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WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE
FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS
incorporating
Art Exhibition, Craft Fair
Plant Sale, Festival Tea Room
& Raffle

Its happened - its all over

How did it go?

- approximately 2,500 visitors
- in excess of £25,000 raised for our three beneficiaries
- a good time had by all

Thursday
nearly 70 flower arrangers led by Felicity and Nancy
set up the thirty stunning exhibits which formed
the heart of the festival (photos to follow)
& over 200 guests attended the gala opening
hosted by Thelma Mansfield

Friday
500 visitors to the festival,
including a large group from Killiney

Saturday
over 800 visitors - with stunning weather
including groups from Sligo,Banbridge, Moate &
Limerick

Sunday
over 600 visitors - mainly our neighbors and
friends from Lucan & Leixlip
over 300 people (standing room only) at the
Songs of Praise led by the wonderful St. George's Brass Band

Thank you

First
to all our visitors
we hope that all our visitors enjoyed themselves
& a big thank you for coming

second
to our committee and volunteers
we can now resume our normal lives
with the satisfaction of a job well done.

Key thanks to

Ann Gilmore - Art Exhibition
Bertilla Bergin - Craft Fair
Irene Young (& team of over 30) - Festival Tea Room
Karen Seaman (& team of 25) - Plant Sale
Dave McKane - Design
Peter & Linda Davis - Finance
Roy Cooper (& team of 20) - Security & Parish Centre
Valerie Twomey ( &15 organists & musicians) - Music

and of course
Scott Peoples - Rector
&
Helen Ryan - Parish Office

Finally a big "Thank You"
to Lily, Mabel and Mary for the
stunning patchwork quilt which was the centrepiece
of the raffle. (see Raffle for a photo)

Roll on the Summer Fair in St. Mary's Leixlip
(Leixlip Summer Fair 2001)
on 2nd June when we can finally take a break.

We will leave the site up on the web for a few weeks
& we then hope to use it as a link site for
sourcing information on flower festivals
throughout Ireland
Photos to follow