CFHC

Newsletter February 2002

 

Dates for your Diary

 

All entries for Inter-Club Competition to be submitted immediately. Title – "Invitation to…" to be titled. Space allocated – width 122 cms. Depth 91 cms. Height unrestricted. (To be staged by two people)

All entries for Floral Artist of the Year to be submitted immediately. Title – "A sense of Mystery" Space allocated (measurements are approximate) width 76 cms. Height 106 cms.

 

A.O.I.F.A. A.G.M. Wednesday 20th March in The Commons Inn, Commons Road, Cork. Demonstration by David Ryland, NAFAS Demonstrator.

 

A.O.I.F.A. Festival: 3rd – 6th October 2002.  "Behold the Lilies…….." in St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s Churches, Tipperary Town.

 

Ballincollig Flower Club: March 11th 2002 Demonstration by Carmel Barry.

 

Kinsale Flower Club: April 11th 2002 Gala Demonstration by Mary Coughlan at Acton's Hotel.

 

Tipperary Flower Club: May 13th 2002 Gala Demonstration by Keith Smithies NAFAS Demonstrator.

 

Cork Flower Club: May 15th 2002 Demonstration by Keith Smithies NAFAS at Jury’s Hotel.

 

Cahir Flower Club: September 2002 Athena Tulba.

 

Blackrock Flower and Garden Club: November 5th 2002 Gala Demonstration by Carol Bone at Ursuline Convent, Blackrock.

 

Macroom Flower Club: November 14th 2002 Gala Demonstration by Ann O’Hara.

 

"Plant Treasures" - Two Hundred Years of Botanical Illustration from the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. Monday to Saturday 10am. - 4.30pm. and Sundays 11am. - 4.30pm. until March 3rd, 2002. Admission free. Contact 01 857 0909, or www: ealga.ie

 

Bandon F.C. Demo. By Roz Jute on Monday, Feb. 18th in the Munster Arms Hotel at 8 pm.

 

Fota: Reserve Sunday March 3rd for a free guided tour of Fota Arboretum with Cormac Foley (OPW) David O’Regan (Head Gardener) and Prof. Tom Raftery (UCC) and have the names, growth habits, origin and merits of the different trees and shrubs explained. Tour starts at 2.15 p.m.

 

Cobh Flower Club – Next Meeting

Monday 4th March, 2002

 

Floral Demonstration

by

Breda Crowley A.O.I.F.A.

Horticultural Competitions:

 

  1. Three Narcissi.
  2. Foliage Pot Plant – pot not to exceed 10" (26cms)
  3. Stem of variegated shrub 18" (46cms)

Narcissi and variegated shrub to be grown by members.

Pot plant to be in possession of members for at least six months.