News
Keep checking back to this page, as news items will periodically
change.
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Earth, Sea and Sky - an exhibition of the work of Julia Jones and Jane Vogas.
17th-31st May at the Community Hall, in Elounda.
Open every day between 10am & 2pm and 6pm & 10pm. The official opening of the exhibition will take place at 8pm on Saturday, 17th May.
For more information please contact Julia at julia@flowersofcrete.info |
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| Translations Coming in 2008 |
| Thanks to the help of several Flowers of Crete members, web pages will be available later this year in Greek, German and French. These translations will make our work more accessible around the world. |
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| Flowers of Crete Art Calender New in 2008 |
Coming Soon - A new series featuring Julia's Botanical watercolours will be included in a new Art Section from January 2008 onwards!
The exisiting calendar is to remain as a calendar reference to be added to and refined over the year!
Also, the first of a series of botanical illustrations from artist Hans de Vries can be seen in the December section of the Flower Calendar. |
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| Accreditation scheme for land owners and developers in Crete |
For 2008, we are launching a scheme of participation between developers, estate agents and Flowers of Crete. In order to qualify for accreditation, developers and estate agents undertake by written agreement with The Committee of Flowers of Crete that they will allow any land for development be checked for rare and endangered flowers, orchids, etc. before building begins. In this way we can work together to promote conservation and preservation on the island. Any plants and flowers found will recorded and either be moved into an area of the garden around the development as a ‘reserve’ or moved to a safe site in the locality.
A charge is made for this service dependent on the size of the land and the amount of work involved in setting up a wild life area within the plot. Information can be made available to prospective purchasers informing them of the ‘green’ issues involved in building in Crete and the eco-solution offered by our organisation.
Anyone interested in being considered for this scheme, which will include a link on our site and a recommendation in our news section, please contact Julia Jones at julia@flowersofcrete.info. The cost of an accredited link to the Flowers of Crete website will cost 50 euros per year. Accredited agents will be licensed to display the Flowers of Crete Preservation logo on their promotional literature. |
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| Flowers of Crete to become a Zylogos! |
A Zylogos (not-for-profit) organisation is being set up for Flowers of Crete, but, in order to comply with the regulations governing this, I have to provide at least 24 people who will offer their support by putting their names forward as founder members and will contribute a minimum of 50 euros ( GBP 35.00 / USD 70.00 ) towards legal costs.
The forming of a Zylogos will benefit Flowers of Crete in many ways and offer a greater standing to the work we are doing here. A list of founding members will be available for anyone who wishes to inspect it, once we have obtained our Zylogos Tax number and documentation. |
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| Many thanks to John
Fielding for spending some of his valuable
time looking through my calendar and making some
necessary amendments and corrections. Thanks John! |
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| I'd like to offer belated
and very overdue thanks to my friend Sylvia
Leigh for her contribution of a logo
for Flowers of Crete. The logo represents Crocus
oreocreticus - a very beautiful, endemic and endangered
Crocus which grows close by on the Katharo Plateau. |
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| I am very grateful to Diana
Pomonis for permission to include the images of
orchids and other flowers taken by Neville Wykes
on Crete during the 1980s. Included amongst these
is a great photograph of Ophrys speculum
- (Mirror Ophrys), which has not been
recorded on the island in recent years. Also the
wonderful rare and endangered Himantoglossum sameriensis.
I have yet to photograph this elusive endemic.
Scans of Neville’s colour transparencies
will be included in the relevant calendar months. |
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5th Planta Europa
Conference, Romania - Julia was invited
to speak at this conference this month, kindly
sponsored by Crete Complete Property.
Click
here to read her brief report on
the conference. |
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| Flowers of Crete will be holding an exhibition of photographs and art at the Municipal Art Gallery
of Aghios Nikolaos, Easter 2008. Dates to be announced. |
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| Updated
images - photos up to October
are now complete on this website's calendar section.
(updated 12/11/2007) |
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| Calendar
Now Available! - The Orchids of Crete
2008 Calendar is now available at just £5.99 including postage and packaging,
displaying some of the most striking orchids of
the island. (updated 13/08/2007) |
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| Trips
- itinerary page updated with a PDF brochure for
download, giving you all the information you need.
(updated 24/07/2007) |
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