By Stella Gooch
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This year’s Flower Festival at St Nicholas’ Church in Dersingham had a theme of “Trips, Travels and Adventures”. The Flower Festival extended
across several days giving many visitors time to revisit the Festival should they so wish and I am sure some of them did indeed go back. Unfortunately, I only got to see the Flower Festival in its last hours otherwise I would certainly have revisited to see the wonderful displays. The imagination and creative skill applied was rewarded hands down with a fantastic array of colour filling the church.
St Nicholas’ Church, Dersingham, was open 10am-6pm for visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenes. Throughout the Festival short prayer sessions and church services were held and Festival Songs of Praise with the Snettisham Salvation Army Band concluded the festivities. Refreshments and craft stalls where available in the Church Hall throughout the Festival. All funds raised by the Flower Festival went to support the church.
“Trips, Travels and Adventures” was the theme and it obviously inspired a great many ideas based on the results on display. Unfortunately we are unable to show a photo of every single display, although the vast majority are included. This is a reflection on my photographic results!!
Displays were:
1. Trips, Travels & Adventures.
2. Oberammergau.
3. A Day at the Seaside.
4. Children’s Adventure.
5. Kon Tiki Expedition.
6. Moses in the Bullrushes.
7. Antarctic Adventure based on an adventure holiday to the Antarctic by a local lady.
8. Time Travel using A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Dr Who as the theme.
9. A Trip to a Garden Centre.
10. The National Trust based on a visit to Peckover House.
11. Trips, Travels and Adventures – a collage by Dersingham Infant and Nursery School.
12. St Georges School – a wall hanging showing the wonders of Egypt.
13. Langham Glass.
14. Dersingham Guide Groups – a year of travel to remember by the local Guide groups.
15. Cadbury World day out.
16. Pantomime Trip – The Wizard of Oz.
17. Bird Watching showing a bird watching holiday.
18. Swimming with Dolphins.
19. A Day at the Races showing Royal Ascot.
20. Monet’s Garden at Giverney.
21. The Great British Walk depicting the Peddars Way.
22. War Graves throughout the world.
23. Canterbury Cathedral a must for pilgrims and visitors since the Middle Ages.
24. Himalayan Adventure – Made in Heavan.
25. The Amazon Rainforest.
26. Travel based on the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
27. Niagara Falls.
28. Trips, Travel and Adventures by St Nicholas’ Men’s Group who relate of their own adventures.
29. An Adventure to Peru.
30. Gap Year.
31. Shopping Trip.
32. Poppy Line Railway through the Norfolk countryside.
33. Kew Gardens.
34. A Romany Caravan.
35. 1st Derinsgham Scout Group illustrate their camping adventures.
36. The Owl and the Pussycat.
37. Day Trip to Bangor.
38. A Day Trip to Sandringham with a lovely picnic for Dersingham Toddlers Group.
39. The Grand Tour.
40 and 41. Travel: Fruit, Vegetables and Flowers.
42. Hot Air Balloon.
43. Pink Foot Geese and their fantastic journeys.
44. Wine throughout the New World.
45. A Trip to the Moon.
46. Bewilderwood – a family fun adventure with Boggles, Twiggles and Crocklebogs in Norfolk.
47. Sound Waves.
49. Go Ape – a high wire forest adventure in Norfolk.
50. The Magic Carpet showing the fantasy ride of Aladdin and Jasmine.
51. Cars.
52. Bees.
53. The Butterfly Park – a family visit to another Norfolk attraction.
54. Saint Nicholas on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
55. Moses and the Burning Bush.
57. Psalm 23 Crossing the Road.
58. Many Places to Visit.
59. Pilgrims Hymn.
60. One More Step.
61. Jordan.
62. Lourdes, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes – a place of pilgrimage.
63. Jesus Comes Home riding on a donkey.
64. The First Marathon in the time of the Greeks and Persians.
65. Fishing Trip.
66. Noah’s Ark.