Ode to Flora

05/10/2022

A bouquet full of autumnal gorgeousness for the beautiful Sara who married her love Richard on Saturday.
Many congratulations to you both!
Photo by the wonderful Natalie Martin Storyteller

11/08/2022

I’ve been absolutely useless recently posting on social media - mainly because I always forget to take photos of my wedding flowers so have to wait for the professional shots. I now have a bit of a backlog! Thank you Chloe for sending me this picture of your May bouquet.

05/06/2022

Come and “pick your own” from my flower bar - I’ll have a selection the most beautiful blooms of the season to choose from 💐

Stallholder, Ode to Flora

Ode to Flora offers creative floral design specialising in beautiful, relaxed, garden-style flowers.

Nature is my inspiration, and working in harmony with the seasons I select flowers grown as locally as possible for their colour, scent, texture and movement.

Sustainability is at the heart of everything I do from where I source my flowers to my working practices.

25/05/2022

I’ll have my flower cart here packed full of the best locally grown blooms of the season! Choose your favourites and I’ll make up a bunch just for you!

Hello, I’m Natalie, the organiser of Village Green Makers Market.

You may have come across my homewares and lifestyle shop, Village Green Home

When launching the shop in 2020, I wanted to showcase the incredible talent and skilled craftsmanship of the artisans I’d discovered in East Lothian and beyond, and the Makers Market is a natural evolution of this.

In chatting with suppliers over the last few years, it became clear that there was a gap for an artisan market that celebrated the work of the many creatives who live and work here, while offering a platform for small businesses to make connections and be seen more widely.

I’m so delighted to introduce the first Village Green Makers Market, which is being held at The Strawberry Barn, just outside Dunbar in East Lothian, on Sunday 12 June from 11am to 4pm.

01/05/2022

Congratulations Samantha and Will - hope you had a wonderfully happy day! Fabulous photos Chic Photo by Jacqui

24/04/2022

Wishing you all the very best Natalie! A sad day for me but I couldn’t have asked for a lovelier new owner!

A momentous day for Village Green!

I officially took on the ownership of the unit at The Strawberry Barn today.

I hadn’t meant to open a shop this year but the opportunity practically dropped in my lap and as Granny used to say, ‘What’s for you, won’t go by you.’

I met the original owner, Fiona Ode to Flora when Lucy Kilduff Farm placed our stalls next to each other at the super Kilduff Christmas Shopping Evening.

We got chatting and she told me that her unit was empty, I enquired about using the space for a pop-up.

We know how that went (brilliantly).

So here we are.

Opening on Saturday 30 April - as long as all goes to plan 🤞

* Keyring by the lovely Millie Scott Studio (a Strawberry Barn neighbour)

29/10/2021

29/10/2021