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NAFAS - Festive Flower & Food Show
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Next available flower arranging course for 2021 Calendar >>>
"Striking Summer Workshop #1 " This fun flower arranging workshop enables you to create both an April Artistry Contemporary table design plus an eye catching free standing arrangement and each incorporates the use of leaf manipulation to enhance their visual impact.
Flower Arranging Calendar for 2020 Flower Arranging Courses
What an amazing time we all had at Blackpool where we met so many flower arrangers who were looking for new ideas.
A very popular offer from the show is the availability of our free videos on this website with many new free video lessons being added in February 2016 - Free Flower Arranging Video Lessons: Leaf Manipulation - Palm Plaiting - our latest Free Flower Arranging Video Lesson
NAFAS - Festive Flower & Food Show
A most magnificent show and the jewel in the crown of NAFAS flower arranging shows - The Festive Flower & Food Show held in Blackpool at the Winter Gardens.
The standard of competitor's entries in the many different competitions was just incredible and most were nearly completed when we arrived in Blackpool around 9:30 one very wet and windy Thursday morning. We set off earlier that morning at 3am and arrived in our great big van ready to assemble our trade stand and for me to also compete on behalf of London & Overseas for Designer of the Year.
So what went into making this show so successful? It has to have been the creative thinking and planning that was done ahead of time and then coupled with the energy and enthusiasm that the show committee and all of the volunteers brought in abundance.
Ultimately the success or failure of this NAFAS show will boil down to finances and so while we wait to hear how the show faired we can know that everyone involved in it now knows what a good show feels like to work in. Especially how all the different show areas and timing fit together. If you were lucky enough to be a visitor or especially if you competed, now is the time to spread the word to others about how good this show was at representing NAFAS and that NAFAS shows like this make it much more likely for NAFAS to reach out to meet, potential, new flower arranging club members.
The Designer of the Year competition was watched live by audiences over the three days and the brief was to answer audience questions that might be asked; so as to create greater interaction and more opportunities to win over new flower arranging members. As competitors we were allowed to create 1/3 of our designs ahead of the day and so I used this to attached my twigs. We knew that we had to create three different designs in 5 hours during the first day. I elected to break my 5 hours as; the first hour doing leaf manipulation to get them ready for use, 3 hours to make the 3 designs and I allowed an extra hour to answer any visitor questions in the spirit that this interaction would aid the show's appeal and make it more likely that visitors would consider joining NAFAS. I am sure we all loved the experience of competing and having learnt so much I would jump at the opportunity to compete again at this level and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their fabulous comments about my work and the designs I created as part of this competition. Finally I wish to say well done and congratulations to Alison Cooper, Cheshire Area, winner of the Designer of the Year Competition.
Having attended this fabulous show both as a competitor and as a trade stand holder, we saw so many different aspects of the show and with this in mind we wish to thank Mig, the show committee and all the volunteers for everything they did in putting this fabulous show on.
Gill's latest 'How to make' book with instructions and over 150 photographs supporting over 30 different flower arranging designs for the Winter Festive Season
Festive Winter Floral Designs - Contemporary & Traditional Flower Arranging
ISBN 978-0-9929332-2-7 First Published October 2015
A new Flower Arranging book with a range different flower arranging designs for the winter festive season for flower arrangers - with a mix of both contemporary flower arranging and traditional flower arranging arrangements. A ‘How to..’ make Winter and Festive Designs Book has been created to satisfy the many requests that Gill has received from Flower Arrangers who asked her to write a book about how to make Festive arrangements. The designs incorporated are a range of both Contemporary and Traditional ideas with a host of pictures and narrative to explain their construction. Flowers in the home just lift those cold, dark days over the winter season.
For flower arrangers and those wishing to enter this wonderfully creative hobby - a new book with over 30 different Festive Contemporary and Traditional Floral Designs; using easily accessible and inexpensive materials.
Gill's latest collection of floral design ideas to decorate your home over the Festive Winter season, a 'Welcome' door wreath to greet your guests and designs for you to create as gifts for your friends and family. A5 portrait - 56 full colour pages (including covers).
A Festive Flower Arranging Book for £9.99 from Gill McGregor - an experienced Flower Arranging Teacher, Flower Arranging Demonstrator and Floristry Teacher, who has specialised in Contemporary Floral Design and knows how important it is to include Contemporary techniques within floral designs to create Floral Designs with distinction.
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Seventy different floral designs of distinction were created and photographed to visually illustrate the “50 Techniques used in Contemporary Floral Design”.
With Gill's expertise in floral design she explored the definitions used by both NAFAS and the florist industry and used her floral design expertise to create designs that depict Gill's interpretation.
By simply 'thumbing' through the pages you can look through the 70 different designs created for the book to perhaps become inspired to use a technique in your next design that gives it even more distinction.
Otherwise step through the alphabetical ordering of the book and thereby use it as a visual reference to identify what a technique looks like when used in a design.
A flower arranging and floristry book written for experienced flower arrangers and florists, as a learning resource for students studying contemporary floral design, and for people wishing to expand their floral design skills.
This book also includes photographic ideas of structures and containers which can be self made some of which are featured in Gill’s previously written “Contemporary Floral Design Ideas and Techniques” Booklets: six are from Booklet-2 and one is featured in Booklet-1. The Booklets provide colour photography of the completed design and a written description as to how it can be made.
For the self made containers a collection of photographs are provided to further show the construction methods and are again supported by a comprehensive written description as to how they can be made.
As an experienced Flower Arranging Teacher, Floristry Teacher and Flower Arranging Demonstrator Gill McGregor has specialised in Contemporary Floral Design and knows how important it is to include Contemporary techniques within floral designs to create Floral Designs with distinction. £9.99 + postage
"50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Designs".
ISBN 978-0-9929332-0-3. Full colour photography and supporting text, A5 portrait, 56 pages including covers.
![for flower arrangers and florists - and those interested in Contemporary Floral Design - a new - 'How to make' - book by Gill McGregor
- How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation.
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Gill McGregor's Contemporary Flower Arranging Books
This page is For Flower Arrangers and Florists - and those interested in Contemporary Floral Design - a new - 'How to make' - flower arranging book by Gill McGregor -
When Gill first started creating floral designs – the use of wire was only considered to be suitable for support, anchorage and control. Wires were often hidden; external wires were taped and copper frames mossed.
Now with so many decorative wires available their uses have increased and are now often used to aid distinction, create visible supporting frameworks, and to enhance the look of a vase or a flower.
Many contemporary techniques require the use of wire and with so many attractive wires available Gill shows you how wire can now be used often to add visible enhancement; banding, binding, bundling, caging, clamping, clustering, cupping, framing, inter connecting, knotting, laminating, looping, mossing, pipping, plaiting, radiating, sculpturing, spiralling, stitching, structure construction, threading, veiling, weaving, winding, wrapping and of course wiring.
As a Floral Designer Gill draws upon her experiences; as a fully qualified Florist, an experienced Floristry and Flower Arranging Teacher, a fully qualified Flower Arranger, a NAFAS National Teacher and NAFAS Demonstrator and a Floral Designer who loves to explore the use of products to arrange designs with a difference.
Gill's new book on Wire Manipulation provides a host of different design ideas which require the use of wire for support, manipulation, control and of course anchorage. This ‘how to’ book explains how each design idea was constructed, what type or types of wire were used and has been developed to help inspire you to create and develop your own designs incorporating wire.
The designs include manipulation techniques, self made structures, self made frames and self made containers with both photographic and written narration to explain how each concept was constructed and what materials are needed.
For Flower Arrangers and Florists - and those interested in Contemporary Floral Design - a new - 'How to make' - book by Gill McGregor -
Over 140 photographs support more than 40 different contemporary floral designs with concise construction methods are included in this new Contemporary Floral Design ‘How to’ Wire Manipulation Book. This book is for Florists and Contemporary Flowers Arrangers to instruct, inspire and further develop design skills and techniques.
One of a kind - this book has been written to support the host of Contemporary wire manipulation techniques that can be applied when constructing Contemporary Floral Designs.
£9.99 + postage.
"How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation".
ISBN 978-0-9929332-1-0. Full colour photography and supporting text, A5 portrait, 56 pages including covers, index.
As a Floral Designer Gill draws on her experiences, as a fully qualified Florist, an experienced Floristry and Flower Arranging Teacher, a fully qualified Flower Arranger, a NAFAS National Teacher and NAFAS Demonstrator, to explore the use of products to help you to create designs with a difference.
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Flower Arranging Books & Booklets
Booklet 1 features 15 floral design ideas and techniques with a flavour of autumn/winter. Each suggested idea is supported with full colour photography to show the completed arrangement and comprehensive narrative to explain how the technique is implemented.
For the suggested self-made containers – colour photography provides a breakdown of how the container is made until its completion/final design and is supported by a comprehensive description of the construction process.
The focus of the materials used is that they are inexpensive; some purchased from pound shops or from regular floral wholesalers.
Booklet-1 is written for Contemporary floral designers and for those wishing to increase their floral design skills.
Each booklet has 18 internal pages showing full colour photographs and supporting text in an A5 landscape format.
As an experienced Flower Arranging and Floristry teacher and demonstrator Gill McGregor specialised in Contemporary Floral design and knows how important it is to include Contemporary ideas and techniques within floral designs to create Floral Designs with distinction.
£5.99 + postage
Cancer Research UK will receive £1 for each Booklet sold.
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Flower Arranging Books and Booklets
Booklet 2 features 18 floral design ideas and techniques with a flavour of spring/summer. Each suggested idea is supported with full colour photography to show the completed arrangement and comprehensive narrative to explain how the technique is implemented.
For the suggested self-made containers – colour photography provides a breakdown of how the container is made until its completion/final design and is supported by a comprehensive description of the construction process.
The focus of the materials used is that they are inexpensive; some purchased from pound shops or from regular floral wholesalers.
Booklet-2 is written for Contemporary floral designers and for those wishing to increase their floral design skills.
Each booklet has 18 internal pages showing full colour photographs and supporting text in an A5 landscape format.
As an experienced Flower Arranging and Floristry teacher and demonstrator Gill McGregor specialised in Contemporary Floral design and knows how important it is to include Contemporary ideas and techniques within floral designs to create Floral Designs with distinction.
£5.99 + postage
Cancer Research UK will receive £1 for each Booklet sold.
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Booklet 1 "Five days in a hotel bedroom" | How to make instructions for 15 Contemporary Floral Design Ideas & Techniques | £1 donated to Cancer Research UK for every booklet purchased | Booklet price £5.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only ![]() |
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Booklet 2 "Winning thruppence shaped my career!" | How to make instructions for 18 Contemporary Floral Design Ideas & Techniques | £1 donated to Cancer Research UK for every booklet purchased | Booklet price £5.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only ![]() |
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50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Designs | Seventy different floral designs of distinction illustrate the 50 Techniques | Book price £9.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only ![]() |
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Special Offer | 50 Techniques Used in Contemporary Floral Designs - For You and a Friend |
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How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation | Over 40 different contemporary floral designs, supported by over 140 photographs with concise construction methods are included in this new Contemporary Floral Design ‘How to’ Wire Manipulation Book Design Concepts for Florists and Contemporary Flower Arrangers |
Book price £9.99 | Plus P&P UK & NI Only ![]() |
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Special Offer | How to.. Contemporary Floral Design - Wire Manipulation - For You and a Friend |
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Flower Arranging Credentials
Gill has performed 100s of Floral Art demonstrations and entertained 1000s of club members at NAFAS Flower Clubs in the London and Overseas, Home Counties, East of England, Kent, BBO and Surrey Areas. A Flower arranger since the age of 11, Gill was on the adult flower arrangers, competitor’s circuit at the age of 14; winning a host of different competitions and awards. At 16 Gill performed her first Floral Art demonstration and became a qualified NAFAS Flower Arranging demonstrator in 1992. As a fully qualified Flower Arranger Gill has taught Traditional Flower Arranging and Contemporary Floral Art classes and workshops; receiving hosts of compliments for their course content and her teaching delivery. For many years Gill was a Floral Art scheme adviser for City and Guilds and wrote the current suite of C&G Level 1-3 Flower Arranging qualifications. Flower Arranging has always been Gill’s passion and she continually strives to design and develop new Floral Art Techniques and Designs for the Floral Art World.
Floristry Credentials
Gill McGregor NDSF is a fully qualified florist holding the Society of Floristry NDSF Diploma, equivalent to the current Level 5 C&G Floristry qualification, a fully qualified Further Education (FE) teacher and the holder of the Certificate of Education. Gill's expertise for developing courses is achieved through her vast experiences; in the management of thriving retail floristry businesses in London for 12 years, running a floral and balloon decorating business specialising in wedding designs and decor and participating in wedding fashion shows. As Gill’s passion and enthusiasm for teaching developed Gill successfully grew and headed up an OFSTED Grade 1 Floristry department in a specialist FE College for many years.
Heavily involved in the promotion of the Florist industry Gill participated in the writing of City and Guilds Floristry qualifications for over 20 years and has demonstrated Floristry skills and techniques at eminent Floristry shows in the UK, Essen, Paris and Kansas. Gill received the prestigious City and Guilds silver medal (highest accolade) for her achievement in the Level 4 Floristry Business Procedures qualification in the UK. Over the years Gill has taught 100s of Floristry students with many running successful businesses in London and the Home Counties.
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