Margaret Watling demonstration features innovation & flair

Geraldine-based floral artists Gislinde Folkerts and Annette Waller demonstrated their creativity and flair to over 200 well-dressed guests in the Horticultural Centre. Enhanced by wine, music and a walk-though of the creations by assistants Sarah Folkerts and Polly Hill, the demonstration of “floral designs for that special occasion” was well received by the audience. Congratulations are due to CHS Board Member Ray King and her hardworking Horticultural Events Committee.

Umbrella made out of thin wood veneer, grasses, peacock feathers and strings of decorative pearls woven through a handmade wire structure

Coralie Foden “Queen of the Tartz” from the Rangiora Red Hat Society.

Sunflowers, artichokes, leucadendron ‘Safari Sunset’ & Autumn leaves nestled into a handcrafted frame made out of copper mesh & wood wool.

Bouquet in Autumn colours with asiatic lilies, gerberas, the rose, ‘Cherry Brandy’ & leucadendrons, worked through a handmade wireframe embellished with beads, ribbons & felted wool.

Basket of muehlenbeckia woven through a handmade wire construction to carry decorative kale & the carnation ‘Green Trick’ in attached water phials.

Gislinde with her umbrella made out of thin wood veneer, grasses, peacock feathers and strings of decorative pearls woven through a handmade wire structure

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Margaret Watling Demonstration- Best dressed man and woman competition – an apology

The CHS acknowledges that it made an error of judgment in the eligibility criteria that were used in the Best Dressed Man & Woman competition at the Margaret Watling Demonstration on 20 May. It is normal practice to exclude Board members, staff, and their relatives from participating in such competitions. The CHS regrets that it did not observe this protocol and apologises unreservedly to anyone attending the event who was upset by this oversight.

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