Plant Material in all its Forms
The National Judging Committee has consulted with Judges and Competitors and has issued the following list of products/items that may be considered to be plant material for the purposes of flower arrangement competitions.
“In addition to the definition of “Plant Material” as outlined in the Competitions Manual ‘Fourth Edition (updated 2023). The items in the document “Plant Material in all its Forms” may also be considered as plant material, and could be used for the purposes of flower arrangement competitions”. As with all competitions, it is important to read and understand the Competitions Manual. (Updated 2023)
Definition of Natural Plant Material:
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- Natural plant material is any vegetable matter
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- It includes fresh, dried, garden, wild, foliage, fruit, fungi, vegetables and seaweed.
Further guidance can be found in the NAFAS Competitions Manual, Fourth Edition 2023
Please note that Artificial Plant Material is not allowed in Competitive work unless specifically stated in a show schedule.
Plant Material in All its Forms (Sept 2018)
Artefacts made of Wood
Beads
Boards, Bowls, Boxes, Spoons Buttons
Candlesticks
Carved flowers, fruit, vegetables, fungi, etc
Figurines
Flowers made of wood shavings or similar
Kyogi
Veneer
Wood shavings
Artefacts made of Cotton
Balls of cotton yarn
Knitted items – fabrics, clothing, textiles, etc
Paper/Card
Ribbon
Woven items – fabrics, home textiles, clothing, etc
Artefacts made of Jute
Bags
Balls
Burlap
Canvas
Espadrilles
Fabrics
Fishing nets / Netting
Hessian and Scrim
Home Textiles
Macrame
Mats & carpets
Sacking
String and Rope
Yarn
Artefacts made of Straw / Hay / Grass
Bags
Bird’s Nest
Corn Dollies
Paper Spheres
String & Rope
Artefacts made of Cork
Bottle stoppers
Mats / Matting
Artefacts made of Cane
Baskets
Mats
Spheres
Paper of fibres from:
Agave (Agave bagasse paper)
Bamboo
Banana
Cotton or cotton rags
Daphne (Lokta paper)
Fig (Bark cloth)
Flax Rice
Grass (Chhapri paper)
Hemp
Jute (Gunny paper)
Maize
Mango
Mitsumata
Mulberry (Washi/Rakusui and others)
Nettle (Ramie paper)
Papyrus Sugar cane (Bagasse paper)
Sugar cane (Bagasse paper)
Rice
Mixed organic fibres (eg coconut, water hyacinth, gampi, mulberry)
Artefacts made of card / paper
Boxes
Cut, moulded, glued, shredded, woven items, etc
Egg boxes
Flowers, leaves, vegetables, fungi, etc
Origami items
Additional items not mentioned above
Coconut fibre
Hapene
Latex balloon
Loofah
Midelino (Rattan)
Pasta
Plant fibres/’tops’ such as soya and bamboo Seaweed (Nori, Gim, Wakami, etc)
Sisal
Takenokawa (bamboo culm sheath)
Ting-ting
Waxed fruit and vegetables