Julia Clements visited America and returned becoming active in lectures and demonstrations on flower arranging to Women's Institutes and other clubs.
In Dorset Mary Pope, having returned from Canada where she spent some of the war years, set up a panel in 1948 to fill the need for more knowledgeable judges of flower arranging for the increasing number of classes in horticultural shows.
She went on to form a club in Dorchester in 1949 to encourage entries in the flower arranging sections of the horticultural societies and it soon had five hundred members.
Guidance from the Royal Horticultural Society was sought in 1954 when Mary Pope approached them for advice and help as there was a need to co-ordinate the many flower clubs being formed.
On 7 December 1954 the President of the RHS, David Bowes-Lyon convened a meeting attended by representatives from 45 clubs from England, Scotland and Wales.
This led to the formation within the RHS of the Floral Decoration Society in 1955, delegates from 125 clubs attended the meeting and agreed to divide Great Britain into five large regions.
Huge queues to view the floral designs and this in turn led to an upsurge in membership of flower clubs.
From then on it was case of organisation and development as lists of judges, teachers, demonstrators and lecturers were set up and the idea of a national journal was explored.
Over the next five decades NAFAS developed and became known throughout the world as a flower arranging organisation, of men and women, and membership peaked at 100,000.
The Association arranges flowers at Westminster Abbey for major festivals and events including Commonwealth Observance in March and the Order of the Bath every four years.
With the 50th anniversary of NAFAS in 2009 the opportunity was taken to launch a new rose 'Golden Fanfare' at Chelsea by the television presenters Christopher Biggins and Rachel De Thame.
The rose is shown on the poster for a flower festival staged at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the golden anniversary of NAFAS.