Flowers from the Farm are thrilled to be working with the Royal Horticultural Society to stage the RHS Flower School at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. 

The show runs from 4th to 9th July and it’s going to be another fabulous team effort for Flowers from the Farm. Dozens of flower farmers across the South East are coming together and bringing their flowers, energy and floristry skills to decorate the Flower School marquee with floral installations, host free floral demonstrations and hands-on workshops, and talk to visitors about the work of Flowers from the Farm.

The Flower School promises to be a spectacular celebration of scented, garden-style British cut flowers grown by over 30 professional flower farmers within 30 miles of the showground. Every single stem of cut flower and foliage – both fresh and dried – used in the School will have been grown by Flowers from the Farm members.

From awe-inspiring suspended floral installations to magnificent urns bursting with colourful summer blooms, we’ll be showcasing the beauty of British flowers through foam-free, sustainable floral design.

Every morning at 11am, visitors can watch floral demonstrations by creative farmer-florists, who both grow and arrange their own flowers. The morning line-up runs as follows:

Monday: Alice Antcliff from Meadowfolk

Tuesday: Jill Houston of Little Park Flowers

Wednesday: Katie Stone of Featherstone’s English Flower Company

Thursday: Bex Partridge of Botanical Tales

Friday: Camila Klich and Marianne Mogendorff of Wolves Lane Flower Company

Saturday: Paul and Helen Stickland of Black Shed Flower Farm.

In the afternoons at 2pm, some of the country’s leading florists will be getting creative with the flowers and foliages from Flowers from the Farm members and talking about how British-grown flowers inspire their designs. The line-up will star:

Monday: Leigh Chappell

Tuesday: Simon Lycett

Wednesday: Shane Connolly

Thursday: Rebel Rebel

Friday: Camila Klich and Marianne Mogendorff of Wolves Lane Flower Company

Saturday: Alice McCabe.                   

There will be the chance for visitors to get hands-on and floral for free at 1230H and 1530H every day by creating your own buttonhole or mini posy corsage of British flowers under the guidance of the Flowers from the Farm ambassadors. Chat to them about their lives in flower farming and how to find your local flower farmer. (CLUE: use the Find Flowers search facility here on the website!)

Tickets are on sale on the RHS website.

Flowers from the Farm Ambassadors at Hampton Court

 Now, here’s a Flowers from the Farm fact for you: there are currently 179 grower members of FFTF in the South East region alone, and 33 of them will be participating in this year’s show. Thank you to all our Flowers from the Farm ambassadors and the many more who offered their support:

Amber Partner of Howe Farm Flowers

Abi Beszant of Ivydene Flowers

Char Johnston of Char Johnston Floral

Kat Norbury of Kat’s Cut Flowers

Nicola Gibbons of Goose in the Greenhouse

Jess Naish of Lolly & The Hare

Ann Crombie

Nicola Hill of Gentle Blooms

Suzy Cubitt of Garden to Vase

Rebekah Rixon of Headley Flowers

Michaela Bunting of English Flowers by Michaela

James Greig of Stem & Green Flowers

Donna Selleck of Busy B Blooms

Louise Murray of Hydons Flowers

Rachel Collis of The Rockery

Cindy Harnett

Deborah Mason of Bramshill Flowers

Tracey Bridger of Hedgerow & Bloom

Rachel Baker of Rachel’s Farm Flowers

Caroline Oden of The Hidden Gate Blooms

Wendy Rose of The Chalk Rose

Andy Heslop of The Chobham Flower Garden

Chloë Eyers of Honesty Flowers

Tara Wilson of Thistle Cottage Flower Farm

Rachel Baker of Rachel’s Flower Farm

Claire Brown of Plantpassion

Ros Bryar of Bryar Rose

Alice Antcliff from Meadowfolk

Jill Houston of Little Park Flowers

Katie Stone of Featherstone’s English Flower Company

Bex Partridge of Botanical Tales

Camila Klich and Marianne Mogendorff of Wolves Lane Flower Company

Paul and Helen Stickland of Black Shed Flower Farm.