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Celebrations
Bushey Flower Festival 2006
14 - 16 July

The Apse at St Matthew's Oxhey

The Chancel at St Matthew's Oxhey During The Festival
Chancel Flowers by Gladys MacDonald and Pat Cornelius

As part of St Matthew’s celebration of its 125th year as Oxhey’s Parish Church, we were delighted to host Bushey Flower Festival. The theme of the Festival was Celebrations. Proceeds from the sale of Programmes for the Festival will go to the Arthritis Research Campaign.
Here is a catalogue of the nineteen beautiful flower arrangements:

80 Years of Winnie The Pooh

1. 80 Years of Winnie the Pooh.
Arranged by Kathy Middleton for Bushey Baptist Church.

A A Milne's beloved bear. His first Pooh story was published on Christmas Eve, 1925 in the London Evening News.

A Celebration of our Environment

2. A Celebration of our Environment.
Arranged by Dora Dewar for Friends of Oxhey Park.

For the peace and joy of open space, we give thanks.

Golden Wedding

3. Golden Wedding.
Arranged by Brenda Rayner and Kath Aust for Bushey Evening Townwomen's Guild.

The Golden Anniversary is one of the most celebrated anniversaries and rightly so, spending half a century in love with one person is a wonderful statement about the gift of married life.

Communion

4. Communion.
Arranged by Linda Glynn and Sue Symons for The Catholic Church of Sacred Heart and St. John the Evangelist.

This is the coming together of God's family to share bread and wine; white for purity and red for wine (representing the body and blood of Jesus).

Easter

5. Easter.
Arranged by Findy McMahon for the United Reform Church, Bushey.

The sorrow of Good Friday is overcome by the joy of Easter as Christ bursts from the tomb. White flowers moving away from the cross celebrate Jesus' new life.

250 years of Mozart

6. 250 years of Mozart.
Arranged by Mary Beckett and Gloria Breeze for Bushey and Oxhey Methodist Church.

Our arrangement is in the style of the 18 th century, to celebrate the birth of possibly the greatest composer the world has known. Mozart began composing and performing while still a child: his last opera "The Magic Flute" was written shortly before he died, aged only 35, his "Requiem" unfinished.

Christmas

7. Christmas.
Arranged by Pat and Cathy Cornelius for St Matthew's Church.

The nativity, the birth of Jesus is a time of peace and love, a time for harmony and caring, a time for family and friends to share and a time for children.

Harvest Festival

8. Harvest Festival.
Arranged by Maureen Hasting for St James's Church Flower Guild, Bushey.

An arrangement depicting harvest - using all the traditional gold and rust shades associated with this festival time - also including home-grown produce. It is a time to be thankful for all that the earth yields to us.

A cavalcade of Wedding Dresses

9. A cavalcade of Wedding Dresses.
Arranged by Molley Brain for Friends of Bushey Museum.

My inspiration came from the exhibition of wedding dresses at Bushey Museum. My daughter was married in the cream lace dress in 1992 and my daughter-in-law married in the white dress in 1983.

35 Years of Bushey Luncheon Club

10. 35 Years of Bushey Luncheon Club.
Arranged by Beryl Good for Bushey Luncheon Club at the United Reform Church.

In recognition of our 35th birthday at the end of March, the arrangement depicts this occasion in the form of a birthday cake.

A New House

11. A New House.
Arranged by Jill Farr for The Red Cross, Bushey and Oxhey Branch.

A new home brings great joy to the family with many expectations of a new future.

A New Baby

12. Birth of a New Baby.
Arranged by Biddy Nicholls and Jill Thornton for Bushmere Ladies Club.

This arrangement in blue, pink and white flowers celebrates the birth of a new baby and gives thanks for a safe delivery into the world.

Baptism

13. Baptism.
Arranged by Jean Pitts and Pam Taylor for St. Peter's Church, Bushey Heath.

Baptism celebrates the beginning of our Christian life.

Passing Your Driving Test

14. Passing Your Driving Test.
Arranged by Mary Russell for Bushey and Oxhey Care.

A black container represents a tyre or wheel and the red-yellow-green arrangement is for traffic lights.

The Queen's 80th Birthday

15. The Queen's 80 th Birthday.
Arranged by Molly Nicklen for The Arthritis Research Campaign.

To honour a lady who has given and done so much for our dear country.

St. George's Day and Shakespeare's Birthday

16. St. George's Day and Shakespeare's Birthday.
Arranged by Kay Cordell for Bushey Horticultural Society.

A celebration on April 23rd of St. George's Day (Patron Saint of England) and of Shakespeare's birthday - England's most famous poet and writer.

Winning The Game

17. Winning The Game.
Arranged by Susie and the team from The Flower Shop Bushey.

However England may have done in the World Cup, for local people what could be more worthy of celebration than Watford F. C. being in the Premiership? Come on you Horns!

125 Years of St. Matthew's

18. 125 Years of St. Matthew's.
Arranged by Ann Hopkirk, a member of the congregation.

This depicts 125 years of history at St. Matthew's during which time there have been twelve vicars.

90th Birthday

19. 90th Birthday.
Arranged by Barbie Knight for St. Andrew's Methodist Church.

This is a celebration to commemorate my mother-in-law's 90th birthday last week - a long and happy life!

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Last updated 17/07/2006 10:30 Author: Colin Richards, based on a the Festival Programme by Margaret Tabor