\u201cSTOP,\u201d Anita Hinton has often said, travelling along the road. \u201cPull the car over.\u201d<\/p>\n
She loves to create something new and beautiful out of quirky or more traditional plants, and wherever she goes, whether within Ballarat, around Australia or simply in her home garden, she finds materials for her work.<\/p>\n
As President of the Ballarat Floral Art Group, now in its fourth decade, she\u2019s dedicated to working with flowers for fun, having developed a passion for gardening from her father.<\/p>\n
The personalities and process of composing organic artworks keep her engaged in the imaginative, creative community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s lots of fellowship and friendships through the ladies that come, and we\u2019ve met some wonderful floral artists who have done demonstrations and workshops for us, so we\u2019re learning new skills all the time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about getting the colours and textures together and learning different ways of keeping the flowers fresher, how to present things in colour tones and positioning of groups of flowers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all learn from each other\u2019s different ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Always with projects on the go, Mrs Hinton\u2019s club creates displays for Begonia Festival, they made table arrangements for this year\u2019s Begonia Ball, always put together an arrangement for the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and do demonstrations for Probus and community groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re meeting new people and it\u2019s a chance to share knowledge with others,\u201d Mrs Hinton said.<\/p>\n