NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

THIS DAHLIA, photographed in a North Shore garden, looks

striking in full bicom.

Canada playing host
to flower arrangers

THE CANADIAN Garden Coun-
cil has news that the World
Association of Flower Arrangers
(WAFA) has chosen Canada to
host the organization from 1990
to 1993.

Founded in 198) and first
hosted in Great Britain in 1981-84,
WAFA has subsequently been
hosted and held flower shows in
Belgium in 1984-87, and France,
1987-90. Canada was selected as
the next host on the strength of
Previous international flower ar-
ranging competitions sponsored by
The Garden Club of Toronto, as
part of that club's annual flower
shows.

At the general assembly in Paris
in June 1990, new members repre-
senting the national flower arrang-
ing organizations of Pakistan,
Uruguay and Indonesia were ad-
mitted to the association,
demonstrating the truly interna-
tional interest in this art. The
association boasts 150,000
members worldwide, with flower
arrangers aitending the Paris show

from as far as New Zealand,
Australia, Japan, South Korea,
South Africa, Bermuda, Jasnaica,
Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Mex-
ico, the U.S., and Canada (25
delegates).

This means Canadians can look
forward to a real top-notch flower
show in 1993 — which will be the
culmination of the three years of
work by the local committee.
Leading up to the 1993 flower
show, the WAFA organizing
committee is planning 2 five-day
seminar at the Royal Botanical
Gardens (RBG) in Hamilton/
Burlington, Ontario, this autumn.
That seminar will be highlighted
by a two-day flower show vith
flower arrangers from 16 countries
participating. Dates for the show
at the RBG are October 1 and 2,
1991.

For further information on
WAFA, write WAFA, 777
Lawrence Avenue East, Don
Mills, Ontario M3C IP2; and for
information on the October show
at the RBG, call 1 (800) 668-9449.

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