OWING to family problems Claire Delmege was unable to demonstrate at the May Day meeting of Broughton Floral Club. 

Sue Wall stepped in, ‘Reuse & Recycle’ was the name of her demonstration. She did not use any Oasis. 

She started with a spring celebration set in two plastic bottles glued together and placed into a circular basket which she filled with pittosporum, mauve lisianthus and pink/yellow tulip heads together with white avalanche roses. 

Reuse was on the cards for the second display, starting with a dried Christmas wreath and once again set in a very large circular basket was the base. The dried leaves and ferns mixed together with carnations cappuccino - coloured roses and blue delphiniums centred.

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Manipulated Phormium leaves tall bright blue delphiniums, lemon antirrhinums represented a lighthouse with a blue hydrangea mop head reflecting the sea, with short white chrysanthemums.

This was set in a basket again covered with oyster shells and bark. Sue placed alongside a lamp, sea watercolour painting and white lighthouse.

The Agri wool used for Watership Down was placed in drink cartons, photinia, pussy willow, hazel, fern fronds and dried wheat was the setting for tall orange roses and cream chrysanthemums.

Concluding with an upturned lampshade, were yellow chrysanthemums, blue delphiniums, at the base Tom Thumb pittosporum, blue mop head hydrangea and a lily spike. Sue finished the display with manipulated phormium leaves.
The next meeting is June 5 when Diane Norman will be demonstrating ‘Ikebana Today’ 7pm for 7.30pm at Broughton Village Hall.