SEPTEMBER 2005

On September 27th, Anita Woodhouse (aka Mrs Posh!) of Radio Hereford and Worcester (click here to visit their website where you can listen online!) visited the Methodist Centre in Bromsgrove to speak to the members of Chris Harten's advanced flower arranging class, as part of the Katie Johnson programme, which goes out live each weekday morning from 9.30am - 12.30pm. Anita talked to Chris and other members of the class, most of whom are members of our Society! Of course, we had to take some photos of the occasion, and these are shown below. Run your mouse over the photos for a description of each photo!

JUNE 2005

At the Three Counties and South Wales NAFAS Area Day on June 4th, held at the Glades in Kidderminster, our secretary Chris Harten scooped several prizes in the Photographic Competition. She entered six photographs in three categories and won two firsts, a second, a third, a very highly commended and a highly commended. Chris is the UK Correspondent and regular contributor for Floral Design Magazine (http://www.floraldesignmagazine.com for further information on contents and how to subscribe), a glossy floral art magazine published in New Zealand and distributed worldwide. Congratulations to Chris for a great achievement!

MARCH 2004

On March 9th 2004, the Princess Royal visited North East Worcestershire College in Redditch, to officially open the new Peakman Building. Our Secretary, Chris Harten, is a flower arranging tutor at the College, and was asked to make a bouquet to be presented to the Princess by one of the College students. The picture on the left shows the Princess carrying the bouquet of roses and spring flowers, which Chris made. (Picture reproduced by kind permission of the Redditch Advertiser, http://www.thisisredditch.co.uk/.) On the right is a closeup of the bouquet.

AUGUST 2003

Our very own "webster" and secretary, Chris Harten, has appeared in Moneywise, the UK's biggest selling financial magazine (http://www.moneywise.co.uk), in an article about building websites.

Chris's website, A Flower Arranger's Garden, was chosen as one of the best examples of a website built by a non-technical person (i.e. someone who doesn't design websites for a living). The article explored how easy it is for someone to build their own website, and Chris was interviewed in June about how she built hers. The article appeared on page 60 of the August 2003 edition of the magazine.