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The dahlia plot at Organic Blooms, Bristol, awash with peachy and pink pom pom type dahlias with their flower shed in the background.

Flower Farmers' Big Weekend gallery

A collection of images from the Flower Farmers’ Big Weekend 2022 and 2023. Enjoy a taste of what happens when our flower farmers throw open their gates  and welcome you their flower fields for this annual celebration of seasonal, local cut flowers and the people who grow them.

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The Flower Farmer's Big Weekend

From tours to pick-your-own to workshops to tea and cake in the garden, our members open their flower farms and plots to visitors during Big Weekend events across the UK.

A woman in a blue t-shirt and blue apron stands in a flower garden next to some tall pink flowers and holds a black bucket of colourful flowers.

Jo at Wye Valley Flowers in St. Briavels, Gloucestershire gathers flowers for a floral demonstration for Big Weekend visitors (Lucy Shergold Photography).

A smiling woman wearing a black t-shirt holds some sunflowers while standing in a sunflower field.

A happy visitor to the pick-your-own plot of The Sunflower Lady in Warminster, Wiltshire (Lucy Shergold Photography).

A man stands in a flower garden in front of a long stone building.

Abbey Farm Flowers offers pick-your-own flowers in the midst of medieval ruins in Abbotsbury, Dorset (Lucy Shergold Photography).

A woman wearing a blue hat, shirt and trousers holds a pair of scissors and leans over a row of white flowers as she chooses some stems to cut and add to the black bucket of flowers that sits on the ground at her feet.

Visitors to Compton Garden Flowers near Bristol cut their own bountiful buckets of flowers.

Visitors to the Ledbury Flower Farmer hold buckets of bright dahlias and cascading amaranths in the sunny flower field.

PYO visitors to The Ledbury Flower Farmer look pleased with their haul.

Flower farmers holding wrapped bouquets of freshly cut seasonal flowers stand in the doorway of a stone barn waiting to welcome visitors to their pick your own session as part of The Flower Farmers' Big Weekend.

Abbey Farm flowers welcome visitors to a PYO session.

A decorated tractor makes a unique display at the Big Weekend event hosted by Bryonia Flowers and Grown & Made in Macclesfield, Cheshire (photo by Joanna Eardley).

A woman in a blue sleeveless t-shirt and blue shorts stands in a garden while holding pink flowers in one hand and pointing to an arrangement of orange flowers with the other hand.

Rozanne of The Ledbury Flower Farmer (Ledbury, Herefordshire) demonstrates a summery hand-tied bouquet and discusses sustainable floristry (Lucy Shergold Photography).

a blackboard sign points the way to refreshments along the path through the flower field at Organic Blooms, Bristol.

At Organic Blooms near Bristol. All roads lead to cake.

A woman wearing a hat stands next to a girl in a flower garden. They face away from the camera and are taking a photograph of some flowers.

Admiring the plentiful summer flowers at Wye Valley Flowers in St. Briavels, Gloucestershire (Lucy Shergold Photography).

Two women drink tea while sitting at a table with a blue and white checked tablecloth, under an umbrella in a sunny garden.

Farhill Flowers, near Chepstow, offers Big Weekend visitors tea and cake in the garden (Lucy Shergold Photography).

Two women look delighted with the colourful bouquets of summer flower they've just picked at a Pick Your Own open event at Side Farm Flowers.

Delighted bouquet pickers at Side Farm Flowers, Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Table posies in autumnal colours in stone jars at Organic Blooms.

Posies for tables await visitors to Organic Blooms, near Bristol.

Inside a farm shop, there are stacked wooden crates and sitting on top are products for sale including fresh and dried flowers, jars of honey and an insect hotel.

The shop at Pulvertoft Flowers in Spalding, Lincolnshire is fully stocked and ready for visitors.

Visitors stand holding their bouquets of sunflowers and dahlias in a group outside the flower shed at Side Farm Flowers.

Visitors are delighted with the bouquets they've made at Side Farm Flowers, Rotherham, Yorkshire.

A man holding a vase of yellow sunflowers stands next to a woman in a flower garden with red flowers in the foreground.

Visitors to Abbey Farm Flowers in Abbotsbury, Dorset pick their own bright summer flowers (Lucy Shergold Photography).