A message from Carolyn

To all my friends at Clophill & District Flower Club - January 2025 Newsletter

Wishing you a very healthy and peaceful New Year full of fun, friendship and flowers.
I hope you had a lovely Christmas with friends and family.  It seems a while ago as all our decorations have come down and the house looks quite bare. I must go out a buy some tulips and bring the hope of Spring.
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We had an excellent Christmas demonstration by Lucy Ellis and I hope you enjoyed the evening if you were able to be there.  Lucy said what a really friendly and lively Club we are and how much she enjoyed visiting us.

We now look forward to our 2025 programme that Joan has booked for us. It is full of super demonstrations by some familiar demonstrators and some exciting new ones. One highlight will be in June when our own Doug Howard gives his Special Retirement Evening with ‘A Man for All Seasons’. Doug has been an area demonstrator for many years and has decided to ‘hang up his scissors’ with his last flourish!!

The first meeting of the year is on Thursday 9 January when we hold our Annual General Meeting.  This is a social meeting when we review the past year and our successes and then plan for 2025.  We always like to have suggestions from members on how to improve the Club so we welcome anyone who would like to come.

​The Treasurer will present the accounts and we will hear how much our charity stall has made for our 2024 charity:  Motor Neurone Disease association. We plan for it to go to the local branch as one of our members is really suffering with this horrible disease. Thank you to all who have supported us and to Julie and Jean who have organised the stall throughout the year.  We would like nominations for charities for 2025, so please let us know if you have a suggestion and we will ask members to vote at our February meeting.  Julie says the theme for the Charity stall is Unwanted Christmas Presents – make sure the person who gave it to you isn’t with you!!

On 6 February we have Rachael Borenkova – ‘Let’s go to the Flower Shop’.  Rachael is new to our club but has been highly recommended. 
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Subscriptions are due again.  It is £45 – the same a last year – you can pay by Bank Transfer, cheque or cash. 
​As agreed previously, the committee will be prepared to accept the subscription in staged payments over three months if this is helpful for members.  

See you soon,
With my best wishes,
Carolyn
Chairman of Clophill & District Flower Club