WORKSHOP – 24th September 2025

TIME: 9.30am for 10.00am start

COST: Entry $15.00 plus materials $15.00 ($30) for members
Entry $25.00 plus materials $15.00 ($40) for non-members (after the initial meeting                                                                                          which was at member’s price)

SUPPLIED: board, pins, bamboo, flax

BYO: bind wire, 5 test tubes – 7 or 8 cm, spring flowers suitable to be placed in your water tubes

RSVP: 17th September Karen: kchapman22@bigpond.com

VENUE: Brandon Park Community Centre, 649 Ferntree Gully Rd, Glen Waverly 3150

Please could you bring a coffee/tea cup for your refreshment and remember your lunch and toolbox!
It would be appreciated if you could assist the committee in clearing up after a workshop.

PLEASE MAKE A NOTE IN YOUR DIARY – THE VICTORIAN FLORAL ART ASSN. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP AND PARTY                  WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2025 – further information to follow!

On 25th June 2025 the Victorian Floral Art Assn. held Re-accreditation Day for their Judges. The second section – Diagonal Line Pure or Massed
                                 

On 25th June 2025 the Victorian Floral Art Assn. held Re-accreditation Day for their Judges.
The first section – Sustainable Design.

On Wednesday Corinne and Jan demonstrated a Contemporary Vertical Design for our members at the VFAA.
As always our members interpreted the brief differently and the results of their designs are below.

Workshop – 23rd July 2025

Time: 9.30 for 10.00 start.

Cost: Entry $15.00 plus materials $15.00 {$30}

This workshop will focus on a Contemporary Vertical Design

SUPPLIED: Container, bamboo sticks, wire mesh, leaves, flowers.

BYO: 1/3 block wet oasis, bind wire

RSVP: Wed 16th July to Karen – kchapman22@bigpond.com

VENUE: Brandon Park Community Centre, 649 Ferntree Gully Rd, Glen Waverly 3150

PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR LUNCH & TOOLBOX

Attached is the State Design by our President Josie Brennan representing Victoria in the Australian Floral Art Assn. 2025 Convention “Flowers in the Vines” currently being held in South Australia.

Annemieke Mein, Recycled Grasshopper, 2019, textile. Whitehorse Art Collection

Annemieke Mein OAM is famed for her exquisitely made and incredibly detailed textile art that represents Australian fauna and flora. Poetic and imaginative yet created with empirical accuracy, her investigations into the microcosmic world of insects and often overlooked aspects of nature have cemented Annemieke Mein’s place as one of Australia’s most popular artists.

‘Nature Revealed’ features a selection of works generously loaned from the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale, which holds the most comprehensive public collection of Annemieke Mein’s extraordinary art. Works from the artist’s private collection are also included. Mein’s iconic three-dimensional textiles, preparatory drawings, samplers, and showcases reveal the artist’s in-depth creative process.

This is a rare opportunity to view the art of Annemieke Mein in metropolitan Melbourne and experience first-hand an international phenomenon.

Location:  Artspace, Box Hill Town Hall,  1022 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128

Dates:  11 July – 30 August 2025

Tickets:  Free

More information:  Tuesday to Friday 10am – 4pm and Saturday 12pm – 4pm

Access: Accessible parking  / Public Transport / Wheelchair access

On Wednesday 23rd April – Victorian Floral Art Assn. ran a workshop “Fun with Circles”.

We had a full class with members and friends attending. Josie demonstrated several ideas using three different size wooden hoops, other items included yarn, tulips, gerberas, leucadendrons, succulents and plenty of foliage and dried flowers, pods and nuts.

Attached are photographs of the various designs from our group.

This year at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, the Victorian Floral Art Assn. held a competition titled “Made in Australia”.

Seven Floral Groups entered, and the winners are listed below:

1^st place:      Yarrawonga & District Garden Club                                                                          Louise Brear & Maxine Webb

2^nd Place:     Box Hill Floral Art Assn.                                                                                                  Karen Chapman & Jodi Forbes

3^rd Place:      Sale Floral Art Group                                                                                                       Wendy Fuessel & Dianne Bloemhoff

Highly Commended:       Red Hill Gardening Society                                                                                          Deb Collett

Ballarat Floral Art Group                                                                                                            Susie Stroud & Rosie Ellis

Mt. Eliza Garden Club                                                                                                                Rosie Kenney & Petra Starkins

Waverley Floral Art Group                                                                                                         Rosie Dougherty & Elizabeth Oberin

CONGRATULATIONS AT ALL THE CLUBS WHO ENTERED

WORKSHOP — 23rd APRIL 2025

FUN WITH CIRCLES

TIME: 9:30 for 10:00 start.

COST: Entry $15.00 plus Materials $15 ($30)

AM/PM: Fun With Circles This workshop will focus on Rhythm and the arrangement of individual pieces to form a cohesive design.

SUPPLIED: All materials including 3 wooden hoops, 2 of which are on stands. A design using the hoops can be seen below. (Sample using Tulips.) The horticulture material will be dependent on what is available in late April.

BYO: Any material you have that you think, would enhance the style of design. If you come with nothing other than your tool box, that will be fine.
If time permits, we will do a ‘WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS CONTAINER’. Please bring along a tricky container that you love but just cannot work out what to do with. We will put on our collective hats and have some fun.

RSVP: before 9th April: Karen – kchapman22@bigpond.com

VENUE: Brandon Park Community Centre, 649 Ferntree Gully Rd., Glen Waverley 3150.

PLEASE BRING YOUR LUNCH & TOOLBOX INCLUDING FLORAL GLUE