Simone Squire’s talk titled ‘Pass Me that Bulb!’:- https://youtu.be/GRbHERuv79M
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the third demonstration from the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to watch a demonstration by David Ryland, National Demonstrator titled ‘Awakening’:- https://youtu.be/74PsPngmSKo
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to watch a tutorial by Jane Rickard, National Teacher and member of the National Education Committee titled ‘How to Make a Washi Paper Ring’. https://youtu.be/vxZiZhHBKW4
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to listen to National Speaker, Rita Braithwaite’s talk on ‘Drawn to Nature’:- https://youtu.be/1JhZlfzRSUU
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the second demonstration from the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to watch a demonstration by Nick Grounds, National Demonstrator titled ‘Renewal, Rebirth and Recycle’:- https://youtu.be/fbH3qvfinpk
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to watch a tutorial by Susie Barwick, Chairman, National Education Committee titled ‘How to Make a Wall Hanging Design’. https://youtu.be/mtlFYHYU7vo
CHAIRMAN’S CHALLENGE MARCH 2021 RESULTS
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Katherine Kear, National Chairman invited each Area to submit one entry into her Chairman’s Challenge. The title for March 2021 was ‘A Spring Bonnet’. Congratulations to the winner: Fleur White, Langport Flower Club, South West Area Second Place: Jane Ide, Grimsby Flower Lovers’ Club, North Midlands Area Third Place: Linda O’Toole, Clophill & District Flower […]
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to listen to National Speaker, Susan Shaw’s talk titled ‘You Are Never Too Old!’:- https://youtu.be/Cvwo_aDrqqg
NAFAS Virtual National Show ‘The Spring…..The Happy Time of Singing Birds is Come’
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Welcome to the first demonstration from the NAFAS Virtual National Show. Please click on the following link to watch a demonstration by Angela Turner, National Demonstrator titled ‘Where Flowers Bloom, So Does Hope’:- https://youtu.be/QttRkF2XRbk
RESILIENCE AND SPRING BACK FLORAL ART DEMONSTRATION
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“Resilience and Spring Back” is a Filmed Full Staged Floral Art Demonstration show cased through Zoom, to inspire and entertain Flower Arrangers who are missing their normal Floral Art Club meetings. Different design styles, using diverse mechanics and a range of related Craft and Contemporary techniques are demonstrated to motivate and stimulate our floral design […]
CHAIRMAN’S CHALLENGE FEBRUARY 2021 RESULTS
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Katherine Kear, National Chairman invited each Area to submit one entry into her Chairman’s Challenge. The title for February 2021 was ‘Valentine Time’. Congratulations to the winner : Glennis Beard, Kenwyn Valley Flower and Garden Club, Devon & Cornwall Area Second Place : Ross McGookin, Ballymena Floral Art Club, NIGFAS Third Place : Kathleen Dodds, […]
London and Overseas Area of NAFAS Preserved Plant Material Competition
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The London and Overseas Area recently held a Virtual Competition on Preserved Plant Material. They have kindly shared the results of the two classes. Class One : Preserved Panache (A floral craft exhibit) A Picture/Plaque First : Pallavi Jhawar, Pushpabitan Friendship Society, India Second : Priti Nathany, Pushpabitan Friendship Society, India Third : Bhawani Bansal, Pushpabitan […]
Chairman’s Challenge January 2021 Results
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Katherine Kear, National Chairman invited each Area to submit one entry into her Chairman’s Challenge. The title for January 2021 was ‘Burns Night’. Congratulations to the winner : Vicki Tuffen, Flower Club of Market Harborough, South Midlands Area Second Place : Jean Hoar, Hartley & District Floral Society, Kent Area Third Place : Fran Lunn, […]
Alternative Mechanics
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To view a demonstration by Jayne Edmonds, South Midlands Area showing two contemporary no-foam designs using alternative mechanics please click on the following link:-
Chairman’s Challenge December 2020 Results
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Katherine Kear, National Chairman invited each Area to submit one entry into her Chairman’s Challenge. The title for December 2020 was ‘A Festive Gift’. Congratulations to the winner : Sandra Taylor of Gillingham Flower Club who is also the Area Chairman for Dorset and Guernsey. Thank you to all who entered. SANDRA TAYLOR, […]
Footnotes, monthly Podcasts
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Footnotes is a monthly podcast exploring places, people and music with, so far, an emphasis on English composers. It is presented by NAFAS supporter and former BBC producer Richard Dove and the Quarterly Review’s Classical Music editor, Stuart Millson. They have been friends for many years and now their chat on musical matters goes public. […]
A Hand Tied Bouquet Using Garden Plant Material
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To view a demonstration of a hand tied bouquet using garden plant material by Helen Hare, Kent Area Demonstrator please click on the following link:-