After the Art Exhibition in the village primary school I crossed over to the church for a quick look at the flower arrangements. "Poetry in Flowers".
Instead of one arrangement to illustrate the poem "Ode to a Cow" from The old Farmers Almanac 1936 this lady had done lots and all in cow jugs
Loved this round design, not sure of the poem it was for.
"The Glory of the Garden" by Rudyard Kipling is the poem this arrangement demonstrates.
The arrangement below is called "Wimbledon" it's done by one of the joint presidents of the other WI I go to. The poem is by Jim O'Donnell, who I was surprised to find is a proper poet! (apologies to Mr O'Donnell!)
Wimbledon comes but once a year
For just two weeks of every year
Come rain or shine the game goes on
The centre court the main event
The ball it flies at great speed
With hopes that your opponent is beat
To hear the roaring of the crowd
When all around you shouting loud
The pressure’s on you keep your cool
Willpower drives you through the pain
The match is yours you won the game
To join the honors list hall of fame
The cup it’s shining in the light
Because you were on your game this night
And in the porch were two arrangements done by the primary school to illustrate some of the Flower Fairy Poems of Cecily Mary Barker who often pops up on my blog.The Snapdragon Fairy and the Cornflower Fairy I thought I took a photo of both, but hadn't.
Then it was off home again
What a great idea to link flowers with poems. They all look really good with the Wimbledon one being particularly topical.
ReplyDeleteAlways interesting to see the interpretation of the theme
DeleteThat's a very interesting theme for a flower arrangement event. There's some beautiful displays. xx
ReplyDeleteThey are all so good and lovely to see
DeleteLovely arrangements - the multitude of Cows made me smile! She'd gone to town on that one :) Hmmm - hope the Wimbledon poet doesn't give up his day job!
ReplyDeleteI thought the cow thing was a bit too spread out, unless the cows were supposed to be in a meadow!
DeleteLike Jennie I loved the Ode to Cows one, but some of the displays are superb.
ReplyDeleteCheers up the church to see it full of flowers
DeleteLove the poppies and delphiniums one.
ReplyDeleteEveryone did well with colourful displays
DeleteWhat a gorgeous collection of flower arrangements, I like the fact that several are wild flowers.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere in Suffolk has a Wild Flower Festival but can't think where. I shall look it up
DeleteLovely what a nice way to spend an afternoon
ReplyDeleteCathy
Just a quick scoot round for photos and then home
DeleteBeautiful flowers and what a lovely afternoon for you.
ReplyDeleteAlways good to get out and about now
DeleteYou do a great job of finding local events to attend. You know how to keep busy and find enjoyable things to do.
ReplyDeleteLots of great flower arrangers in that group!
I loved the pink and white arrangement that you also admired. The round shape is lovely. It must be inside a large shallow bowl. Arranging flowers is a skill and the show reflects some very nice talent.
ReplyDeleteThis is so romantic, linking flowers with poems like that. Beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteLove the flower arrangements and how great to link them to various poems.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I agree with every flower arrangement. And, my mother collected cow pitchers, back in the '30's. Only the other day I realized one has horns; he's a bull.
ReplyDeleteWow they all look great! They rival the ones I saw at Sandringham when I went with Mum. It's lovely that they have poems to go with them. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLots of lovely looking arrangements there, and what a good idea to link them to poetry.
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