Bluebell Lane Flowers

25/06/2024

Saffron’s bouquet… Two varieties of peony, three varieties of rose, and two of spray rose, stocks, sweet peas, delphiniums, wax flower, astilbe, eucalyptus and pittisporum. Finished off with a hand dyed silk ribbon and her Nanny’s brooch, (which I’m attaching here in my ridiculous socks!)

Thank you to Elizabeth for capturing this bouquet so beautifully, and to Saffron for allowing me to share these little moments xx

14/06/2024

This time last week I was precariously balancing on a wobbly chair assembling this arch at St Andrews Church Bredenbury. It was all hands on deck to make sure it was finished in time for the rehearsal for the big reveal!
My Dad was passing me pieces of foliage with just the right bend, and Mum and Sam - the wife of the Best Man finished arranging the churns. Well done team, not bad for 45 minutes!

07/05/2024

My only regret after every wedding is that I don’t ever leave myself time to take photos of the flowers, or I take photos but I’m too critical to post them because of the messy workshop in the background or the light isn’t right. So it felt like Christmas had come early today when the ever so generous photographer Steve Mulvey Photography sent me these!

A year ago when Elise told me that she wanted 10 bouquets I nearly choked on my hot chocolate! But thank goodness she has so many wonderful ladies in her life, because I just love this image of all the bouquets and buttonholes with the arch in the background at Hardwick moat weddings, a really special venue.

05/05/2024

One of my favourite things when doing the flowers for a wedding is seeing everything compacted into boxes and baskets for transport, all those hundreds of stems made into bouquets and bud vases, and condensed to make the prettiest of table tops!

These were for the beautiful Elise who we met when she burst into our Christmas wreath workshop two years ago, full of energy and laughter, and we were so delighted to be asked to do the flowers for her wedding. Congratulations Elise and Jay xx

10/03/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful Mums today, especially my own lovely mum 🥰 and sending extra love to those who need it today.

27/02/2024

MOTHER’S DAY

I’m taking orders for Mother’s Day which is just under two weeks away, please get in touch if you would like to arrange a delivery of seasonal flowers 💐

Orders open until Thursday 7th March

Hand tied seasonal bouquets presented in water in a gift box with plastic free packaging £35

Email: [email protected]
call or text 07967 350744

13/02/2024

Edit: now sold and on its way to brighten someone’s day 🥰

Have you forgotten that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day!? Don’t panic and rush to the petrol station, I have one last bouquet available for collection or local delivery tonight or in the morning. Let me know if you want it!

06/12/2023

The last two workshops have been at The Three Tuns, Guilden Morden, I’ve loved meeting lots of new people and seeing some familiar faces from last year too! The village of Guilden Morden is going to have some beautifully decorated doors this Christmas. Thank you to The Three Tuns and all the wonderful wreath makers for joining us!

01/12/2023

The cosy garden room at The Three Tuns Fen Drayton, was the setting for last nights Christmas wreath workshop. Twinkly lights, a wood burning stove, Christmas music, homemade mince pies and the smell of mulled wine has got us well and truly into the festive spirit!

18/11/2023

Autumnal doesn’t have to mean orange and brown! I am so grateful that I was given full control of the palette for this celebration today. As always The Red House is the perfect back drop for any arrangement.

Now back to the wreath workshop preparation - moss, moss and more moss!

09/10/2023

One last opportunity for a Christmas wreath workshop. This one at the Dugout in Cambourne will be with mulled wine and mince pies, and the profits are going to the Football Club. Follow the link below to book your place.

Do you want to be creative this Christmas? How about joining us for an interactive social event with a difference...?

Christmas Wreath Making with Bluebell Lane Flowers 🎄
Sunday 3rd December at 2.30pm in The Dugout.

🤩£45 per person including all equipment to make your Wreath
🍷Mince pies and mulled wine on arrival. (Add a glass of Prosecco 🥂 to your afternoon for £5! 🤫)

Spaces are very limited so please book early: https://cambournetownfc.square.site/

Thanks for your support!

29/09/2023

Thank you so much to everyone who has booked a space on our upcoming Christmas workshops. We now only have availability left on the lunchtime session at The Three Tuns, Guilden Morden. If you have booked, you will have received an email from me (please check your spam, as they often end up there!) any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Sarah ☺️

19/09/2023

A little wreath workshop update, two dates are now fully booked, and we have very limited availability for the 28th November at The Red House and 29th November at The Stove. Please either send me a message on here or email [email protected] to secure your place.

14/09/2023

I am excited to release the dates of my Christmas wreath workshops this year. We are returning to our friends at The Stove and The Red House, and have a new venue The Three Tuns, Guilden Morden too!

These very special evenings will begin with coffee or mulled wine on arrival, you will then create your very own beautiful festive wreath and finally finish off with a scrumptious two course lunch/supper.

Inclusive of welcome drink and all you need to create a fabulous Christmas wreath.
So get your friends together, bring your Mum or organise a work Christmas gathering with a difference!
Please send me a message or email [email protected] to secure your place or for more information.

27/08/2023

I’ve loved working on this blue and white wedding this week. My bride liked the idea of incorporating daisy style flowers, so the farm where my workshop is located grew some fabulous cosmos, delphiniums and nigella. It was so satisfying cutting them the evening before the wedding, knowing that you really couldn’t get any fresher!
The flower crowns were made using pittosporum, wax flower and gypsophila and complimented the bridesmaids lovely flowery dresses.
I wish J&J so many congratulations and thanks for letting me play a part in your day.

23/04/2023

I’ve been waiting to dress these pillars for almost two years!

They have the most perfect little shelves which are just made for floral arrangements.

Thank you Sarah and Matthew for trusting me to bring the flowers to your wedding day. A beautiful day for a truly wonderful family 🥰

Venue Quy Mill Hotel & Spa, Cambridge
Chair covers, sashes and lanterns provided by Scrumdiddlyumptious (who also kindly took photos and shared them with me when I was too busy to remember! - Thank you)

18/03/2023

Did you forget it’s Mothers Day tomorrow? Or perhaps you would like to treat yourself or someone else? I have enough flowers to make one more small bouquet, let me know if you would like it.

06/03/2023

MOTHER’S DAY

I’m taking orders for Mother’s Day which is just two weeks away, please get in touch if you would like to arrange a delivery of seasonal flowers on Saturday 18th or Sunday 19th March 💐

Orders open until Thursday 16th March

Hand tied seasonal bouquets presented in water in a gift box with plastic free packaging £35

Email: [email protected]
call or text 07967 350744

14/02/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

You might notice the absence of roses in my bouquets this year. Well let me try and explain why I’ve come to that decision…

It’s something that hasn’t sat well with me for the last few years, you see roses don’t grow here at this time of year. The red roses that you see flooding the supermarkets will probably have come from Africa, maybe Columbia or Ecuador. The problem with this (apart from the miles of transport required) is that Africa is suffering one of the worst droughts in 40 years and yet I’ve recently learnt that each individual rose requires 10 litres of water before it is cut and sent across the world! There’s also the issue of chemicals used that are not allowed to be used by growers in the EU, why? Because they’re so dangerous the growers need to wear a hazmat suit to spray them, yet we can stick our noses into a bouquet that has been treated with them in another part of the world? Now I understand that the trade of these roses benefits these countries, and if everybody stopped buying roses there would be devastating consequences, but there are crops failing because of lack of water, and countries with people who are starving are prioritising watering roses for our enjoyment!

Now I feel slightly hypocritical because I bought asparagus and strawberries at the weekend none of which grow in this country at this time of year! And in a few weeks time when I have a wedding I will use imported flowers, they will probably be Dutch and French, some of which will have been grown in greenhouses that require heating and lighting - so not exactly a sustainable answer either! But I think the issue with red roses at this time of year is the sheer volume that need to be supplied for one day, and it feels unnecessary because there are seasonal alternatives that are just as romantic, beautiful and kinder to the planet.

I don’t have all the answers, and I’m certainly not doing everything right, but I think it’s important to make changes for good, and help educate people on issues they might not know about.

Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day and if you have received roses - enjoy them!

25/12/2022

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas x

15/12/2022

I was lucky enough to have Polly Doherty Photography in the workshop a couple of weeks ago. I love how she’s captured the chaos of the table - full of spruce and scissors, mulled wine and biscuits!
Polly always picks up on the little details, it’s why we chose her as our wedding photographer, and I’m so glad we have been able to form a friendship so as I can continue to get treasures like these!

Thank you Polly - and I love your wreath!

06/12/2022

A Christmas wreath for a pub with an award winning restaurant.
I thought this one which is on its way to The Red House should have elements of the kitchen within it - rosemary mixed within the foliage, citrus slices, game feathers, chillis, cinnamon and poppy seed heads.
And finished with a red bow for a Red House… too predictable?!?

I am so excited to be packing up the studio again and setting up at The Red House for the next three workshops, I can’t wait to see all the gorgeous wreaths leaving there later!

29/11/2022

Proud and rightly so of their fabulous wreaths made at one of my smaller workshops at the weekend.

I walk past three wreaths on the 10 minute walk to school, which have been made at my workshops, and it just fills me with pride to see them!

Thank you Angela and friends for allowing me to share your smiling faces and sumptuous wreaths!

25/11/2022

Christmas wreath workshops have begun! Thank you so much to The Stove who were amazing hosts and provided the most delicious supper.
Everyone who came along created beautiful wreaths to enjoy for the festive season. If you would also like to have a go, there are a few remaining spaces on Tuesday 6th December at The Red House in Longstowe send me a message for more details or to book.

14/10/2022

If you sadly missed out on the Christmas wreath workshops that are taking place at The Stove, I have some exciting news for you!

You can come along to The Red House in Longstowe on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th December. We will be holding evening workshops at 6:30 which will include tea or coffee on arrival, a two course meal (menu below) and all you need to create a fabulous natural Christmas wreath.
So get your friends together or escape the office for the afternoon and organise a fun work Christmas gathering. No experience necessary, we are complete beginner friendly!

The cost is £60 per person. Places are limited and booking is essential. Please send me a message or email [email protected] to secure your place or for more details!

Menu

Choice of:
Pan fried sea bass with Parisienne potatoes, Tenderstem broccoli, chestnuts and hollandaise sauce.
Or
Christmas Pithivier of turkey, bacon, red onion and honey roasted carrots and parsnips.
(Vegetarian option available)

Followed by
Cherry bakewell tart with chantilly cream.
Or
Sticky toffee pudding.

12/10/2022

I’m always forgetting to update the page! If you use Instagram and don’t already follow me over there, please pop over to bluebell_lane_flowers and give me a little heart. I’m a bit better at updating it, and have even been trying out some fancy reels 😬

Here’s some bouquets with an autumnal wintery feel to match the weather outside!

20/09/2022

The Queens funeral wreath was so perfect. If you watched the coverage yesterday you will have heard that it contained flowers and foliage cut from the gardens of Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Highgrove. The foliage chosen for it’s symbolism, and the flowers reflected both the season and the colours of the Royal Standard flag on which it sat.

But most importantly is the mechanics behind this arrangement. King Charles who is known for his commitment to the environment, requested the wreath was made in a sustainable way - without the use of floral foam but instead, created in a nest of English moss and oak branches.

Funeral flowers can be beautiful without using boxes of oasis which is so damaging to the environment. They have previously been and in many cases still are, rigid arrangements of imported flowers surrounded by plastic ribbon. This doesn’t need to be the case, you can have something that’s sentimental, natural and beautiful. If you swipe across to the second picture below you will see a funeral arrangement that I recently created on a moss base, using some flowers from the garden of the lady who it was for. Her friend and neighbour came along and inserted a few stems while chatting about her love of roses and gin!

I hope that you are not in a position that you need to arrange funeral flowers, but if you find yourself in that situation please have a think about doing something a little special, while being kind to the environment, you don’t just have to choose from a catalogue!

18/09/2022

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10/09/2022

A bouquet to take to Buckingham Palace tomorrow to pay our respects as a family to our remarkable Queen. A small gesture of gratitude for her devotion and loyalty. I read that the palace gardeners delivered a posy of flowers to The Queen each Monday. Proudly showing what was in bloom that week. Sadly none of these were grown in my garden but I chose carefully and included thistles to represent her love of Balmoral.

I’m hoping that for my children to see so many others gathering to do the same, they might understand the importance of this time, and appreciate what a wonderful example she has been.

Like so many I’ve been a little surprised by the sadness I’ve felt, I’m not a royalist but have always been glad that we have a monarchy and found the Queen a comforting presence. My Nanny who sadly isn’t with us any longer loved the Queen, see the image below of the day they met 40 years ago in identical outfits!

01/09/2022

UPDATE: SOLD OUT

I am so excited to announce that I’m teaming up with the wonderful The Stove in Bourn to host my Christmas wreath workshops this year.
These very special evenings will begin with coffee or mulled wine on arrival, you will then create your very own beautiful festive wreath and finally finish off with a scrumptious two course supper. (Menu below)
Thursday 24th November SOLD OUT
Thursday 1st December SOLD OUT
Thursday 8th December SOLD OUT
arrival 6pm, supper served at 8pm. £57.50 per person inclusive of delicious supper, welcome drink and all you need to create a fabulous Christmas wreath.
So get your friends together, bring your Mum or organise a work Christmas gathering with a difference!
Please send me a message or email [email protected] to secure your place or for more details!

Menu
Main: Boeuf bourguignon or vegetable ratatouille served with rice and homemade bread
Dessert: Apricot and almond tart or Black Forest cheesecake
(Dietary requirements and allergies can be catered for with advance notice)