A Festival of Flowers in celebration of abundant life presented by Northside Community Church
6th & 7th April 2002
We have thus benefited from the use of a vast variety of plant material, many Zimbabweans have wonderful homes and gardens.
In the 1980s Zimbabwe enjoyed a high level of prosperity and peerless intercultural relations. Now there is a degree of strain. The economic situation is wrecking a hundred years of development, we had built up in a very few years a thriving export market in cut flowers mainly to Europe but also to other continents. The horticultural industry is still afloat, but only just. Likewise, floral art in this country is suffering from the pressures afflicting our nation.
Although no really large
floral art show takes place in Zimbabwe any more, Zimbabweans participate
in various world competitions such as the Chelsea
Flower Show in London and the World Association of Floral Arrangers (WAFA)
Show. Invariably Zimbabweans feature in the top prizes. This coming June,
several of our floral artists are going to WAFA in Glasgow, Scotland.
More information contact John & Bets Mussell
