Flower Arranging : Page 5

If you are not already a gardener, you cannot be interested in FlowerArranging for long without being led into Horticulture and for us, who livein Britain, what a blessing this is, for gardening is a British characteristic;it is in our blood, and there is more opportunity in Britain for developinga knowledge of plant material than anywhere else in the world.

Thousands of Horticultural Societies exist all over the country, and theyare doing valuable work in encouraging this subject. Lectures are givenand shows are staged. Most women's organisations include flower arranging intheir annual programme, and now an increasing number of Flower Clubs arespringing up all over the country for the sole purpose of developing the interestin flower arranging, to raise the standard of show work and to establish asystem of teaching and judging in connection with their exhibitions.