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Salisbury Cathedral Magna Flora Flower Festival 15 – 20 September 2015 1

Souvenir Programme

Magna Flora F l o w e r F e s t i v a l1 5 – 2 0 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 5

Opening hours

Tuesday 10.00 – 17.00Wednesday 10.00 – 17.00Thursday 10.00 – 17.00 and 18.30 – 21.30*Friday 10.00 – 17.00Saturday 10.00 – 17.00Sunday 12.00 – 16.00

*Please note that on Thursday evening refreshments will only be available from the Refectory Restaurant.

The sticker issued to you allows re-entry to the Festival (for the day of your ticket only) - please take care not to lose it!

ServicesTuesday to Saturday07.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion17.30 Choral Evensong

Sunday08.00 Holy Communion09.15 Choral Mattins10.30 The Eucharist16.30 Choral Evensong

Flowers by MusicInformal music performances will take place in the North Transept (Orange zone) daily, except for Sunday, at the following times:

11.30 – 12.15 14.30 – 15.15

Flower arrangements will be created during parts of these music recitals.

AccessibilityAll areas within the Cathedral are wheelchair friendly.There are toilets for the disabled and baby changing facilities both inside the Cathedral and near the Bell Tower Tea Rooms (near ‘Remember - Ring’.)

InformationCathedral staff and flower specialists are on hand to answer any questions you may have at the Information Desk in the South Nave Aisle (Yellow zone).

First AidPlease speak to the nearest member of staff or visit the Information Desk if you need first aid during your visit.

Suggested RouteThe arrows on this map indicate the Festival Designers’ recommended route through the Cathedral, although visitors may explore using any path they wish.

The main areas are divided into colour coded zones to aid navigation and arrangement identification. The designs, with their descriptions, are grouped in these zones and are numbered in order of this route on pages 13 – 35.

Food and DrinkThe Refectory Restaurant in the Cathedral serves hot and cold meals and drinks throughout the day.

Our Bell Tower Tea Rooms opposite the North Porch serves chilled snacks, cakes and hot and cold drinks.

The Refreshment Marquee will be open during peak hours only.

Festival Zones

TURQUOISE

PINK

YELLOW

MAUVE

GREEN

ORANGE

BLUE

LILACOutside areas, North Porch and Consistory Court

Nave and Spire Crossing

North Transept

Quire Aisles, Morning Chapel and Trinity Chapel

Quire and High Altar

South and North Nave Aisles

Chapter House and Cloisters

South Transept

13, 35

14 – 16

17

17 – 23

22

24 – 31

32 – 33

34 – 35

Zone Area Page

N S

E

W

Chapter House

Font

Nave

Ticket Holders Entry

Quire

Trinity Chapel

Non-Ticket Holders Entry

North Transept

South Transept

Cloisters

Morning Chapel

North Porch

Consistory Court

Cloi

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s

Restaurant

Refreshment Marquee

City centre

Shop

Cathedral Exit

St Ann’s Gate (Coach drop off & pick up point)

Start

‘Remember - Ring’

The Power of Words

West Window Tours

Alternative Perspectives

Main Exit

Lynn Chadwick Cloaked Figure IX

Elizabeth Frink Walking Madonna


WelcomeWelcome to our very special ‘Magna Flora’ Flower Festival.

We hope you enjoy a most wonderful visit to the Cathedral during this week when it is decorated with the glories of flowers, foliage and creative design. If this is your very first visit to Salisbury Cathedral we hope that you are inspired by the beauty of this ancient place in which we are exploring very modern themes of the spirit of justice and the power of words. If you are already familiar with this world-renowned landscape then I hope something new catches your eye as you admire the wonders of God’s creation.

My particular thanks go to our design experts, Michael Bowyer MBE, Pam Lewis and Angela Turner, who have led a great team of flower arrangers from across the Diocese of Salisbury. Without the talents and dedication of these marvellous arrangers a Festival of this scale would simply not be possible and I pay tribute to both their skills and their generosity.

As you will read in these pages, this unique Flower Festival brings to a close the programme of events which the Cathedral has offered in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. We are custodians of the best preserved of the four remaining original copies of that document, kept by our community since 1215. Please leave yourselves time to visit our Magna Carta exhibition in the Chapter House or come back another time to take it all in.

Salisbury is right at the heart of the story of Magna Carta and this year we have celebrated how the concepts enshrined there, ideas of dignity and equality, of right dealing and fairness of processes, have left their mark in the development of better human societies right across the globe. As your heart is lifted by the pleasure of this Festival of flowers may you also join with us in giving thanks for a legacy of compassion, generosity and integrity – together they combine to become ‘Magna Flora’.

The Very Reverend June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury

Festival Map and Information 2 – 3

Contents 4

Welcome 5

Salisbury Cathedral and Magna Carta 6 – 7

Magna Flora - Great Flowers 8

About the Designers 9

From Small Beginnings... 10 – 11

Arrangement Information 12 – 36

Mechanics for Sale 36

Cathedral Flowers 37

Festival Partners 38

Supporting Salisbury Cathedral 39

Forthcoming Events Back cover

About this programmeIn order to be able to include photographs of some of the amazing displays you see here today, this souvenir programme was printed overnight on Monday. We owe our thanks to Ash Mills Photography and Sarum Colourview for making this possible and hope that this publication will bring back wonderful memories for you after the event.

Contents

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Salisbury Cathedral andMagna CartaSalisbury Cathedral is one of Europe’s finest medieval buildings. Most of it was constructed in just 38 years, between 1220 and 1258, using a staggering 70,000 tonnes of stone. Its spire, completed around 1320, is the highest in the country, its cloister the largest and its working clock the world’s oldest.

The Cathedral is a triumph of gothic architecture, the result of centuries of architectural experimentation seeking to create bright, light, soaring buildings reflecting the glory of God, and the enlightening power of faith. Here at Salisbury, the masons succeeded. Unusually for a medieval cathedral, the building we see today is still very much the product of the 13th century vision that drove its original construction. Most other buildings of a similar age have been modified far more substantially. That said, one change worth mentioning is that back then, this Cathedral would have been a far more colourful building – it has since lost much of its painted decoration. The colourful flowers you see here today evoke the spirit of the medieval building remarkably well.

The man who oversaw the construction of this cathedral, Elias de Dereham, was the 13th century equivalent of a project manager and also a priest. Among his other claims to fame was his role in distributing Magna Carta around England in 1215. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s steward, and that is why the task was given to him. Many people don’t know it, but Magna Carta was an agreement brought about by the English Church. The Charter’s purpose was to place the law above the king, end royal corruption, guarantee justice for all freemen and put in place a committee of 25 barons that would ensure that King John honoured this agreement. It also guaranteed the freedom of the Church, and that is why an original Magna Carta has been kept here in the Cathedral archive, safeguarded for so long. The document, written in abbreviated medieval Latin in black ink made of oak galls, iron filings and gum on a piece of sheepskin parchment, is around 3,500

words long. Like all royal charters, it was issued in the king’s name. Four of its clauses are still part of English law today. The most memorable of these is its shortest: “To no one will we sell, deny or delay right or justice.”

Magna Carta is a wonderful treasure for a Cathedral to have. In celebrating its 800th anniversary this year, we are also celebrating 800 years of careful stewardship on our part, of cherishing the document that has become a symbol of freedom, civic rights and social equality across the globe. To mark this significant anniversary, we allowed our Magna Carta to go on public display outside this building for the first time in its history – to join the other three surviving original charters for a unification event at the British Library and the House of Lords.

Magna Carta is a great symbol for us, not least because of the Cathedral’s mission to help bring about a more just, egalitarian world. To that end, for the past nine months we have delivered an ambitious programme of activities inspired by its message of fairness. Our cultural programme has involved work with prisoners, with young people, old people, people with mental and physical disabilities and the socially and economically underprivileged, with newly-naturalised British citizens and children around the Commonwealth too. We have informed, educated, and entertained visitors from Salisbury, the UK and most countries of the world, many of whom have come especially to marvel at Magna Carta. Over 120,000 of these have visited in the past two months alone.

To make this happen, we worked with hundreds of volunteers and numerous partners, all of whom saw the value in celebrating one of Britain’s great contributions to the world. On just one weekend in June, we saw the launch of a ‘Barons’ Trail’ around the city, a pilgrimage tracing the route of our document to this Cathedral, new light installations, a gala concert, an immersive drama performance, a ‘Liber-Tea’ party, a pageant which brought all of Wiltshire’s communities together, a Cathedral open day and several debates about human rights issues today.

This anniversary year has been exhausting but exhilarating also. It has recharged us and reminded us of the direction we must continue to take: to remain outward-facing, dynamic agents for social change. We hope that this visit can inspire you to do the same.

Seif El Rashidi, Magna Carta 800 Programme Manager

Profits from ‘Magna Flora’ will contribute to the Cathedral’s Major Repair Programme, after covering the costs of the Cathedral’s Magna Carta activities.

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Magna Flora - Great FlowersAs the Cathedral’s Magna Carta celebrations draw to a close, we hope this final event will be the exclamation mark of an incredible year.

Preparations began nearly three years ago when the designers - Pam Lewis, Angela Turner and myself - sat in the Nave with the modern translation of Magna Carta in front of us and thought, ‘where do we start’ and ‘how on earth do we translate this into floral design?’ From the start we have received the invaluable assistance of Susan Branch who has looked after the administration for us. With our plans complete, we invited interested parties to come to the Cathedral last November to hear of our plans – over 200 representatives turned up!

We have been quite selective and you will not see interpretations of all 63 clauses of the document! We have selected those which lend themselves to plant material: ‘the English Church shall be free’, ‘no woman will be compelled to marry’, ‘there shall be equal measures of ale, wine and corn throughout the Kingdom’ and in response to a special request from the Canon Chancellor ‘all fish-weirs shall be removed throughout the whole of England’. A major theme will of course be ‘to no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice’. There are tableaux depicting the major players: King John, the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the 25 barons who witnessed the sealing of the document. Work on these large scale floral collages began in March.

The legacy of Magna Carta will be seen as an installation in the South Transept, made from hundreds of yards of hay garlanding which visitors will walk through. There are displays celebrating the 70th anniversary of the ending of World War Two and a celebration of Her Majesty the Queen as the longest serving monarch.

The time of year also gives us added scope: in the Cloisters is a celebration of harvest. Cutting-edge floral design can be viewed in the North Quire Aisle with designs containing just one type of flower. The North Transept becomes a performance area where each day the designers will give live floral demonstrations to a programme of live music devised by David Halls.

The designs you see are arranged by churches and colleges from within the diocese, flower clubs from the South West, Wessex and Jersey and Dorset and Guernsey Areas of the National Association of Floral Arrangement Societies. The 500 arrangers have travelled from the edges of Dartmoor, the far west of Hampshire and from Highworth in the north to Weymouth in the south, with our traffic team making sure they do not bring the city centre to a grinding halt and the refectory team working full out to serve them with coffee and muffins (because everyone will want refreshing at 10.30!). So please view the Great Charter and the Great Flowers – Great Flowers in every sense of the word.

Michael Bowyer MBE, Creative Director of Salisbury Cathedral Flowers

Michael Bowyer MBEMichael Bowyer lives in Salisbury and is five years into the post of Creative Director of Salisbury Cathedral Flowers. He is a NAFAS national judge, demonstrator, speaker and teacher, as well as an accredited instructor and adjudicator. Michael is President of Salisbury Floral Arrangement Society which, with over a hundred members, is the largest in the area.

In 2007 he was made an Associate of Honour of the Wessex and Jersey Area of NAFAS and in 2009 was one of four people given the NAFAS Special National Associate of Honour to mark its 50th Anniversary. Michael has a RHS Chelsea Gold Medal (2008).

He has recently been appointed arbitrator of the judging panel for the next World Flower Show in 2017 and soon becomes Chair of the National Demonstrators Committee.

Michael was awarded an MBE for services to flower arranging and to charity in June 2012. As well as teaching at Brockenhurst College, Michael runs a floral sundries business in Salisbury.

Angela Turner

Angela is a qualified professional florist and lecturer in floristry who has been arranging and designing for over 25 years. She travels extensively teaching, judging and demonstrating in the UK, Ireland, Spain, France and most recently, Japan.

A regular exhibitor at RHS Chelsea Flower Show she has won six coveted RHS Gold medals. She is one of very few to be a Gold Medallist in both Professional Floristry and Floral Design.

A NAFAS National Demonstrator and Teacher, she was recently awarded Area Associate of Honour of the Wessex and Jersey Area of NAFAS. She is also Honorary Member of the British Florist Association in recognition of her varied and valuable contribution to both NAFAS and the floristry industry over many years.

Angela was Creative Director of the 2013 Flower Festival ‘Symphony of Flowers’ at Winchester Cathedral and is very proud to be a co-designer of Magna Flora, her third time as a member of the Flower Festival Design Team at Salisbury Cathedral.

Pam LewisPam Lewis lives near Devizes where her beautiful garden is open under the National Gardens Scheme. She is a NAFAS national demonstrator, is well known for her skills as a blacksmith and was the demonstrator at the National Assembly (Bath 2010).

Pam started flower arranging in the early 1980s and then studied for her City and Guilds. When she could never find the right containers for her designs, she taught herself blacksmithing and her original wrought iron containers are very popular.

She has been a member of Devizes Flower Club for over 30 years.

The Designers wish to thank all those who are unnamed in this brochure but without whom this magnificent spectacle would not have happened: Cathedral employees and volunteers, family members who have made and transported mechanics, those who assembled the metal structures and many, many more.

About the Designers...


From small beginnings...Magna designs, workshops and mechanics are the background to the Magna Flora 2015 Festival.

At a meeting held in mid 2013, Michael Bowyer, Pam Lewis and Angela Turner set their sights higher than ever. For the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta - Magna Flora: 25 Barons, ‘Chaos’ and ‘Order’, Magna Carta clauses, Inks, Vellums, Runnymede and Legacy. The English version of Magna Carta in their hands, ideas and designs started to come together.

On launch day on September 2014, interested churches, flower groups and individuals arrived at the Cathedral to hear about the designs and to choose what kind of level and style of arranging they would like to be involved with. In October and November of last year designs were allocated ready for January 2015 for viewing the plans.

Due to the ambitious and ‘Magna’ scale of the Festival, workshops were numerous over the following few months. For example ‘Nave Order’: 27 towers with 216 panels, each panel glued, papered with Magna Carta pieces and finished with tea! For the four arches for the South Transept: a field of hay. For the hundreds of handmade hay sickles then attached to metal frames made by Pam Lewis: workshops even in rain under a marquee! 72 Magna Flower petals covered with 1,500 aspidistra leaves, snipped and glued. 25 baron boards covered with different materials. June 2015 saw the first completed work for the Flower Festival, the hangings in the Refectory, giving a hint of what was to come over the Spire Crossing: ‘Living Altar’.

The months and workshops have flown by since designs and flower orders have been completed. Many mechanics have been made in metal and wood. Boxes and cornucopias, preparation work on candle sticks, the cross and the living Altar Frontal. August comes and everything moves up several gears, workshops are held all over the Diocese and beyond as teams prepare their design. Large ‘Lampshades’, having been delivered to the Cathedral, are then covered with material and wait for September for their finishing touches of 10,000 physalis!

In the final week, the floral foam arrived from the supplier, Val Spicer, and completed Lampshades, Magna Flowers and Hay Arches hung high. Large frames were delivered. Thousands of bucketed flowers were delivered to the South Cloister by South East Flowers on Sunday. Then Staging Day…the Cathedral Works Department raise the completed works, the Traffic Team help with parking, the Refectory serve refreshments to 500 arrangers with hundreds of flower scissors at the ready to snip! And then Magna Flora is open!

Susan Branch, Salisbury Cathedral Flowers


Lilac ZoneOutside Areas, West Door Porch and Entrance Marquee

Outside the West Doors

Iwerne Minster Benefice Maggie Hale, Jane Hood, Jill Major, Sue Le Provost 1

The North Porch and Consistory Court

St John’s Church, Devizes Heather Blyth, Sue King, Ann Sinden, Julia Twentyman, with workshop assistance from Broadstone and Corfe Mullen Team and Barbara Littlewood 2

The Entrance Marquee

Frome Floral Art Society Sheila House, Tina Johnson, Rosalie Phelps, Averil Williamson 3

This guide follows the suggested route through the Festival - Lilac Zone continues on page 35

Arrangement InformationThe Festival Designers have created a recommended route for you to follow as you explore the Festival, although visitors may explore using any path they wish. The main areas are divided into colour coded zones to aid navigation and arrangement identification. The designs, with their descriptions, are grouped in these zones and are numbered in order of the route detailed on the map on the inside back of this programme.

Outside the great West Doors and in the entrances of the North Porch and Consistory Court are our Magna Flora – these giant flowers welcome you to this beautiful, historic building and to our Flower Festival celebrating 800 years since the sealing of the Great Charter: Magna Carta.

14 Salisbury Cathedral Magna Flora Flower Festival 15 – 20 September 2015

West Doors

This is the first floral interpretation of one of the key phrases from Magna Carta, Clause One: ‘the English church shall be free and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired’. It is placed here as it is from these open doors that the Gospel is proclaimed at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

Salisbury Flower Club Emily Bromhead, Joan Gittings, Irene Hickson, Debbie Wadge 4

The Nave

The area west of the font depicts the chaos of England before Magna Carta. There was friction between royalist and rebel factions; King John was taking executive and sometimes arbitrary decisions as he thought himself above the law and had placed extensive taxes on the barons to accumulate money to fight a war which ultimately ended in expensive failure.

Bere Regis Floral Group John Astley, Diane Jennings 5Melksham & District Flower Arrangement Society Caroline Christopher, Rosalyn Clarke, Christine Oughton Winchester Floral Design Society Andrew Crowther-Walker, Doreen Jenkins, Trish Spiers, Helen Stevenson St Mary’s Church, Codford Brenda Akers, Jennifer Claypoole, Carolyn Crossman, Annabel Elliott, Evelyn Reed

The Font

A floral bridge across the font symbolises the historic sealing of Magna Carta, linking the chaos before and the order thereafter.

St Osmund’s Catholic Church, Salisbury Sandre Colvill, Mary Gange, Janet Pickford, Marie Pinn 6

West Nave

Structures similar to those seen west of the font are now set into a regular formation denoting the order restored to the country by Magna Carta, the plant material is similar also, but here arranged in a controlled and ordered fashion. Workshops were held early in the year to prepare the collaged panels at the top and bottom of each tower.

Bruton and District Flower Club 7Ile Valley Flower Club Margaret Aspinall, Catherine Bacon, Jenny Chance, Valerie Freeman, Diana Mason, Brenda Pyle, Shirley Watts, Sally Wyatt Owermoigne Flower Club Pat Bassnett, Pam Bird, Ann Chilcott, Pat Gore, Elaine Harris, Christine Hazard, Jenny Herridge, Jan Lightfoot,Shaftesbury Floral Arranging Society Maureen Deacon, Catherine Doble, Eunice Down, Krys Gigiel, Sue Holloway, Theresa Kendall, Chris Ridout, Eileen Woodward, Catherine WoolfordAll Saints’, Ham and St Michael and All Angels, Shalbourne Jette Finlay Heath, Harriet Moore, Tracy Sant, Sara Sturgeon St Mary’s Church, Bradford Abbas Sue Darton, Ann Evans, Chris Jones, Yvonne Lewis St Clement’s Flower Club, Jersey Renee Clough, Elizabeth Dicker, Patricia Scally, Patricia Tutton The Minster Church of St Denys, Warminster Jean Edney, Ruth Hartley, Lindsay Van Der Merwe, Anna Willey Individual Tamaris Ryan, Yolanda Campbell, Angie Miles

Blue ZoneNave and Spire Crossing


Green ZoneQuire Aisles, Morning Chapel and Trinity Chapel

Orange ZoneNorth Transept

During the Flower Festival this area of the Cathedral becomes a performance zone, where daily music recitals accompanied by live flower demonstrations by the Festival designers, will take place at 11.30 and 14.30 (19.30 on Thursday evening).

High above is an installation of metal frames covered in fabric and rope which has been affectionately termed ‘The Lampshades’. Ten thousand heads of physalis (Chinese lanterns) have been strung onto gold bullion wire.

Salisbury Cathedral Flower Arrangers Anne Bailey, Linda Bainbridge, Pat Bennett, Michael Bowyer, Susan Branch, Stephanie Bulman, Lynne Burfitt, Ennid Canniford, Lydia Carter, Jennifer Claypoole, Carolyn Crossman, Caroline Dutson, Christine Ellerby, Jane Kennedy, Sally Leaver, Elaine Lunt, Hilary Maidment, Ruth Neame, Roslyn Peace, Gill Pelton, Annette Nicholls, Carola Puddy-Henny, Audrey Ralls, Gemma Russell, Maureen Stowe, Barbara Tomlinson, Sheila Williams, Cynnie Willis. 12

Clauses seven and eight of Magna Carta are directly concerned with women:

Clause seven: ‘A widow shall have her marriage portion and inheritance immediately after the death of her husband and without difficulty…’Clause eight: ‘No widow shall be forced to marry so long as she wishes to live without a husband...’

The rights granted to a small group of women in 1215 eventually spread throughout the population. Today, freedom from forced marriage is recognized by the United Nations as a fundamental human right, with Magna Carta marking the beginning of eight hundred years of legislation upholding the rights of women.

This contemporary floristry display portrays the two rites of passage, marriage and death.

Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester. Tutor: Tracey Nadin

Level three floristry students: Jennifer Audley, Francoise Barrett, Romana Burrough, Emily Cox, Abbie Harper, Alice Lamb, Emma Luffman, Debbie Miller, Annie Ring, Chloe Thompson 13

Level two blacksmith student Joseph Dory designed and created the bouquet stands.

Blue Zone continued

The ten celebratory banners lining the nave have been produced by local artist David Podger, working alongside a number of local community groups: Bemerton Heath Senior Citizens’ Lunch Club and Families Group, Elizabeth House Social Centre, students from Sarum Academy and children from Woodlands Primary School. Entitled Rights and Responsibilities, each banner illustrates the freedoms they feel Magna Carta enables them to enjoy.

The Spire Crossing

Above the nave altar is a canopy installation composed of Magna Carta copies, panels of dried leaves and muslin with permanent fruits and hydrangeas. The style is similar to a smaller version which has been hung in the Refectory since our Magna Carta celebrations began. The central step around the altar holds a low, contemporary design in muted colours with ivy root giving visual continuity.

Braishfield Flower Arrangement Society Denise Bright, Eileen Norman 8St Lawrence Church, Stratford-sub-Castle Heather Balston, Jo Harrison, Penny Hill, Elaine Ollerhead, Lynne Pender, Ann Sammons

The Cross and candlesticks fashioned from cornus and crab apples.

Farmborough and District Floral Art Group Ann Bevan, Doreen Cole, Margaret Small, Valerie Swain 9

The Altar Frontal made from plant materials

Chippenham Flower Club Ros Harford, Dorryta Hayward, Sheila Machray, Joan Wilson 10

The Altar Canopy made by the above groups.

Look high above you: between the upper Moses window and the lower ‘Prisoners of Conscience’ window are set two Magna Flowers.

Kathy Blaber, Theresa Morcombe 11


Spanning the aisle is a large exhibit interpreting one of only four clauses from the version of Magna Carta issued in 1215 still to be found upon the statute book, Clause 39.

“No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.”

It is often linked with the shortest clause in Magna Carta, Clause 40:

“To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.”

These clauses, run together in the 1225 reissuing of Magna Carta, contain the seeds of many of the freedoms we have today.

Devizes Floral Art Club Sally Bullock, Chris Coward, Maria Hall, Sandra Johnston Valerie Prior, Di Remlinger, Gill Thompson 14

The Morning Chapel

Here the theme of Magna Carta is carried further by our three Festival Designers.

‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice’ Michael Bowyer MBE 15

‘Sealing of Magna Carta’ Pam Lewis 16

‘The English Church shall be free’ Angela Turner 17

You will also see an interactive light installation by Squidsoup The Power of Words. This growing ‘tree’ of emo-tive words, with the theme of society and justice, reacts to gestures and movement: the words move, flow and fall, and re-form allowing visitors to reflect on the consequences of their actions and how their actions in the world may have an effect on it, perhaps not always what was intended.

In ancient Greece and Rome garlands were extremely popular, not only as actual garlands of fruit and foliages but also seen in decorative stone carving. The idea was revived in Italian Renaissance times, where garlands are featured in many religious paintings, and seen in the Baroque period in the intricate wood carvings of Grinling Gibbons. These intricate garlands are composed of seasonal foliage, fruits and berries.

The Academy of Floristry Sara-Marie Andrews, Helen Boyt, Lesley Farrington, Corinne Julian, Kelly Merrick, Jo Richards, 18 Melanie Smith, Claire Udall.

In the Audley Chapel is a design for Archbishop Stephen Langton (c.1150 - 1228) who was a leading mediator in the barons’ dispute with King John. Following the death of Archbishop Hubert Walter in 1205, there was a prolonged dispute between King John, the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, and Pope Innocent III over who should succeed him. Stephen Langton was eventually elected Archbishop of Canterbury by the monks of Christ Church in December 1206, and he was consecrated by the Pope in 1207. However, John continued to refuse to accept him, and Langton was not installed at Canterbury until 1213 when the King finally made peace with the Pope.

Sara Beauchamp, Eleanor Wheeler 19

Green Zone continued


Ranged along the North Quire Aisle are smaller, intricately worked designs resembling cushions.

Bere Regis Floral Group Diana Holman 20

St James’ Church, Alderholt Jacque Butler, Carol Edwards, Jean Hickey, Jean Mortimer

St Marys’ Church, Steeple Ashton Sue Edwards, Kay King

The Parish Church of St Thomas and St Edmund, Salisbury Jennifer Cowan, Jan Fitzjohn, Lesley Meader, Deborah Welsh

Andover Flower Club Hilary Eddy, Sandra Oliver

Individual Maureen Hinton, Ann Shand

Flanking the Georges tomb, tall planks of weathered wood have been garlanded in colours denoting the richness of Autumn.

Salisbury Cathedral Flower Arrangers Christine Ellerby, Rosalyn Peace 21

The Trinity Chapel

St Georges, Bourton within Parish of Upper Stour Carol Affleck, Barbara Borwell, Christ Edgar, Cathy Moorby, Vivienne Sturt 22

Individual Abigail Ball, Katie Baxter, Linda Bray, Dina Bulavina, Caroline Clitherow, Pat Cooke, Emma East, Tanya Evans, Chris Gaulton, Andrea Hillyard, Lesley Holman, Pauline Hurran, Suzanne Mair, Julia Russett, Margaret Simpson, Regina Turl.

Since ancient times cornucopias have been a sign of plenty. Originally they were goat’s or ram’s horns which were carried in procession and placed onto altars in Roman and Greek temples.

St Francis Church, Salisbury Sandra Cameron, Katie Ollivierre 23St Mark’s Church, Talbot Village, Bournemouth Shirley Aldridge, Elaine Green, Celia Hern, Gloria Openshaw 24

South Quire Aisle

Arranged in this aisle are 15 contemporary designs, each one showcasing a particular flower.

Tango Lilies Bere Regis Flower Club Dennis Dunford 25

Dahlias Cloverleaf Flowers Sally Burrage, Carol Stephens 26

Carnations Designers’ Forum Sue Gaskin, Glenda Martin 27

Anthuriums Designers’ Forum Diane Clark, Janet Warden 28

Vanda Orchids Fleet Flower Club Pamela Davies, Becky Stevens, Tracey Turkington 29

Chrysanthemum Blooms Purbeck Flower Club Vikki Fooks, Caroline Lampey, Mary Pike, Lesley Sheasby 30

Gloriosa Fareham Flower Club Jan Meloy 31

Calla Lilies Fleet Flower Club Bernice Blandford, Sarah Newman 32

Hydrangea Verwood Flower Club Joan Conrad, Yvonne Morrison 33

Germini Purbeck Flower Club Vikki Fooks, Caroline Lampey, Mary Pike, Lesley Sheasby 34

Eremurus Winterslow Flower Club Sue Clissold, Sheila Patton, Rose Wells 35

Eryngium Salisbury Methodist Church Liz Chick 36



Gladioli Salisbury Methodist Church Alison Babey, Graham Turner 37

Angelica St Clements Church, Parkstone Lynn Bowerman, Angela Fisher, Lyn Knight 38

Rose St Katharine’s Holt Fiona Drysdale, Jilly Heath, Margaret Murray, Sue Osman 39

Mauve ZoneQuire, High Altar

Throughout the world England is admired for its superb traditional floral design. The fine examples here echo the colouring of the Te Deum altar frontal, which dates from the end of the nineteenth century. The frontal was recently conserved by the Royal School of Needlework.

The White Horse Team Ministry Davina Adams, Pam Clark, Sharon Gillam 40

St Mary and St Melor Church, Amesbury Valerie Daulby, Kay Dhanji, Carol Nicholls 41

St George’s Bourton, with Parish of Upper Stour Peta Nation Individual Dougie Thomas 42

The Iwerne Valley Benefice Penny Marsh, Joy Murphy 43

Bemerton Flower Arrangers Sally Dredge, Doreen Till 44

Winchester Cathedral Flower Team Diane Lotte, Sybil Tilbury 45

On 9 September Queen Elizabeth II became the longest serving British monarch. The Queen has reigned for longer than her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria, who sat on the throne for 63 years and 216 days.

Here we pay tribute to this remarkable achievement and to the years of devoted service Her Majesty has given to the country. The display is close to the plaques commemorating royal visits in 1977 and 2012.

Chippenham Flower Club Margaret Bayliss, Helen Clifford 46


South Quire Aisle

Against the carved wooden screen Magna Carta Clause 45 is depicted: ‘We will not appoint justices, constables, sheriffs or bailiffs except from such as know the law of the kingdom and are willing to keep it well.’

Bradford on Avon and District Flower Club Cynthia Booth, Maureen Farraway, Liz Harris, Jan Jones 47


At the express wish of the Canon Chancellor Clause 33 has been depicted:

‘All fish-weirs are in future to be entirely removed from the Thames and the Medway, and throughout the whole of England, except on the sea-coast’.

This right has never been extinguished and still exists today. It provides for free passage of boats and ships on all rivers.

Salisbury Cathedral Flower Arrangers Elaine Lunt, Carola Puddy-Henny 48

The Making of Magna Carta

Magna Carta is written on a sheet of parchment, in this case, stretched sheep skin.

Manufacture involves cleaning, bleaching, stretching on a frame and scraping of the skin with a crescent-shaped knife. To create tension, scraping is alternated with wetting and drying. A final finish may be achieved by abrading the surface with pumice, and treating with a preparation of lime or chalk to make it accept writing or printing ink.

The ink is probably lamp black, oak gall and gum Arabic. This display contains stems of the highly poisonous Phytolacca Americana (Virginian Pokeweed). Legend says that the Declaration of Independence was signed with the ink made from Phytolacca.

The ink was applied with a quill pen, a writing implement made from a flight feather of a large bird. Goose feathers were most commonly used with more expensive swan feathers used for larger lettering. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the fountain pen, and eventually, the ballpoint pen.

Only one of the original Magna Cartas still retains its royal wax seal.

Vellum and Wax Sherborne Floral Evening Group Pat Cerely, Pamela Darby, Kay Young 49 and 50

Quills and Ink St James Church, Ludgershall Richard Hawkins, Dale Lansley, Ann Mundy, Janet Robinson 51 and 52



Yellow ZoneSouth and North Nave Aisles

The South Nave Aisle

Arranged around his statue is a display honouring Elias de Dereham who was a master stonemason. Elias became a Canon of Salisbury, and oversaw the construction of Salisbury Cathedral. He was also responsible for building work at Clarendon Palace. Salisbury Cathedral displays a copy of the Magna Carta because Elias, who was present at Runnymede in 1215, was to distribute original copies of the document. He died in 1246.

St Mary’s Church, Stapleford Tracey Aarons, Rosemary Carnegy, Monika Geoghegan, Chris Rhind-Tutt 53

Immediately beyond is the unusual tomb of William Longespee half brother to King John. It is unusual because it consists of a stone effigy on top of a wooden base.

A very long exhibit spanning three bays of the aisle depicts Clause 35: ‘There is to be one measure of wine throughout our kingdom, one measure of ale, one measure of corn and one breadth of cloths and let weights be dealt with as with measures’ and Clause 41: ‘All merchants are to be safe and secure in departing from and coming to England, and in their residing and movements in England, by both land and water’.

At the time of Magna Carta, England produced and exported wool, importing wine from France, silk from Italy and spices from the Far East. The Low Countries traded linen, herrings and tiles, and from Germany wax, furs, timber, tar and pitch. International traders had to pay a tax to the King which gave him an income of £10,000 per annum.

Dorset and Guernsey Area of NAFAS Teachers Association Philippa Louden, Marilyn Nourse 54

Bere Regis Flower Club Sheila Bendall, Jenny Moore

Blandford Forum Parish Church Floral Group Allison Finch, Pat Jones, Chris Long, Norah Saynor

Laverstock St Andrews’ Flower Group Carol Curtis, Chrystabel Lambert, Diane Newman, Barbara Thomas

St Mary’s Boyton Nicola Fellows, Louise Grist, Sue Penny

King John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216)

Also known as John Lackland, King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death in 1216. As the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry’s favourite child. John grew up to be around 5 ft 5 in (1.68 m) tall, relatively short, with a “powerful, barrel-chested body” and dark red hair. He enjoyed reading and, unusually for the period, built up a travelling library of books. He enjoyed gambling and music and became famous for his opulent clothes and also, according to French chroniclers, for his fondness for bad wine. As John grew up, he became known for sometimes being “genial, witty, generous and hospitable;” at other moments, he could be jealous, over-sensitive and prone to fits of rage, “biting and gnawing his fingers” in anger. King John visited Sarum in 1205, 1208 and 1216.

Brenda Bailey, Wendy Howden 55


Yellow Zone continued

Pope Innocent III

When the Archbishop of Canterbury, Hubert Walter, died on 13 July 1205, John became involved in a dispute with Pope Innocent III that would lead to the King’s excommunication. John wanted John de Gray, the Bishop of Norwich and one of his own supporters, to be appointed Archbishop of Canterbury after the death of Walter, but the cathedral chapter for Canterbury Cathedral claimed the exclusive right to elect Walter’s successor, wanting Reginald, their sub-prior. Innocent disavowed both Reginald and John de Gray, and instead appointed his own candidate, Stephen Langton. John refused Innocent’s request that he consent to Langton’s appointment, but the Pope consecrated Langton anyway in June 1207.

Margaret Baker, Sue Bramble, Pat Hazlehurst 56

The North Nave Aisle

`Dig For Victory` is the title of this display commemorating the 70th anniversary of the ending of World War II.

Tisbury Flower Group Sharon Daniels, Tricia Carroll, Jane Litty, Barbara Oliver 57

The Barons

In 1215 those opposed to the King had been aware of the danger that, once King John had left Runnymede, he would renege on the Charter on the grounds that it constituted an illegitimate infringement of his authority. The barons came up with a novel solution to the problem in the famous clause 61, the security clause. In this, King John conceded that ‘the barons shall choose any twenty-five barons of the realm as they wish, who with all their might are to observe, maintain and cause to be observed the peace and liberties which we have granted’. Each of those 25 barons is depicted here, each displaying their shield.

Baron Richard Earl of Clare Sided with the barons against King John. He played a leading part in the negotiations for Magna Carta, being one of the twenty five barons appointed as guardians. On 9 November 1215, he was one of the commissioners on the part of the barons to negotiate the peace with the King. He and his son were among the barons excommunicated by the Pope in 1215.

Andover Flower Club Elizabeth Coomer, Elizabeth Howard 58

Baron William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle Was actively engaged in the struggles of the Norman barons against both King John and King Henry III. He was generally loyal to King John during the baronial revolt, although he did eventually join the barons when the King's cause looked hopeless. Albemarle was one of the twenty-five executors of the Magna Carta, but among them he was probably the least hostile to the King. When fighting began between the barons and the King, he went over to John's side, the only executor to do so.

Andover Flower Club Elizabeth Coomer, Elizabeth Howard 59

Geoffrey de Mandeville Earl of Gloucester Geoffrey, Earl of Essex, through his second marriage to Isabella, divorced wife of King John, became Earl of Gloucester. His life was full of interesting financial problems, but his rebellious nature involved him in the famous 25 before his accidental death in a tournament with a French knight in 1216.

Blackfield Flower Club Susan Staines, Noreen Young 60

Baron Saer de Quincey, Earl of Winchester Of Scottish heritage, his prominence in England by right of his wife, Margaret de Beaumont, led to him being made Earl of Winchester in 1207. He was one of the authors of Magna Carta, and attended the sealing in 1215. The arms displayed here were worn by the Earl at the sealing.

Verwood Flower Club Jeans Andrews, Doreen Norton 61


Baron Earl of Hereford A few days after Magna Carta had been granted, King John of England wrote to all of his sheriffs, commanding them to have the Great Charter read out in public. Only one of these documents – known as a royal writ – still survives, the letter sent to the Sheriff of Hereford and Gloucestershire and today kept at Hereford Cathedral.

Sturminster Newton Floral Group Daphne Evans, Sally Gillam, Sally Milne, Judy Walters 62

Baron Roger Bigod 2nd Earl of Norfolk c. 1143 - 1221 A Norman knight, Roger inherited the seat of Framlingham in Suffolk. Roger had an honourable career in service to the King. He joined the rebellion in response to financial pressures by the Monarch. Founder of Thetford Priory, he is buried in Norwich.

Fordingbridge Flower Club Ann Brenchley, Janet Newman, Judy Pittock, Eileen Witt 63

Baron Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford c. 1164 - 1221 Robert de Vere, from Essex, succeeded to his title in October 1214. Robert was from one of the least well-endowed of the comital families but was one of the main promoters of discontent. He resented the King for not confirming his title of Earl of Oxford nor the hereditary office of Court Chamberlain until June 23rd 1215.

Frome Floral Art Society Rosemary Cain, Susan Pritchett, Elizabeth Wright 64

Baron William Marshall Junior c.1190-1231 In the spring of 1215 William Marshall the younger joined the barons and fought for them. In 1219 he succeeded his father as Earl of Pembroke and Lord Marshall of England. He was one of the most powerful and richest men of his day, owning Fotheringhay and Marlborough.

Frome Floral Art Society Rosemary Cain, Susan Pritchett, Elizabeth Wright 65

Baron Robert Fitzwalter Robert FitzWalter, Baron of Little Dunmow, Essex, was the leader of the uprising against King John and one of the twenty-five guarantors of Magna Carta. Related to royalty but basically an honest soldier, it was his influence that persuaded the City of London to support the move to bring the King to justice.

St Katharine’s, Holt Fiona Drysdale, Jilly Heath, Margaret Murray, Sue Osman 66

Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford Born in Christchurch, he became one of the most powerful men in England, second only in wealth and power to the royal family. Responsible for building Caerphilly castle, he died in 1295 and is buried in Tewksbury Abbey.

Marlborough Floral Club Sally James, Caroline Land, Jennie Liddiard, Ann Merrett 67

Eustace de Vesci known as the Lord of Alnwick born 1169. He was killed at a siege of Barnard Castle, approaching too near, he was shot through the head by an arrow.

Marlborough Floral Club Sally James, Caroline Land, Jennie Liddiard, Ann Merrett 68

Baron Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk 1182 - 1225 the eldest son of Roger Bigod and Ida de Tosny. He married Maud Marshall and had four children. He died in in 1225. The arms were used by Hugh Bigod as heir to the Earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk and recorded during the signing of the Magna Carta.

Milford Floral Art Club Liz Boughton, Katharine Dempster, Karen Dickens, Carol Jenkins, Janice Kellett 69

Baron William de Mowbray Born in 1173, as an English noble, describe as a dwarf, but very generous and valiant. Married Avice, daughter of William d' Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundey and had two sons. He was appointed one of the 25 executors and was specially named among those excommunicated by Pope Innocent III. He founded the Chapel of St Nicholas at Thirsk and was a benefactor of his grandfather’s foundations at Furness Abbey and Newburgh, where he was buried in 1224.

Milford Floral Art Club Liz Boughton, Katharine Dempster, Karen Dickens, Carol Jenkins, Janice Kellett 70



Baron William of Hungtingfield Born in 1165 William was the Sheriff of Norfolk, Keeper of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Although a natural loyalist he turned against King John in 1215, offering assistance to Louis of France. He died in 1225 leaving a son Roger and a daughter Alice.

St Mary’s and St Nicholas Church, Wilton Barbara Alford, Diane Poynting 80

Baron Richard de Montfichet An Essex landowner, Richard de Montfichet twice changed his allegiance between the rebels and the royalist cause. He was the longest-lived, and last survivor, of the 25 barons of Magna Carta.

St Nicholas Church, Bromham Lesley Eacopo, Linda Hitchcox 81

Baron William d’Aubigny of Belvoir Lord Belvoir stayed neutral at the beginning of King John's reign, then joined the rebels after their success in taking London in 1215. He held Rochester Castle for the barons and was imprisoned (and nearly hanged) after John captured it. He became a loyalist on the accession of Henry III and commander at the 2nd Battle of Lincoln.

St Nicholas Church, Bromham Lesley Eacopo, Linda Hitchcox 82


Baron William de Hardel In 1215 William de Hardell was the first Mayor of London to be elected by popular vote. He was the only member of the 25 rebel barons who had held an official appointment which afforded proof of the key role that the citizens of London played in bringing King John to the negotiating table.

Sturminster Newton Floral Group Daphne Evans, Sally Gillam, Sally Milne, Judy Walters 71

Baron William de Lanvallei William de Lanvallei (died 1216) was Lord of Walkern (Herts.), Lord of Standway Castle (Glos.), and Governor of Colchester Castle. A Magna Carta surety, he was related to several of the other Magna Carta barons, including Robert Fitzwalter, their leader. In 1214, he accompanied King John II on his expedition to Poitou.

St Michaels and All Angels, Atworth Maureen Cooke, Brian Mitchell 72

Baron Robert de Ross 1182 - 1227 Robert de Ross took ships across the Channel, laden with leather and wool and returned with cargoes of wine. He lived as a monk for part of his later life.

Yeovil Floral Society Paula Brewster, Janet Singleton 73

Baron John de Lacy, Constable of Chester 1192 - 1240 John de Lacy, 7th Baron of Halton Castle and hereditary Constable of Chester, was one of the earliest who took up arms at the time of the Magna Carta and in 1215, one of 25 barons, he was appointed to ensure that the new statutes were properly carried into effect and observed in the counties of York and Nottingham.

All Saints Church, Burbage Diana Acheson, Mary Ford, Megan Jackson, Jean Stark 74

Baron Richard de Percy 1181 - 1244 Richard de Percy was one of the 25 barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Carta. He was amongst the northern lords who rose in arms against King John and his estates were declared forfeit. Upon King John's death, Richard de Percy immediately made his peace with Henry III and had his lands restored to him.

All Saints Church, Burbage Diana Acheson, Mary Ford, Megan Jackson, Jean Stark 75

Baron John FitzRobert 1190 - 1240 John FitzRobert was chosen as one of the 25 barons due to his wealth of estates in the northern provinces of England and ancestry history of royal service. After the renewal of hostilities in the autumn of 1215, he joined his associates in waging war against King John.

All Saints Church, Wyke Regis, Weymouth Rosemary Abrams, Lauren Butcher, June Dalley, Carol Old, Chrissie Payne, 76 Dianne Pilliaert, Margaret wood, Natasha Wood

Baron William Malet 1175 - 1215 William Malet was appointed sheriff of Somerset and Dorset by King John in 1209. He stayed in office until 1212. William ran into debt to the King and so agreed to serve with the King in Poitou with 10 knights and 20 soldiers in return for cancellation of his debt. In 1215 he went over to the barons, joining the confederacy at their muster at Stamford in Easter week and in June was appointed as one of the 25.

All Saints Church, Wyke Regis, Weymouth Rosemary Abrams, Lauren Butcher, June Dalley, Carol Old, Chrissie Payne, 77 Dianne Pilliaert, Margaret wood, Natasha Wood

Baron Geoffrey de Say His chief manor was West Greenwich and his wife was Hawise, daughter of Richard de Clare. He was one of three barons in fruitless negotiations with the King in November 1215. In 1219 he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and in 1223 to Santiago di Compostela and so was entitled to wear the pilgrim badges. He died in Poitou in 1230, campaigning with Henry III.

All Saints and St John’s Church, Winterslow Ruth Banks, Janet Fry, Rosemary Griffiths, Lesley Waters 78

Roger de Montbegon c 1165 – 1226 Roger de Montbegon was one of the hard-line opponents of King John known as ‘the Northerners’. Roger was the son of Adam de Montbegon and his wife Maud. His family held the barony of Hornby, Lancashire, also estates in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

St Andrew’s Church, Donhead St Andrew Jacky Goodwin, Christine Potter 79



Gillingham Flower Club Angela Norris, Jan Preen, Shirley Phillips, Barbara Smith

Milford Floral Art Club Jan Marriott, Sheila Quinney 87

St Margaret`s Chapel

In this chapel we celebrate women significant in our history, and notable events and achievements in their lives.

Mothers Union Rosemary Allen, Susan Bailey, Jenny Harrison, Gill Pelton, Suzanne Waters (Calligraphy: Rosemary Smith) 88

St Laurence`s Chapel

The Magna Carta Trust’s 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee awarded a grant to support the Cathedral’s Flowers For Freedom project. This initiative has engaged school children from across the countries of the Commonwealth. Schools have undertaken a study on Magna Carta and its associations with freedom and liberty. Each school has nominated a flower on behalf of their country that best symbolises freedom and what they stand for as a nation. The results of the project are shown here - more details are available in the free booklet available at the Flower Festival programme selling points.

Salisbury Cathedral ‘Flowers for Freedom’ 89

Turquoise ZoneSouth Transept

The Legacy of Magna Carta

As you walk through these stunning archways of flowers take time to consider that Magna Carta is not just an 800 year old document, not just a piece of history unconnected to us today. Magna Carta has become the foundation of the freedom of the individual against authority. Down through the centuries it has influenced many pieces of important legislation. Just as the rich reds of the flowers, foliages and berries encompass you it reminds us the legacy of Magna Carta is that the exercise of political power cannot be unrestrained: it must follow the law.

1689 - British Bill of Rights is passed by Parliament. It sets out the civil and political rights of the people at the time of the accession of William and Mary.

1776 - American Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress formally declares the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain through the Declaration of Independence.

1787 - Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States is signed and then ratified the following year. It establishes the system of federal government that begins to operate from 1789.

1791 - American Bill of Rights. The American Bill of Rights is added to the U.S. Constitution as the first ten amendments.

1948 - Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

2000 - British Human Rights Act. The British Human Rights Act 1998 comes into force. This makes the European Convention on Human Rights enforceable in UK courts.

Warminster and Wylye Valley Flower Club Heather Ambrose, Mary Kelly, Barbara Littlewood, Eve Mould, Pat Munro 83

West Moors Flower Group Dorset Rosemary Dunning, Zandra Lane, Sue Pavitt, Diana Rickman

St Thomas’ Ensbury Park, Bournemouth Cynthia Buss, Maria Bryant, Aurelia Fancy, Valerie Winter

Alton St Pancras Susan Dean 84

Lymington Flower Club Sue Snook, Janice Viveash

Cheddar Flower Power Isobel Cameron, Gill Cook

St George’s, Damerham Cathy Godber, John Godber, Jill Richardson, Katie Tiller

All Saints, Branksome, Poole Patricia Grinter, Jane Henry, Jean Parker, Joy Pitcher

St Michael The Archangel, Lyme Regis Pam Burge, Shirley Williams 85

St Andrew Rockbourne Liz McDowall, Pat Mouland, Vanda Newson, Jean Smith, Sue Sollars

Broadstone and Corfe Mullen Floral Decoration Society Julie Clarke, Sue Homer, Eileen King, Jane Newell, Lynne Rainer, Barbara Smith, Joyce Stephens, Shelagh Williams

Chalke Valley Wendy Duke, Jane Fawcus, Nicky Green, Viv Thornton 86

All Saints, Whiteparish Sheila Harrison King, Jane Legat, Dawn Nichols, Janet O’Callaghan

Turquoise Zone continued


Lilac Zone continued

A train for Lynn Chadwick’s ‘Cloaked Figure IX’

Innovation - A Design Study Group 100

Against the Cathedral walls

St John’s Church, Buckhorn Weston Madeleine Havill, Shirley Palmer, Janet Powis, Sandra Taylor 101

St John the Baptist, Bishopstone Pat Draper, Sarah Panes, Audrey Rogers, Anne Stutchbury, Anne Thompson 102

Harnham Amblers Jan Bayliss, Carolyn Clarke, Ann Driscoll, Doris Grant, Sue Gurd, Margaret Marriott, 103 Mary Parker-Smith, Margaret Small

Around Elisabeth Frink’s ‘Walking Madonna’

Godshill Flower Club Helen Hardy, Lyn Mackenzie, Margaret Simpson, Sue Taylor 104

The ‘Remember-Ring’ outside the North Porch

Outside of the North Porch is your opportunity to play an active part in the Festival. Select a flower, wrap it, tie it up and fasten to it your own special message. It could remember a place or person who means a lot to you, it could recall a memorable event or just record a wish or prayer, be it deeply personal or with global interest. Donations made will go to support Horatio`s Garden a charity that builds beautiful gardens for patients at NHS spinal treatment centres and organises all sorts of creative and therapeutic activities for patients to enjoy in the garden. The Salisbury garden is now well established and plans for further gardens in Scotland and Stoke Mandeville are under way. The charity is named after Horatio Chapple, who was a school boy volunteer at the spinal unit in Salisbury and whose research inspired the garden. Horatio was killed aged 17 by a polar bear in Svalbard. Horatio’s funeral was held at Salisbury Cathedral in August 2011

www.horatiosgarden.org.uk

By following the Magna Carta trail around the cloisters you arrive at the Chapter House where Magna Carta is on display. Around the central column is an interpretation of Runnymede in Surrey where the document was sealed 800 years ago.

Porton Flower Arranging Group June Castellano, Joan Curtis, Janet Fry, Maureen Homer, Jean Palliser, Maureen Rowledge 99

In the Refectory are small versions of the hanging over the Nave Altar - tables have small designs decorated with Magna Carta script.

Broughton Flower Club Janelle Quitman

Individual Sue O’Brien, Carolyn Vanstone

Pink ZoneCloister Garth and Chapter House

Of the original Magna Carta manuscripts dispatched over a period of a few weeks in late June and early July 1215, only four survive. The two copies of Magna Carta held at the British Library came into the National Collection in 1753 as part of the vast private library of the MP and antiquary Sir Robert Cotton. The Salisbury Magna Carta has rarely left the Cathedral in its 800 year history. The Lincoln Magna Carta belongs to the Cathedral and has recently moved from there into a new permanent home in Lincoln Castle. Here the floral design shows the four copies, each a slightly different size and shape, each in a different hand.

Flora Mundi Maureen Lawes, Kay Murrant, Pamela Shepherd, Dodie Stevens 90

The mother of King John, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. Eleanor married Henry of Anjou, who in 1154 became King of England. The couple had five sons and three daughters. In 1173 two of Eleanor’s sons involved her in a plot against their father, and as a result Henry imprisoned her.

King John’s first wife was Isabel of Gloucester. They were married in 1189, but King John had the marriage annulled on the grounds that he and Isabel were blood relatives. His second wife was Isabella of Angoulême, near Salisbury’s twin town of Saintes, who is depicted here along with his mother Eleanor.

Bere Regis Floral Group Enid Leigh, Elaine Standfield, Susan Stone 91

Here we celebrate the richness of Autumn with a series of tableaux depicting various aspects of harvest.

The Sea: Broadstone and Corfe Mullen Floral Decoration Society Jean Allcroft, Rae Cotton, Denise Pharaoh, Elizabeth Witcomb 92

The Woodland: Fordingbridge Flower Club Bernice Blandford, Pamela Davies, Sarah Newman, Becky Stevens, Tracey Turkington 93

St Laurence’s Church, Hilmarton Vee Cattaneo, Natalie Doust, Anna Ervine, Joanne Hubbard, Jasmine MacFadzean, Sheron Wilkins, Melvin Wilkins. The vegetables for this display have been generously donated by V & P Collins, who sell their produce from their farm shop in Bromham and at the local farmers’ market. 94

Chalke Valley Tina Chilou, Jo Jury, Peggy Knight, Anne Webb, Sam Webb. The pumpkins in this display have been generously donated by D & J Hayward of Pinelands Farm, Landford 95

The Hedgerows: Forest Edge Flower Arranging Society Julie Bottone, Martina Coleman, Daphne Ellis, Sue Stickley 96

The Garden: St Leonard’s Church, Semley Julie Hall, Sarah Jones, Annie Meston, Maryanne Mackaness, Freddie York 97

Colehill Floral Club Mary Allen, Anne Clark, Jean Khan, Julia Waterhouse. The bread in this display has been generously donated by Reeve the Baker with 11 shops in the area. 98

In the South Cloister you will find Alternative Perspectives a collaborative exhibition, part of the Cathedral’s Magna Carta 800th celebration programme, which explores rights and justice from the point of view of offenders who have had their freedom and rights curtailed for a period of time.


Take a part of ‘Magna Flora’ home with you...

We are selling floral mechanics from some of the arrangements within the Festival at the Information Desk in the South Nave Aisle. Pre-payment is required for these. The goods will be available for collection after 17.30 on Sunday 20 September or 10.00 – 12.00 Monday 21 September.

Item Each

Magna Flowers on stand x 4 £250.00Magna Flowers hanging x 2 £200.00

Nave ‘Chaos’ x collapsible stands £60.00

Large bowls x 10 £4.00

Small bowls x 10 £1.00

Bridge over Font x 1 £500.00

Nave ‘Order’ x 27 towers £80.00

Hanging above Spire Crossing x 1 £250.00

Lampshades x 8 £200.00

8ft x 3ft black table £100.00

Metal arch (quire aisle) £200.00

Baron Boards x 25 £45.00

Magna Carta Frame £100.00

Hay arches x 4 £500.00

Hay discs x 5 £80.00

Bamboo frames £140.00

150 acrylic tubes £25.00

Refectory pots x 24 £3.00

Cathedral Flowers35 keen Salisbury Cathedral Flower Arrangers find it is a great privilege and delight to adorn such a beautiful Cathedral.

A team of six, armed with green aprons, foliage and scissors, on a weekly basis attend to arrangements at the High Altar, Trinity Chapel, Nave, Chapels and entrances to the building. Mindful of colour for Liturgical Festivals, Saints Days, and seasons of the year, from Christmas gold, red and green to bright yellow sunflowers in summer, our Cathedral Flowers Creative Director, Michael Bowyer, designs a variety of different styles both traditional and contemporary, giving us challenges, smiles and many, many happy hours of arranging.

None of this would be possible without the very generous support and grant given by the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral and also the new flower room as part of the Friends Little Paradise project. Apart from the week by week activity, we also arrange for Weddings, Funerals, Thanksgiving Services and other occasions such as the Southern Cathedral Festival in July this year, where we decorated the Cathedral with huge blue hydrangeas.

With such wonderful flowers to arrange with and a magnificent building to arrange in – we are a very happy ‘bunch’ indeed!

Salisbury Cathedral Flowers

This year the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral

have kindly donated £3,000 towards the cost

of keeping our floral tradition vibrant.


Ways in which you can support

Salisbury Cathedral

This Cathedral is one of the most loved medieval buildings in England. It is home to the tallest spire, the biggest Close and the finest of only four remaining original 1215 Magna Carta. It is truly a national treasure, a focus of faith and a place of peace for everyone.

Salisbury Cathedral needs your support to safeguard the future of this beautiful building as well as the worship and choral tradition it upholds.

Whether you decide to ‘Sponsor a Stone’, make a donation or leave a gift in your will to the Cathedral, we are truly grateful for your support.

If you would like more information please pick up a leaflet in the Cathedral or contact Jane Morgan on 01722 555121, 65 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2EN or email: [email protected].

Magna Flora Partners

Southeast Flowers is a passionate, reliable and service driven wholesaler based in Kent.

When choosing a supplier for the ‘Magna Flora’ Flower Festival, the Salisbury team, led by Michael Bowyer, needed full confidence and commitment from their supplier. We are honoured to be supplying the flowers for this prestigious event.

Sourcing flowers for such a large event takes experience and attention to detail. With experience from growing, importing and wholesaling for over 25 years, our family run team were ready for the job. We have delivered festivals all over the South and soon in Blackburn but also, on a daily basis, fulfil our customer’s visions by supplying quality flowers for shops, weddings and events.

With 150 separate orders for this festival, our three-point quality check will be in full force. Each individual order will be delivered, cut and conditioned, to the Cathedral ready to use.

No order is too large or too small; each one gets our full care and attention.

We care, we listen, we are committed, we share your passion….come and visit us - you will have a very warm welcome.

Tap into our expertise.

www.southeastflowers.co.uk

Val Spicer are delighted to be associated with Salisbury Cathedral’s ‘Magna Flora’ Flower Festival.

We are a family owned manufacturer of high quality floral foams based solely in the UK. Our range of manufactured frames and foam designs is vast, catering for most occasions.

The product itself is tested and manufactured to the highest standard and is a quick-soak product, able to hold a lot of water with a fantastic cell structure. This makes it perfect for floral arrangements.

Our soon-to-be launched Nutrifoam is a new foam which contains flower food within its structure, thus prolonging the life of those arrangements.

We also have a bespoke frame making team who can make just about anything. Details of the shapes and what florists create with them can be found on our Facebook page at:

www.facebook.com/ValSpicerDesigns

© Salisbury Cathedral 2015 | Photography by Ash Mills | [email protected] | 01722 555120

Forthcoming Events

Fanfare for the Future Saturday 3 October, 19.30

The Household Cavalry Band, conducted by Captain David Hammond, and Salisbury Cathedral Choir, conducted by David Halls, perform a fundraising concert for the Choral Foundation and Wiltshire Community Foundation’s ‘One Degree More’ programme.

Tickets £10.00 - £30.00 from 01722 320333 or online at www.salisburyplayhouse.com

Organ Recital Wednesday 7 October, 19.30

George Castle, Assistant Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral, will perform music by Bach, Shearing, Vaughan Williams, Widor and George’s own arrangement of two of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances, Op. 46.Tickets £9 (£7.50 wheelchair) available on the door or online at www.salisburycathedral.org.uk

The Magna Carta Plays Thursday 22 October - Saturday 7 November, various

Four short plays in one evening by internationally renowned playwrights, inspired by Magna Carta performed at Salisbury Playhouse - an unforgettable theatrical event!Tickets £8.50 - £25.00 from 01722 320333 or online at www.salisburyplayhouse.com

Family Holiday Activities Wednesday 28 October, 10.00 - 12.00 / 13.30 - 15.30

Create your very own 3D dragon - be prepared to get messy! Amongst the mythical and marvellous beasts seek out where the dragon hides. Free, all materials provided, meet in the North Transept.

Choral Foundation Concert Thursday 12 November, 19.30

Salisbury Cathedral Choir, conducted by David Halls, sing music by Bach, Duruflé, Elgar and Tippett in aid of the Salisbury Cathedral Choral Foundation.Tickets £10 available on the door or online at www.salisburycathedral.org.uk

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Documents

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