A very british flower market
It all begins with an idea. My idea has been brewing for a while as a florist myself, Wild Willow Flowers I yearned to use more british flowers in my work. But with a young child & school runs my time was limited to source my flowers from each of the local growers, so I turned to the wonderful dutch to send my flowers to me each week. The locally grown flowers are so special. You will not find these flowers in a supermarket. They smell wonderful & they last because they have just been picked
the concept is simple we run a monthly flower market where the local growers fill their vans with buckets of flowers all picked just the night before. they arrive and set up their buckets with a mix of foliages & flowers, seedlings & bulbs and everyone trundles along with their buckets and spend a few hours delving into buckets choosing their stems ready to take home to arrange
Fresh blooms
the market is open to all florists, shop owners & flower lovers. Just come and bring your buckets
The market runs from April - September with a very special market in December.
on 4th December we are holding our first ‘winter making market’ where you can come & source all your materials for winter making
tickets now on sale £10 each
Nurserymen
outside the barn we have independent nurserymen with plants for your own cutting garden & cottage gardens
we invite independent growers who nurture the unusual & nostalgic varieties; pelegoniums, salvias & more
seeds & bulbs
we all love growing seeds and you will find a large selection of seeds, bulbs & in early summer dahlia tubers
a chance to speak to seed merchants to discuss when to sow, how to look after
our supporting acts
cut flowers need pots, bottles, jugs & frogs for arranging
we invite an interesting array of sellers with collection of old bottles, ceramics & more for you to rummage through
a ceramist who makes flower frogs & jugs
& tools for the cutting garden & more
stay & have tea
the tea urn is always on and the cakes are piled high
sit and admire your buckets and sit amongst the growers and spend a moment of calm
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Yes please we would love to meet you hounds
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Yes, it is easy to move around the market and there is lots of room for running around
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No, we have buckets for sale
£3 each on the door