Our congratulations and our great gratitude must go to all those who planned, organised, implemented and brought our Flower Festival to
such a successful conclusion. Judy East, Sheena Ginnings, Chris Money, Marilyn Brooks, Elizabeth Beesley, all our highly talented flower arrangers, our churchyard actors and many, many more ensured that this was an event to remember in the annals of Hampstead Parish Church. The atmosphere in church for the opening reception hinted that this was going to be a special weekend; the pictures of the visiting school children in the local papers, all the Saturday activities, the stream of visitors, the flowers which also told us so much about people we may not have known about in the Additional Burial Ground, and the magnificent evensong with its wonderful music and splendid sermon by the Bishop of London and entertaining outcome to the grand raffle drawn by Sir David Brewer must mean I think that this festival will not only have proved an immensely joyful experience but will also have all sorts of unexpected consequences for the good of the parish. So what can we plan for next year….?!
Flower Festival 2012
Stephen Tucker