{"id":203,"date":"2015-05-19T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2015\/05\/how-to-run-an-amazing-flower-festival.html\/"},"modified":"2015-05-19T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:21:00","slug":"how-to-run-an-amazing-flower-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2015\/05\/19\/how-to-run-an-amazing-flower-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"How to run an amazing Flower Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s all in the preparation&#8230;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some worms on an ice cream!<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">If you only knew the hours of work&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">that goes into organising a&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">flower festival for the village,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">then you&#8217;d understand perfectly how this lady, Jesse Cox<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">came to be collapsed&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">in the front of my car last Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y3NYYGm_3bg\/VVpKWhn53mI\/AAAAAAAAGAI\/o0FJ2c7FGhg\/s1600\/Jesse.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y3NYYGm_3bg\/VVpKWhn53mI\/AAAAAAAAGAI\/o0FJ2c7FGhg\/s640\/Jesse.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Driving Jesse to church.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Jesse Cox started life as a papermache balloon head,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">some wool hair,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">and a body stuffed with plastic bags!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">She was created, last year by my Parents&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">along with her soldier husband,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">and a bridesmaid or two<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;for her 1918 Church wedding at St Mary&#8217;s Longcot.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">2014&#8217;s Flower Festival was a World War 1 inspired<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RqVX3AClgjY\/VVs6pObZycI\/AAAAAAAAGCM\/yNqnakhD6uM\/s1600\/Chancel%2Bfrom%2Bpulpit.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RqVX3AClgjY\/VVs6pObZycI\/AAAAAAAAGCM\/yNqnakhD6uM\/s640\/Chancel%2Bfrom%2Bpulpit.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2014 Long Church Flower Festival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">This year&#8217;s theme <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Painters in Flowers<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"> is an interpretation&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">of the style,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">colours and work of famous artists.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Each theme is meticulously planned by my Mother and her&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">wonderful band of local Oxfordshire flower arrangers.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Mum has the vision,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">but turning that vision into a reality&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">takes work,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;and an able assistant, my Father!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span>  <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rGFgWulqO9E\/VVrcNc17PuI\/AAAAAAAAGBE\/EdTnJju2z0g\/s1600\/FF1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rGFgWulqO9E\/VVrcNc17PuI\/AAAAAAAAGBE\/EdTnJju2z0g\/s640\/FF1.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2015 Painters in Flowers at Longcot Church<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Jesse Cox is back,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">by popular demand!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">2015 finds Jesse painting serenely in her garden&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">In fact Jesse has not been anywhere.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Except sitting in my Parents dining room for most of her year,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">whilst her war hero Hubby has been in the garage!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MBsfkDIMsiA\/VVph30_PodI\/AAAAAAAAGAY\/wl75LM21UAE\/s1600\/JESSE1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MBsfkDIMsiA\/VVph30_PodI\/AAAAAAAAGAY\/wl75LM21UAE\/s640\/JESSE1.jpg?resize=496%2C640\" width=\"496\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The finished scene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">She needed a new frock,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">and so has been redressed retaining her blouse<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">but a new skirt has been made.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">She need to be redesigned to sit down,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">cue Dad who made the cardboard box she is sitting on.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">She needs a painting, paints, paintbrushes etc&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">all&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">that before anyone even attempts&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">the beautiful floral arrangement to be painted.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I_yuUvVCzhU\/VVpmdiOGbMI\/AAAAAAAAGAk\/9I0Ipujp5eU\/s1600\/FF2015.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I_yuUvVCzhU\/VVpmdiOGbMI\/AAAAAAAAGAk\/9I0Ipujp5eU\/s640\/FF2015.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Preparing the scene&#8230; painting Jesse&#8217;s painting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/h2>\n<h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Jesse needed the painting which we did one Sunday lunchtime<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">and proudly showed to the kids back home in Australia on Skype.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;Hmmm&#8217;<\/i>&nbsp;said Daughter No 2 thoughtfully<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;Have you done that Mum?&#8217;<\/i>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;I might have had a little dabble&#8217;<\/i>, I said proudly!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;Well, it looks like some worms on an ice-cream from here<\/i>!&#8217;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><i>&#8216;Thanks, darling!&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kpK7PaUtN_U\/VVposZnVudI\/AAAAAAAAGAw\/5M0nZfw9Q40\/s1600\/FF20152.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kpK7PaUtN_U\/VVposZnVudI\/AAAAAAAAGAw\/5M0nZfw9Q40\/s640\/FF20152.jpg?resize=488%2C640\" width=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Some worms on an ice cream&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">I&#8217;m not a Flower Arranger&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">but I hear the same things time and time again<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Despite me showing you all the above at the end of the day<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">1. It&#8217;s not about the props, it&#8217;s about the flowers<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-K5h6OIG7uHw\/VVs-ROxb5HI\/AAAAAAAAGCY\/SM1Ah3tALtw\/s1600\/FF20156.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-K5h6OIG7uHw\/VVs-ROxb5HI\/AAAAAAAAGCY\/SM1Ah3tALtw\/s640\/FF20156.jpg?resize=502%2C640\" width=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Vase of Flowers &#8211; Breughel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Conditioning the flowers is everything<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">The flowers are prepped for display by soaking them in water&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">for at least 24-48 hours which will help elongate their lives.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">These flowers need to last for two weeks.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Burning the ends of those with heavy sap will help.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2DyNKK8hGgc\/VVrn1e4u0fI\/AAAAAAAAGBg\/088meIvu50g\/s1600\/FF20153.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2DyNKK8hGgc\/VVrn1e4u0fI\/AAAAAAAAGBg\/088meIvu50g\/s640\/FF20153.jpg?resize=458%2C640\" width=\"458\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">3. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Each flower must look individually perfect<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">even when the overall look is to be casual &#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-r_MtJKQ0OD8\/VVs_S3z5rAI\/AAAAAAAAGCk\/Dv2gheoYHYk\/s1600\/FF20157.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-r_MtJKQ0OD8\/VVs_S3z5rAI\/AAAAAAAAGCk\/Dv2gheoYHYk\/s640\/FF20157.jpg?resize=640%2C588\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">4. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Beg, borrow and steal your greenery!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Never go anywhere without your secateurs.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">No garden in Oxfordshire has been safe&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">This flower festival is a&nbsp;truly&nbsp;community event,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">We&#8217;ve been gathering greenery from far and wide.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">It has been rather disconcerting that&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">as the British economy has picked up,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">friends are employing gardeners more and more.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Tidy gardens are not as good for greenery!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The best story I heard was the friend who hates her&nbsp;variegated ivy<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">but keeps it growing&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">as she knows how much the flower festival loves having it!<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YvU6yLNBvek\/VVs__gFZkkI\/AAAAAAAAGCs\/2JuX0iqbnrs\/s1600\/FF20158.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YvU6yLNBvek\/VVs__gFZkkI\/AAAAAAAAGCs\/2JuX0iqbnrs\/s640\/FF20158.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 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Buy your Flowers wisely<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Whilst a lot of the flowers were kindly donated by the flower arrangers themselves, and&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">this has been&nbsp;supplemented&nbsp;by some generous financial contributions&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">from the village,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">it is expensive putting on a Flower Festival.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">To ensure there is not<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;too much out of pocket expense<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">flowers are carefully chosen&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">for their long lasting blooms<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">from a mixture of suppliers.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;The &#8216;exotics&#8217; come from the local florist<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;but the filler plants;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">chrysanthemums,&nbsp;lilies&nbsp;and carnations&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">all come&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">from the local Supermarkets!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">Either Sainbury&#8217;s, or indeed the majority coming from Aldi&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\">at the bargain price of 2GBP a bunch.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">I hope you have enjoyed a little peak into the Flower Festival.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">If you are in the area, do pop in and visit for yourselves<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">St Mary&#8217;s Church, Longcot, Oxon<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">16 &#8211; 24th May 2015<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-oU-Ys5lDPAE\/VVrmYDEjo4I\/AAAAAAAAGBU\/o3W4aDulYXE\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-oU-Ys5lDPAE\/VVrmYDEjo4I\/AAAAAAAAGBU\/o3W4aDulYXE\/s320\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 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