Stowmarket & District Flower Club

Lunchtime Workshop & Club Competition

Lunchtime Workshop & Club Competition admin 27/11/2024 News From Left to Right: Carolyn Rudd, Ann Brunker, Helen Allum and Caroline Barnes. Lunchtime Workshop & Club Competition We had a lovely start to our year with our Soup and Workshop day. The idea behind the workshop was to encourage our members to take part in the […]

Christmas Open Meeting by Helen Hare

Christmas Open Meeting by Helen Hare admin 27/11/2024 News Tis The Season To Be Jolly Helen Hare certainly entertained us with a large selection of different designs and introducing us to some new varieties of flowers and foliage, whilst also sharing with us various flower arranging  tips. It was a fabulous evening. Congratulations to Maureen […]

AGM & Annual Competition

AGM & Annual Competition admin 26/10/2025 News AGM & Annual Competition It was a great turn out for our AGM and Annual Competition . We had a very interesting talk by Angus Wainwright who works as an Archaeologist for the National Trust, and enthralled us all with his photos and knowledge, particularly the gardens at […]

Opening of the Extension of The Mid Suffolk Railway 2025

Opening of the Extension of The Mid Suffolk Railway 2025 admin 05/08/2025 News The Mid Suffolk Light Railway Extension Opening We were honoured to be asked to provide flower arrangements for the Grand Formal Opening of the extension to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway on August 1st. The ribbon was cut by Mark Pendlington, Deputy […]

Summer Outing to Beth Chatto’s Garden

Summer Outing to Beth Chatto’s Garden admin 05/08/2025 News Outing to Beth Chatto’s Garden Our annual outing this year was to Beth Chatto’s garden. A coach had been organised and we were able to have a good natter during our journey.  We were very fortunate with the weather as rain had been forecast, but it […]

Suffolk Show 2025

Suffolk Show 2025 admin 23/10/2024 News Suffolk Show Flower Arrangement Competitions 2025 The schedule was entitled “Musical Variations. Some of our members participated and many were awarded prizes. Kym Denny and Julie Head represented Stowmarket & District Flower Club in the Club Exhibit entitled “It’s Showtime” and Kym and Julie decided to interpret the musical […]

Hadleigh Show 2025

Hadleigh Show 2025 admin 23/10/2024 News Hadleigh Show Flower Arrangement Competitions 2025 The schedule was entitled “Glory of the Garden” and there were nine classes in all. Many of our members participated and many were awarded prizes.  Pauline Squirrell won the Silver Perpetual Challenge Cup for Best in Show with her arrangement in An English […]

Down the Garden Path February Meeting

Down the Garden Path February Meeting admin 23/10/2024 News Down the Garden Path We had a lovely evening walking ‘Down the garden Path’ with three of our talented members who put on a beautiful display for us. Maureen Johnson began with a view into one of her borders. A continental design with a trellis background. […]

Pavé Workshop with Caroline Barnes

Pavé Workshop with Caroline Barnes admin 23/10/2024 News Pavé Workshop with Caroline Barnes What a wonderful way to start our Flower Club year!  Caroline Barnes (our treasurer) demonstrated a Pavé or Tapestry flower arrangement. Caroline showed us how to do a grouped design using different materials and  textures of flowers and foliage.  Caroline also showed […]

Bacton Show Competition 2024

Bacton Show Competition 2024 admin 23/10/2024 News Bacton Show Competition Well done to everyone who took part in our Club Competition at Bacton Fayre on Saturday 3rd August. It was extremely hot setting up but the flowers survived very well! Our overall theme was “Quotes and Quips” and was judged by Judy Wynn.