On Tuesday, November 16, the Rock Spring Garden Club held its first Holiday Floral Design Demonstration event at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association building in Ballston, Arlington, Virginia as a fundraiser. Four garden club members and one special guest demonstrated five holiday designs. Susan Foulke demonstrated a Traditional Mass Design for any holiday using greens from her yard, roses, carnations, lilies, and other readily available flowers from the markets. Sheila Moore demonstrated a Harvest Design using greens, herbs, flowers, and miniature fresh pumpkins for a wreath and Thanksgiving tableau. Barnett Norris showed how to make a Boxwood Christmas Tree with decorations added for great interest. Dorinda Burroughs showed how to use fresh cranberries and super market flowers to create a long lasting Thanksgiving or Christmas centerpiece. Our special guest, Debbie Brookes of Beachcomber Arts, Ocean Ridge Florida, showed how to celebrate New Year's with a top hat design of white hydrangeas, dendrobium orchids and local greens. She ended the design demonstration with a funky fun purple top hat design utilizing blue hydrangeas, purple dendrobiums, and bells of Ireland.
We had a wonderful Ways and Means table and tasty light refreshments. Guests could bid on the arrangements and all of them were sold! The event raised approximately $1700 and it is hope that it will become an annual affair!
