Fen Edge Floral Design

12/09/2024

It was a joy to make these three wild and meadowy dried flower clouds and bridal bouquet for B&B's wedding today at Godwick Hall and Great Barn.

The couple requested a warm autumnal colour palette with a dusting of gypsophila. I can't wait to see how these colours and textures pop against the backdrop of the Barn and the bride's black wedding dress!

The flower clouds are made on a wire and hazel base, with zero floral foam in sight. It was a proud moment for me to be able to use lots of home-grown blooms, including rudbeckias, dahlias and orache, as well as beautiful seasonal grasses and flowers from Amber Cottage Flowers and foraged bits and pieces (dock and hops are always a winner)!

If you are interested in similar pieces for your wedding or event please DM me or email me at [email protected]

11/09/2024

It may only be mid-September but it's already time to be thinking ahead to festive workshops! 🌲❄️🎉✨

I so far have two workshops scheduled:

- Festive wreath making at The Angel at Watlington, Saturday 7th December from 2.30pm until 5pm
- Festive garland making at Watatunga Wildlife Reserve, Thursday 12th December from 6pm until 8.30pm

Both of these are priced at £50 pp, with all materials and refreshments included.

To book onto one of these workshops, please DM me or email me at [email protected]. More information can be found on my website, www.fenedgefloraldesign.co.uk

Looking forward to hearing from you and feel free to share with anyone who'd be interested😃

Pictures shared with kind permission from last year's workshop participants!

23/08/2024

Very excited to be exhibiting at this wonderful upcoming event showcasing local artisans, in support of the Norfolk & Waveney Mind Charity.

I’ll be there selling a few dried flower pieces and also running an autumn wreath workshop, please check out the info on the Blended Monkey website and get in touch with me directly to book your place!

Sun Oct 20 2024 at 10:00 am, Upwell Hall, New Rd, Upwell, Wisbech PE14 9AB, United Kingdom, Wisbech. Our Summer Artisan Fayre raised a total of £800 for Norfolk & Waveney Mind and our Autumn Artisan Fayre will again feature a fabulous collection of Fenland & East Anglian artists creators &a

13/08/2024

This beautiful large flower cloud was safely delivered to its new home near Birmingham today!

The customer requested a colour palette of pinks, purples and whites - a lovely fresh combination and a wonderful opportunity to showcase some freshly dried seasonal flowers including marjoram, sea lavender and achillea.

This statement piece is full of texture and has a very calming scent!

The flower cloud was made on a handcrafted wire and hazel base, secured with twine. No floral foam in sight!

If you are interested in commissioning one of these clouds, please DM me. Custom-made in a size, style and colour of your choice.

28/07/2024

It was a joy to make these seven half-crowns and buttonhole for a wedding in the Cotswolds yesterday 🤍✨🥂

The crowns were intricately handcrafted using freshly dried British seasonal flowers, including winged everlasting, feverfew and yarrow. The flowers were woven onto a handmade wire base using twine, and finished with ribbon.

I still have some capacity for weddings this year so please get in touch if you’d like some crowns or half-crowns making up for your special day.

23/07/2024

A fresh garden posy, featuring a number of flowers I've grown from seed this year, including dahlias, sweet peas, statice and nigella. A lot of these lovely blooms will be harvested and hung upside down for use in bouquets, wreaths, wedding accessories etc. this year and next 😀

Please let me know if you'd like to order a fresh or dried posy/bouquet - prices start at £15.

17/07/2024

A gift bouquet for a 60th birthday 💜💙🤍

A rich and sumptuous palette of blues, burgundies and creams, with a truly beautiful mix of dried flowers and grasses. Dahlias, nigella, toadflax, roses and achillea to name but a few of the seasonal British stems here.

Please get in touch if you would like to commission a bouquet as a gift or just for yourself!

07/07/2024

I hope everyone has had a restful weekend.

Despite the torrential rain the garden is really coming into its own now, and the hard work and patience of sowing hundreds if not thousands of seeds early in 2024 is starting to pay off. Here are a few of the varieties of flowers growing in my garden to be harvested this summer for drying, including sunflowers, statice, achillea, roses and dahlias.

I can make up a limited number of fresh posies/bouquets this year so let me know if you are in need of some floral therapy. I also have a glut of perennial (non-scented) sweet peas which need to be rehomed so I'll be selling small bunches of them for £5 or medium bunches for £10. They are quite long lasting - the dramatic magenta colour fades to a more muted pink before turning blue!

22/06/2024

Happy weekend all!

A little reminder that I can make flower crowns for weddings, festivals and other events in bespoke sizes, colour palettes and styles.

Prices range from £20-45 depending on type and quantity of flowers required. Please DM me if you would like more info 👑🌸👑

07/06/2024

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

📣 NB date change 📣

Would you like to learn how to make a dried flower cloud with me?

I will be hosting a workshop at Watlington's very own Watatunga Wildlife Reserve on Friday, 4th October, from 9.30am to 2.30pm. You will learn how to craft your own everlasting flower 'cloud' wall hanging, using British dried flowers, seed heads and grasses.

This immersive workshop will be limited to four guests to ensure personalised support and tuition; book early to avoid disappointment!

£60 per person - this includes all materials, tuition and refreshments. Please bring your own lunch as we'll take a break around midday before resuming in the afternoon.

Please send me an email at [email protected] to enquire or book.

07/06/2024

A whopper of a rainbow wreath in honour of Pride Month and British Flowers Week!

This was a real joy to make and even more to behold.

100% natural; no dyes or chemicals needed here!

21/05/2024

If anyone needs a bit of dried flower therapy in their life and a pop of colour in their home, this piece is for sale! It's a dried flower 'cloud' wall hanging that was recently featured in the Flower Festival at Watlington church.

It's 45cm across approx and features beautiful British dried flowers grown locally by Amber Cottage Flowers as well as some freshly dried forget-me-nots from my garden. It smells amazing too with the addition of lavender.

All crafted by hand in my studio, including the wire and birch base.

£35 to purchase, DM me if interested.

19/05/2024

I hope everyone had a lovely sunny weekend.

Here are a couple of photos of a beautiful dried flower cloud made by a (very talented) participant at my last workshop. I absolutely love seeing dried flower creations in their forever homes!

I’m currently cooking up plans for another flower cloud workshop in early summer here in Watlington… watch this space 👀

02/05/2024

✨Dried flower corsages ✨

With Leavers' Prom season fast approaching, a quick reminder that I create bespoke flower corsages using British dried flowers if this is of interest.

A few photos below of corsages I have made for weddings this past year 🌺🌸🌼

Please DM for info on prices, lead times etc.

24/04/2024

Had fun with my eldest making these fresh garden arrangements this afternoon. Featuring lilac, Spanish bluebells, barrenwort, Mexican orange blossom and fresh hop shoots. They smell divine! I used some scrap chicken wire to hold the stems in place.

15/04/2024

It's not Thursday (if only!) but here are some throwback photos to dried flower wedding accessories I've had the pleasure of making this past year.

I will shortly be resuming work from maternity leave, and have availability this year to make wedding bouquets and accessories, so get in touch if you are still on the lookout 👀

I can create bridal and bridesmaid bouquets (traditional or hoop bouquets), hair combs and slides, crowns, corsages, buttonholes, and am open to trying out more detailed styles such as floral lapels. I only use British flowers, sourced from local growers where possible - and I also use home-grown and foraged flowers, foliage, grasses and seedheads.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your ideas ✨

Photos 1-5 by Struve Photography
Photo 6 by Winston Sanders Photography

01/04/2024

A recent wreath commission 🌻🌻🌻

This customer had a large rattan wreath base that she didn't know how to decorate and asked for it to be jazzed up a bit!

I love the warm and earthy colour palette ~ all British flowers grown locally by Amber Cottage Flowers including strawflowers, ammi, amaranth and honesty. And a couple of beautiful sunflowers in the mix!

Please get in touch if you'd like to commission a bespoke wreath or other floral decor for your home!

31/03/2024

I hope everyone is having a lovely Easter weekend 🐣

Here are a few pics from the mini workshop I hosted last Sunday. Two lovely ladies from the village created their own flower cloud wall hangings - one in earthy tones of sage greens and russets and the other in cool colours of blues and purples - and they were completely stunning! Such unique and vibrant creations.

The beautiful flowers we used, including dahlias, statice, sunflowers and ammi, were grown and dried locally by Amber Cottage Flowers. I made the bases by hand from locally sourced twisted hazel.

I am hoping to host another flower cloud workshop in the summer so watch this space!

08/03/2024

I made a wreath for my mum and here it is in its new home 🌷🌸🌼

I used beautiful dried flowers grown by Amber Cottage Flowers including ammi, statice, scabious and larkspur

My books are open for commissions - I'll be officially returning from mat leave in mid-May so give me a shout if you'd like to commission something similar!

02/03/2024

Very excited to be holding a mini workshop later this month at my studio, to make a flower 'cloud' like the bluesy one in the photos below. We'll be using British dried flowers lovingly grown by Amber Cottage Flowers 🌷🪻🌹

I'm planning to hold a larger floral workshop later in the year - if you're interested in hearing more about it please drop a like below or send me a DM!

02/02/2024

~ SOLD ~

A rustic wreath full of dried flowers, grasses, buds and seedheads to celebrate and the promise of warmer, brighter days ✨✨✨

This piece is available to buy, please DM me if interested!

21/01/2024

The wind may be howling but here are some beautiful snaps of Becky and Ross's autumn wedding to warm your cockles!

It was an honour to make dried flower bouquets, buttonholes, hair accessories and wrist corsages for the couple's amazing day in Edinburgh in late October. And how adorable did their son look in his traditional get-up and baby buttonhole 😍

I am taking bookings for 2024 and 2025 weddings so please do get in touch for a chat about your requirements.

Gorgeous photos by https://www.facebook.com/Struvephotography/ shared with kind permission from the couple!

09/01/2024

One month since our festive wreathing workshop The Angel at Watlington, and what a lovely afternoon we had!

I am planning to hold another workshop in the spring/summer (or both) for a dried flower 'cloud' similar to the one in the photos - please drop me a like or DM if this would be of interest 💙

29/12/2023

A year in colours 🌈🌈🌈

Here's a roundup of my creations in 2023 organised by colour palette (time-consuming but oh so satisfying!)

Thanks to everyone for your interest and support this year, and here's to a 2024 full of even more colour ✨

A reminder that I am taking bookings for wedding and home décor commissions in 2024 and beyond so do get in touch if you would like to discuss your requirements.

16/12/2023

Final festive wreaths of 2023 went out today! Thanks everyone for your orders, it's been a pleasure making them 🎄✨🎀

12/12/2023

🌲 🌲 Last few days for ordering wreaths 🌲🌲

I have a lot of leftover festive foliage from our wreathing workshop on Saturday so am taking orders for small (approx 30cm across) Christmas wreaths on a pay-what-you-can basis. Here are a couple of wreaths collected by local customers today!

I can also provide DIY kits for small wreaths, if you prefer to make one yourself!

Last few days to get your orders in as I'll be unavailable for making from Wednesday 20th onwards. DM me or email [email protected] to order/enquire.

07/12/2023

Traditional evergreen festive wreaths heading out to local customers today 🎄 there’s still time to order before Christmas so get in touch via DM if you’re interested ✨✨

24/11/2023

Here's a throwback to late summer with these absolutely stunning photos of Alice and Adam's early September wedding by Winston Sanders Photography.

It was a joy to create dried flower bouquets, buttonholes, hair grips and a corsage for the couple, which worked so well alongside the fresh flowers grown and arranged by Marsh Farm Flowers. The joy just radiates from these pictures, it looked like such a wonderful day!

Many congratulations again to the happy couple!

My books are open for 2024 weddings so please get in touch if you'd like to discuss bespoke dried flower arrangements using British flowers for yours.

19/11/2023

I have a few festive wreaths and other décor for sale, please see photos for details. All handmade by me in my Watlington studio. Collection or local delivery possible at extra cost.

Also open to orders/commissions so let me know if you'd like something bespoke making up! 🎄✨