3/12/20
Christmas is coming.
All change this year. Parts of the church have to be out of bounds to us because there's filming equipment around. Tom points out, because of the filming, arrangements need to be really really big. So if you see a member of the Committee struggling down Nithsdale Rd. with half a tree you'll know what's happening!
The biggest change is, we won't be able to have our beautiful big tree in church. It needs a big team just to get it up and then a team of acrobats to get to the top to put on lights and decorations.
But- guess what - we're going to have the tree OUTSIDE!
Decking the halls starts this morning after service. A very wee team with masks and distancing will start to put stuff in place.
Watch out after the weekend, outside the church the tree will appear.
Good luck with all your own preparations.
Hazel.
Christmas is coming.
All change this year. Parts of the church have to be out of bounds to us because there's filming equipment around. Tom points out, because of the filming, arrangements need to be really really big. So if you see a member of the Committee struggling down Nithsdale Rd. with half a tree you'll know what's happening!
The biggest change is, we won't be able to have our beautiful big tree in church. It needs a big team just to get it up and then a team of acrobats to get to the top to put on lights and decorations.
But- guess what - we're going to have the tree OUTSIDE!
Decking the halls starts this morning after service. A very wee team with masks and distancing will start to put stuff in place.
Watch out after the weekend, outside the church the tree will appear.
Good luck with all your own preparations.
Hazel.
Christmas is Coming!
10/11/20
Can you believe that we are looking at two weeks till the first Sunday in Advent. Every year the Advent ring comes out of the cupboard and the hunt is on for the evergreens that will go in the ring and last all the way till Christmas Eve. Holly, ivy, pine. It smells lovely and reminds us of so many things. The crown of thorns that Jesus wore, the circle of life. It's an ancient custom, pre Christian, Druid, adopted by the new Christian religion.
Tom supplies the special candles in the colours of Advent, the 4 purple for the Sundays and the central white candle for Christmas Eve. We are starting to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It's very special. So it begins.
Hazel
Can you believe that we are looking at two weeks till the first Sunday in Advent. Every year the Advent ring comes out of the cupboard and the hunt is on for the evergreens that will go in the ring and last all the way till Christmas Eve. Holly, ivy, pine. It smells lovely and reminds us of so many things. The crown of thorns that Jesus wore, the circle of life. It's an ancient custom, pre Christian, Druid, adopted by the new Christian religion.
Tom supplies the special candles in the colours of Advent, the 4 purple for the Sundays and the central white candle for Christmas Eve. We are starting to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It's very special. So it begins.
Hazel
HALLOWEEN FLOWERS 21/10/20
Halloween Flowers
Flowers at Halloween are good fun. They can be seasonal with apples, Autumn leaves or twigs or you could go all out scary with spider web and spiky, thorny greenery.
Pumpkins add a whole different dimension. Simply hollowed out and with a container inside, they make a really good holder for your flowers.
Halloween arrangements look particularly good out of doors especially if you can add some kind of lighting, candles perhaps or why not try a lit torch placed inside a pumpkin, shining up through your flowers. Possibilities are endless.
Back in the good old days, I would always have an arrangement at the front door to welcome guests at Halloween. Ok, I know there won't be many parties this year but flowers can always make you feel better!
Stay well, Hazel
Flowers at Halloween are good fun. They can be seasonal with apples, Autumn leaves or twigs or you could go all out scary with spider web and spiky, thorny greenery.
Pumpkins add a whole different dimension. Simply hollowed out and with a container inside, they make a really good holder for your flowers.
Halloween arrangements look particularly good out of doors especially if you can add some kind of lighting, candles perhaps or why not try a lit torch placed inside a pumpkin, shining up through your flowers. Possibilities are endless.
Back in the good old days, I would always have an arrangement at the front door to welcome guests at Halloween. Ok, I know there won't be many parties this year but flowers can always make you feel better!
Stay well, Hazel
HARVEST THANKSGIVING 4/10/20
A HARVEST DIARY
It's so strange this year, making preparations " virtually". What's it going to be like? Will it work? Well, hope for the best and plan for the worst.
Wednesday 30th September
Market day, masks and social distancing. Red and yellow flowers, berries and wheat.
Lovely Harvest stuff.
Thursday 1st October
All action to-day. I have a plan. It will need 3 separate arrangements ,so here I go.
In the evening I need to pick up flowers from Seona, very special flowers. They are for our neighbours at Hazelwood school. You can read more about this in Seona's article [coming soon].
Seona's flowers and a basket of fruit have to go to the school next week to keep up a lovely tradition started by Mosspark years ago.
We are so glad to keep up this tradition.
Friday 21st October
We did it! You did it! 9:55 this morning it started and it went on and on and didn't stop till 12:00. Bags, boxes, more bags, vases full of flowers. It was wonderful. Virus, what virus?
Mountains of tins, heaps of cereal, people came staggering in under the weight of goodies.
Now it was strange. Everyone had their masks on, kept their distance, but it was so lovely to see all the folk we haven't seen for months. The Flower Committee were fabulous as usual and though everyone did their flowers in their own homes, they all blended together perfectly.
I do hope you have a lovely Harvest Service and enjoy our display.
Thank you so much for all the hard work, the lovely donations and the support. We couldn't do it without you.
Hazel
The flowers for Harvest have been kindly donated by The Flower Committee & Margaret Dawson in memory of Eben
In our parish, at the corner of Mosspark Boulevard and Dumbreck Road sits Hazelwood - the school for children with visual impairments.
When we united with our friends from Mosspark Church we learned that in the past they had donated gifts from their Harvest Thanksgiving to the School and naturally we were delighted to continue with this.
Last year as well as gifts of food, some flowers were taken and received very well by the school, so we on the flower committee decided to do this again.
We thought it would be a good idea to produce a tactile, aromatic arrangement using flowers, herbs, cones, dried flower seed heads, nuts, berries etc, things the children could smell and touch. We did this and hope the children enjoy it.
Seona Maguire
When we united with our friends from Mosspark Church we learned that in the past they had donated gifts from their Harvest Thanksgiving to the School and naturally we were delighted to continue with this.
Last year as well as gifts of food, some flowers were taken and received very well by the school, so we on the flower committee decided to do this again.
We thought it would be a good idea to produce a tactile, aromatic arrangement using flowers, herbs, cones, dried flower seed heads, nuts, berries etc, things the children could smell and touch. We did this and hope the children enjoy it.
Seona Maguire
20/9/20
Sunday 4th October
Harvest Sunday
As a congregation we pride ourselves in supporting our neighbours at a time when we are celebrating the riches of harvest and all its benefits which we are lucky enough to enjoy. Hopefully this year we as a congregation will surpass our previous generosity in assisting the less fortunate, let us continue this lovely tradition.
Harvest gifts can be brought to Church between 10:00 & 12:00 on Friday 2nd October. Members of the Flower Group will be at the front door to receive any donations.
Donations can also be dropped off at the office. Please call to arrange 0141 427 1968.
Harvest Sunday
As a congregation we pride ourselves in supporting our neighbours at a time when we are celebrating the riches of harvest and all its benefits which we are lucky enough to enjoy. Hopefully this year we as a congregation will surpass our previous generosity in assisting the less fortunate, let us continue this lovely tradition.
Harvest gifts can be brought to Church between 10:00 & 12:00 on Friday 2nd October. Members of the Flower Group will be at the front door to receive any donations.
Donations can also be dropped off at the office. Please call to arrange 0141 427 1968.
11/9/20
I was so pleased to hear that we will have a Harvest Service this year. It's one of those " Big Events" for the Flower Committee. We have a lovely day, up to the knees in flowers and fruit and veg and Harvest gifts from the congregation. We laugh, eat too much of Anne's glorious home baking and gradually turn everything we've collected into beautiful arrangements to transform our church.
But what takes my breath away every year is the response of the congregation to the call for Harvest gifts. Bags, boxes, armfuls of much needed food just keep coming. These gifts are then taken to where they are needed, such as L. H. M, our local Food Bank and last year we kept up a Mosspark tradition of taking fruit and flowers to Hazelbank school.
And what is happening this year? I don't know. I suppose the need for us to help our neighbours is greater than ever this year. I can promise that the F. C. will rise to the challenge and make the church ready for Harvest. So let's watch this space and see if we can keep our sharing tradition alive.
Hazel
But what takes my breath away every year is the response of the congregation to the call for Harvest gifts. Bags, boxes, armfuls of much needed food just keep coming. These gifts are then taken to where they are needed, such as L. H. M, our local Food Bank and last year we kept up a Mosspark tradition of taking fruit and flowers to Hazelbank school.
And what is happening this year? I don't know. I suppose the need for us to help our neighbours is greater than ever this year. I can promise that the F. C. will rise to the challenge and make the church ready for Harvest. So let's watch this space and see if we can keep our sharing tradition alive.
Hazel
10/8/20
The Phantom strikes again! Showing us what to do with whatever is growing wild in Pollokshields right now.
The Phantom strikes again! Showing us what to do with whatever is growing wild in Pollokshields right now.
9/6/20
Before Lockdown your Flower Committee were having a struggle to keep up with the church's policy to be more " green ". We recycled where ever we could, tried to cut down on our use of plastics, but that is where we ran into our problem. Oasis is a really important material for us. It's an ideal material for holding even heavy flowers and greenery and that makes it possible to set up the big arrangements for special events.
The committee have made great strides in using things like chicken wire, pin holders, moss and just plain vases and we have cut our use of Oasis right down. The trouble is that it really limits the size and scope of our arrangements.
I wondered if there was anyone out there who might have some clever ideas to replace the need for this non re usable material, that's strong and stable enough to hold heavy stuff. I'd love to hear from anyone who could see a way round our problem.
Hazel Hill. Click here to email me.
Before Lockdown your Flower Committee were having a struggle to keep up with the church's policy to be more " green ". We recycled where ever we could, tried to cut down on our use of plastics, but that is where we ran into our problem. Oasis is a really important material for us. It's an ideal material for holding even heavy flowers and greenery and that makes it possible to set up the big arrangements for special events.
The committee have made great strides in using things like chicken wire, pin holders, moss and just plain vases and we have cut our use of Oasis right down. The trouble is that it really limits the size and scope of our arrangements.
I wondered if there was anyone out there who might have some clever ideas to replace the need for this non re usable material, that's strong and stable enough to hold heavy stuff. I'd love to hear from anyone who could see a way round our problem.
Hazel Hill. Click here to email me.
8/6/20
The PFA Continues to inspire. These flowers were picked in Ringwood.
The PFA Continues to inspire. These flowers were picked in Ringwood.
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26/5/20
Pentecost is usually a time of celebration in church. The Flower Committee
join in by making our arrangements filled with red flowers. Of course the
colour of Pentecost is red. I hope to do that this year so keep your fingers
crossed for me as I head out on the hunt for red flowers!
Hazel
13/5/20
There's ivy, bluebells, and I'm not sure what else. Knowing the phantom they could be anything! Her arrangements are always wild and natural. I always tell her that seeing her flowers is like taking a walk in the country.
Hazel . X
There's ivy, bluebells, and I'm not sure what else. Knowing the phantom they could be anything! Her arrangements are always wild and natural. I always tell her that seeing her flowers is like taking a walk in the country.
Hazel . X
Hello.
How about a little easy flower arranging to brighten up your lockdown and bring the outside in.
"Jam jar chic" is all the rage in the flower magazines. We can do that!
First find 3 containers. Anything that holds water is a container. I used an old bud vase, an ink bottle and a milk bottle. See, shabby chic and vintage! Now arrange your containers and then half fill them with water.
Out to the garden or the park or give your house plants a trim. Find a nice variety of leaves and a flower or two. Cut flowers are hard to find at the moment, but you can live without them. Follow the example of the Sherbrooke Phantom and have a look in the wild places of Pollokshields!
Pop your plant material into the containers. Don't be fussy. It's all supposed to look very natural.
Looking forward to being back soon, arranging your flowers in church.
Stay well, Hazel
