Benllech Flower Club April Meeting 2008

by Kay Middlemiss
(Benllech)

The April meeting of Benllech Flower Club saw the return of the popular demonstrator Eleanor griffiths from Halsby.

True to her title, "The X-Factor", Eleanor gave an evening of avant-garde floral art using such techniques as painting and gilding, wiring, trimming and shaping her plant material to achieve the "modern" look.

Bleached palm and blue sprayed leaves complimented blue delphiniums, while a galvanised metal trough contained gold twigs with white roses and carnations in the "continental" style.

Such artistic licence might not appeal to traditionalists but this is the new face of flower arranging.

However, everyone was in agreement that the two metre high driftwood, entwined with strands of threaded oak leaves and holding a display of orange roses and blue limonium, definitely had th"X" factor.

See calendar for next meeting.

Kay Middlemiss