Club Outing to Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, 'Reflections' Flower Festival on 24th July 2014

38 club members and friends enjoyed a day out in Bury St Edmunds. 'Reflections' celebrated the 100th anniversary of the creation of the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.  Net proceeds from the festival will go to East Anglia's Children's Hospices and Children's work in the diocese.

'Flanders Fields' by Werrington District Flower Club, detail below.

Detail 'Flanders Fields' by Werrington District Flower Club
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BRAMPTON FLOWER CLUB'S ARRANGEMENT

'King Canute' by Brampton Flower Club.

'King Canute' detail throne cushion.

Brampton Flower Club members Di Hodgetts and Linda Otridge with their arrangement in the history section.  'King Canute' 1016-1035 - was the first Viking King of England and founded Bury Abbey. See close-ups below.

'"Our thanks to all who donated foliage and to Jan Dobie for commissioning the metal crown. We had a note from the Festival designers Alan Smith and Lee Berrill, complementing us on our 'outstanding accessories and wonderful chair' " LO.

'King Canute' details sword, crown, orb

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NAFAS stand by Sue Brinton

Detail 'Thomas Gainsborough' by St Ives & District Flower Club

'The Saxons at Sutton Hoo' by Herts and Essex Boundary Flower Club. Mask made by Bunty Ball of Hemingstone Women's Institute.

Arrangement by Lois Gill in the Chapel of Transfiguration

'King Edmund' by Aylsham & District Flower Club. King Edmund was killed in battle by the Danes who cut off his head, it is said it was found by a wolf.