Christmas decorations Demonstration and workshop - Lackham ...
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<strong>Christmas</strong> <strong>decorations</strong> <strong>Demonstration</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>workshop</strong><br />
On a very damp Friday 14 December a large number of Garden Club members<br />
<strong>and</strong> others attended the now traditional demonstration <strong>and</strong> <strong>workshop</strong> on<br />
<strong>Christmas</strong> wreaths <strong>and</strong> <strong>decorations</strong>, given as always by ex-member of Garden<br />
staff, <strong>and</strong> highly-qualified florist, Gemma Welton.<br />
Garden club members making their <strong>Christmas</strong> Table <strong>decorations</strong> assisted by<br />
Gemma Welton (third from right)<br />
Meeting in the Horticultural <strong>workshop</strong> the Garden Club was given an fascinating<br />
<strong>and</strong> informative demonstration of ways to use evergreen plant material, pine<br />
cones <strong>and</strong> other items to make beautiful table <strong>decorations</strong> <strong>and</strong> door wreaths for<br />
<strong>Christmas</strong>. After this everyone was able to make their own <strong>decorations</strong>,<br />
assisted by Gemma, <strong>and</strong> with input from Stan Rawlings, <strong>Lackham</strong>’s Head<br />
Gardener.<br />
The meeting also included tea <strong>and</strong> coffee <strong>and</strong> to mark the festive season mince<br />
pies, some of them kindly made <strong>and</strong> brought in by Club members, were also<br />
available.<br />
After everyone was happy with their <strong>decorations</strong> a raffle was held <strong>and</strong> the<br />
prizes of mince pies. <strong>Christmas</strong> plants including Poinsettias <strong>and</strong> Cyclamen (also<br />
available to buy from the Gardens) formed some of the prizes for the Raffle .<br />
Also included were two of the br<strong>and</strong> new <strong>Lackham</strong> Calendars which had only<br />
arrived the day before! (These can also be purchased from the College)
The 2013 programme of talks for the Garden Club was also distributed, this can<br />
be found on the Garden Club pages of the <strong>Lackham</strong> website, at<br />
http://www.lackham.co.uk/garden/.<br />
Concluding a productive <strong>and</strong> happy afternoon Stan thanked Gemma for her<br />
wonderful presentation, which was echoed by the entire meeting.<br />
The next meeting will be held on Friday March 8 th at 2.00pm when Carl Gill,<br />
(Curriculum Manager - L<strong>and</strong>based Horticulture, Floristry & Foundation Studies,<br />
Wiltshire College <strong>Lackham</strong>) will be giving a talk <strong>and</strong> demonstration on the<br />
preparation <strong>and</strong> production of baskets <strong>and</strong> containers ready for Spring<br />
Poinsettias, Xmas bowls <strong>and</strong> Cyclamen may be ordered, for collection by Friday<br />
December 21 st , by contacting the Gardens on 01249 466849 or emailing Stan at<br />
Stan.Rawlings@wilts.ac.uk. Calendars are available for longer <strong>and</strong> can be<br />
ordered in the same way.<br />
Gemma Welton can be contacted through her floristry website,<br />
www.gemsflowers.co.uk.<br />
We are grateful for, <strong>and</strong> happily acknowledge, Whitehall Garden Centre’s<br />
valuable support of the <strong>Lackham</strong> Garden Club
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