Designs from my flower course yesterday, it’s amazing what a bit of expert advice and tuition can help you achieve, thanks to the AOIFA – Association of Irish Floral Artists tutors and committee

The Plant Sale and Coffee Morning held in Dunmore Hall on Saturday May 25th in aid of the charity ‘As I Am’ and Kilkenny Flower Club was a resounding success, even surpassing last year’s event.

We had a vast selection of plants and an equally impressive array of cakes and buns. Many attendees went home not only with beautiful plants but also with plates of delicious baked goods. Thank you to ‘Gardiner’s World SOS’ and ‘Easter Island Garden Centre’ for their contributions.

A big thank you to all who donated plants and cakes, and to those who purchased them. We also appreciate everyone who helped prepare the plants, the hall, served teas, washed up, and cleaned up at the end of the event.

Once again, The Community Centre at Dunmore proved to be the perfect venue. The motto of our club is ‘Friendship through Flowers’, and Saturday truly embodied this spirit. Thank you to all our friends for their contributions.

An enjoyable night was had by all who took part in the imposed night recently.

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You will see the excellent arrangements after one and a half hours.

Everyone went home pleased.

Members of Kilkenny Flower Club enjoyed an outing to a private garden and Lafcadio Japanese Gardens recently.

A most enjoyable day was had by all.

Kilkenny Flower Club committee was thrilled with the turn out for yesterday’s Plant Sale and Coffee Morning. It turned out to be bigger and better than last year.

There was a huge selection of plants and indeed a huge selection of cakes and buns too.

As well as going home with lovely plants many people went home with a plate of georgous cakes or buns too.

‘As I Am’ is the charity who will benefit from the proceeds of the day.

We would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to all who made the day such a success.

Thank you for supplying plants: ‘Gardiner’s World SOS”, “Flower Power”, ‘Country Life’, Castlecomer, Ursula Brennan.

Thank you to the people for giving publicity to the event, Parish Newsletters, Kilkenny People, Kilkenny Observer, KCLR, CRKC , people who put up posters etc.

Thanks to everyone who supplied plants and cakes and bought many more.

We are grateful to everyone who prepared the hall, served teas, washed up, cleared up at the end.

A special thank you to Eddie Holohan for traffic control and general help all around – all day.

Thanks to Niamh, Ivette, Beega, Geraldine, Josephine, Mary Morrissey and many more women who worked very hard with committee members to make the day such a success.

If I left out your name please forgive me but know that your work was much appreciated.

Once again The Community Centre at Dunmore was the perfect venue.

The motto of the club is: ‘Friendship through Flowers’ and indeed that was the case yesterday. Thank you to all our friends for their contributions.

Here are the results of the teaching day.

A Landscape and A Parallel

Thanks very much to Conna Flower and Garden Club for the terrific hospitality, thanks to A.O.I.F.A for the classes, thanks to Kilkenny Flower Club for sponsoring the three people.