Supported by Russell-Cooke

Friday 8 – Sunday 10 October, 11am – 4pm

This autumn the spectacular Strawberry Hill Flower Festival returns for its third year, curated by Floral Artists Leigh Chappell & Janne Ford. Horace Walpole’s villa will once again provide a gorgeous, gothic backdrop to showcase floral designs with all its colour, drama, opulence, light and shadow at this atmospheric time of year.

The Flower Festival brings together over 30 florists and designers sharing their own artistic visions inspired by native flowers and foliage, plus dried and natural elements. All the floral designers – including Holly Bee Flowers, Twisted Sister Floral Design and Wildly Beautiful Flowers – have sustainable practices at the heart of what they do and will be demonstrating what can be achieved using traditional techniques.

In addition to the intricate and dramatic floral creations throughout the house, there will be demonstrations, workshop, tours and a talk by Floral Artist and Author Lucy Hunter and a flower clinic where our own horticultural experts will be on hand.

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Festival Day Tickets

Friday 8 – Sunday 10, 10am – 4pm

The Flower Festival brings together over 30 florists and designers sharing their own artistic visions inspired by native flowers and foliage, plus dried and natural elements.

Tickets: Standard Adult: £14, Members & Patrons: £7, Students: £7
Under 14’s go Free

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Tour followed by a Talk and Floral Demonstration by Lucy the Flower Hunter
Friday 8 October 2021 at 6.30pm

With a lifetime designing award-winning gardens, floral art, and self-taught photography, Lucy’s work is constantly looking at ways in which we can soften and meld the boundaries between the inside and out.

Her talk and demonstration reimagine bouquets where we smell fresh herbs, choose wild strawberries, embrace overgrown hedgerow abundance with long trailing vines and simple roses with open petals in muted colours of fig and soft caramel and scents that speak of nostalgia.  She will encourage us to take pleasure from the flowers that are available as the seasons naturally dictate and appreciate the sometimes-glorious imperfection rather than always looking for the next bigger and better thing.  She will consider ways to look for wonder and beauty in the everyday ordinary and offer simple ways to bring the ‘outside in’ and turn it into the extraordinary.

Ticket includes a Tour of the Flower Festival and a glass of fizz. 

Tickets: Standard Adult: £25, Members & Patrons and Students: £12.50

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