THIS month’s meeting was chaired by Rosemary Pugh, our vice president, in the absence of Val Reynolds, president. After welcoming everyone, including two visitors from Woodgreen WI, the general business was dealt with and concluded with a summary of the Wiltshire Federation Annual Council Meeting which was attended by several members.

Our speaker for the afternoon was Janet Newman , who always creates the most beautiful flower arrangements as well as amusing us with her many stories and tips! Janet began with an Advent wreath followed by three very different ideas for Christmas.

The flowers used ranged from gerberas, carnations and roses to Singapore orchids and Janet encouraged us all to ‘have a try’ at our own arrangement. Everyone hoped that their ticket would be pulled out in the raffle but four lucky members did leave clutching their flowers.

Finally, Janet agreed to choose a winner from the many entries in our flower arranging competition for the afternoon.

The theme was a Christmas table decoration and our winner was Carolyn Birch.

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 10 at 2.15pm in the Morgan’s Vale and Woodfalls’ Hall and will be our Christmas Party – please remember to bring your food contributions – the trading table will be “Christmas goodies”.