News, information and events from Dereham & District Flower Club, Norfolk, UK. Workshops and beginners lessons feature regularly on our annual programme.
Dereham & District Flower club usually meets on the 4th Thursday of each month at Toftwood Village Hall, 47 Shipdham Road, Toftwood NR19 1JL and is open to members and visitors alike. We hold floral demonstrations with exhibits raffled off at the end of the evening, a sales table and book stall and refreshments. We also hold one open evening per year in April when visitors are invited to come along. We celebrated our Sapphire (45 years) anniversary in 2021 and the club continues to thrive.
27/04/2025
Members of the East of England Area of NAFAS thoroughly enjoyed the Area Day yesterday (26 April) at the Jubilee Centre, Mildenhall. The day started in the morning with Simon White on the topic of 'Never a Dull Moment ' . Simon gave an amazing, experienced botanical presentation in relation to roses, clematis and shrubs. The afternoon received and welcomed the National demonstrator, Nick Grounds with the theme 'Flowers with Eastern Promise'. A superb array of flower designs and talk throughout the afternoon provided the members with delight. (Permission given for photos to be shown).
25/04/2025
Members and Guests of Dereham & District Flower Club thoroughly enjoyed the National demonstrator, Nick Grounds, at the Memorial Hall, Dereham last night (Thursday 24th April). He provided flower designs of mainly no foam and entertained the audience with some amusing stories. (Permission given by Nick Grounds to share the photos).
21/04/2025
Report from Jacquie Aldous one of the Floral Art Co-ordinators:
Here are the results from the Floral Art Competition at the Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society (NNHS) Spring Show last weekend.
The title was ‘SPRING AWAKENING’ with 12 entries and all arrangements were of a very high standard. The competition was judged by Caroline Barnes, a NAFAS Area Judge, assisted by Rachael Borenkova, a trainee judge.
Class F1 A PASSION FOR DAFFODILS
1st Helen Evans Runner up to Best in show
2nd Jill Clarke
3rd Lavinia Pirret
HC Su Mace
Class F2 NOW WINTER HAS GONE
1st Tricia Loades Best in Show
2nd Jane Lebbell
3rd Sue Saini
VHC Jill Clarke
HC Helen Evans
C Lavinia Pirret
Photos below. Tricia Loades also won the Challenge Cup presented by Mrs C Walter for the best exhibitor entry.
The next Floral Art Competitions will be at the Norfolk Show 25th & 26th June and the Late Autumn Show 9th November at Horsham St Faiths. Please have a look at the website for details and feel free to submit your entries.
Open evening reminder for Thursday 24th April. 🌼🌼🌼
We have Nick Grounds, a national demonstrator entertaining us for the evening in the Memorial Hall in Dereham.
Tickets are still available - please contact our programme secretary, Jane Harding, on 01362 692711. £12 for members, £20 for visitors. Lots of retail shopping, including a fabulous plant stall. Bar available too.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Club Committee
We're pleased to share details of the Club's Open Evening at the Memorial Hall in Dereham (NR19 1AD) on Thursday 24th April.
We have the lovely Nick Grounds, a NAFAS national demonstrator with his theme of 'Stems and Stuff'. His fabulous style and stories will give our members and guests an evening to remember.
If you'd like to join us, please give Jane Harding, our Programme Secretary, a ring on 01362 692711. Pre-booking tickets is essential as tickets on the door are only on a first come first served basis.
We have lots of shopping stalls, including a plant stall, and a Bar available. Doors open at 6.45pm, evening begins at 7.30pm. Tickets £12 members, £20 for guests.
Wishing all our members, friends and followers a Happy Easter. Good luck to all those flower arrangers doing Church flowers today and tomorrow - your efforts never go unnoticed 🌼🌼🌼
15/04/2025
Fabulous outing coming up for the Club in August - Gardeners' World Live at Audley End in Essex. Lots of retail therapy as well as celebrity gardeners' 🌼🌼🌼
Tickets are now on sale (entrance fees and coach travel) and will be available at the Club's Open Evening in the Memorial Hall in Dereham on Thursday 24th April. Some details below.
What a fabulous set of arrangements created at this evening's Easter workshop. Under Jacquie Aldous' guidance we all did parallel designs including lots of Easter decorations. A nice evening working and chatting together.
09/04/2025
Wow, what a fabulous arrangement, hate to think what the flowers cost for this 😲
Flowers at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hyde Park, London.
A gorgeous gathering of blooms from NB Flowers Ltd.
09/04/2025
Just a quick reminder for those attending our Easter workshop tomorrow, Thursday 10th April, in the Magpie suite at Dereham Town Football Club.
Doors open 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start.
08/04/2025
A lovely design by one of the Area's experienced demonstrators - it's giving me ideas for our Easter workshop...
💐Tints and tones
Here, Barbara Collins has created a design at the lighter end of the spring palette, using dialled down yellow and light birch.
📸 Sam Roberts
03/04/2025
A few tricks to keep up your sleeve... I'm not convinced about some of them but others are tried and tested. 💐🌸🌼
30/03/2025
Some great books here to help flower arrangers. Easy to follow and very inspirational. Highly recommended.🌼🌼🌼
💐 We are delighted that NAFAS has teamed up with National Teacher and International Demonstrator, Gill McGregor, to sell Gill’s educational books through the NAFAS website.
There are 8 exciting titles available.
To see a full description of the books contents and to order your copies visit our website
💻 www.nafas.org.uk
29/03/2025
Members and guests enjoyed Dereham & District Flower Club meeting on Thursday 27th March. The evening received the demonstrator, Daphne Grant, who depicted the title 'Have containers will travel' (no photos allowed on FB). The President, Corinne Steward , presented Jean Burge with a certificate and engraved salver for winning the Open Class competition in 2024. Members provided competition designs in the Open Class, Intermediate and Novice classes to the title 'Spring flowers and Springs '.
24/03/2025
Learn how to create a breathtaking crescent-shaped floral arrangement with this step-by-step tutorial! 🌿✨ Perfect for modern home décor, weddings, or specia...
24/03/2025
24/03/2025
Another pleasing wreath completed. The collection is growing and I can tell you a bit more about it soon. 🙂💐💐💐
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This is a thriving club with over 60 members of all ages. It's run and organised by volunteers from its membership and has been running for over 40 years.
We're affiliated to the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS). Our club is part of the Norwich group which in turn is a member of the East of England Area.
Club nights are held throughout the year at Toftwood Village Hall on Shipdham Road on the 4th Thursday of each month. Each club night includes a floral demonstration by an area or national NAFAS demonstrator and a flower arranging competition. We have an exciting tradition of raffling off the arrangements made by demonstrators which helps support the funding of the club meetings and the programme of events. There are sales tables of garden and flower arranging books, plants and essential flower arranger’s items such as floral foam, trays and club aprons. Doors open from 6.45pm with flower demonstrations starting at 7.30pm.
The club organises a full programme of events throughout the year; a summer garden party, garden visits, workshops where you can practice flower arranging techniques and competitions. There are also two special open evenings at the Memorial Hall in town (April and November) with a buffet, shopping stalls, floral demonstrations and a raffle.
Members are kept up-to-date with news and what’s coming up via a monthly newsletter and on our page.
The Club’s chairman, Corinne Steward, and all the Committee look forward to welcoming visitors and new members to our friendly club. Corinne can be contacted on 01362 693286 with any queries.
News, information and events from Dereham & District Flower Club, Norfolk, UK. Workshops and beginners lessons feature regularly on our annual programme.
