MALVERN Flower Arranging Club is celebrating after coming home with a Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Malvern Spring Show.
The club, which has been running for 62 years, hasn’t entered the competition since 2021, but decided this year to bite the bullet.
Previously club members have entered individual competitions with considerable success but the Team event was a whole new ball game.
One member Jenny entered the highly contested class Beauty in the Garden. Her exhibit was awarded First Place and also received the accolade for Best Use of Foliage in Show.
The club team entered the Earthly Beauty Flower Club Class. The exhibit was initially led and coordinated by local lady Hilary Fowler, supported by Caroline, Sue, Rosemary and Becci.
Many months of planning and preparation went into the project, with designs carefully developed, adapted and refined throughout the process.
Unfortunately, Hilary was unable to continue with the final stages of the project, and later another member could not continue. Despite these setbacks, the team said it remained determined to complete the exhibit to the highest possible standard.
A spokesperson for the club said: “We were delighted, amazed and – for a chatty group of ladies – speechless, to be awarded a Silver Gilt Medal, narrowly missing Gold.
“We were simply over the moon, and particularly so as it was the first time this group had entered anything, complete novices.
“However, we gained more than a a prize but friendships were forged which will last for a very long time Would we do it again in a heartbeat.”
The group meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at Hanley Swan Village Hall at 2pm.
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