THE Dean of Chichester, the Very Revd Stephen Waine, welcomed 160 guests from across Sussex to a fundraising dinner in the nave of Chichester Cathedral.
The event launched sponsorship for the cathedral’s Festival of Flowers planned for 2018. Guests including the Duchess of Richmond, the High Sheriff of West Sussex, Lady Emma Barnard and Lady Helen Broughton.
British designer and businesswoman Emma Bridgewater also attended as patron of the 2018 Festival.
Details of the 80 arrangements which will interpret the festival theme – This Earthly Paradise – were shared with guests.
The festival of flowers will take place from May 31 until June 2 next year.
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