Welcome to Strawberry Hill House & Garden, now open, Sunday – Thursday.
Closed on Thursday 30 September due to a private hire.
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.
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
Flower Festival Tours
Friday 8 – Sunday 10, 9.15am & 10am
Explore the Flower Festival with an exclusive morning tour with either Leigh Chappell or Janne Ford, Floral Artists and Festival Curators, to learn more about the floral installations on display and gain a greater insight into top floral techniques, followed by Coffee & Pastries in the Garden Cafe.
Tickets: Standard Adult: £22, Members & Patrons: £12, Students: £12
Tour and Talk by Lucy the Flower Hunter
Friday 8 October 2021 at 6.30pm
Lucy will talk about how our landscapes and gardens have once again become our sanctuaries, offering the solace and the undemanding pleasure that nature has to offer us and that we find ourselves craving. Ticket includes a Tour of the Flower Festival and a glass of fizz.
Tickets: Standard Adult: £25, Members & Patrons and Students: £12.50
Workshops and Demonstrations
Friday 8 October
12 noon: How to create a hand tied bouquet with Leigh Chappell & Janne Ford
2pm: The Power of Flowers with Janine Gerhart, medical herbalist
4pm: The Beauty of Dried Flowers with Emma Spowage
Saturday 9 October
11am: Children’s Workshop, Botanical Clay Prints with Claire Sutton, Fig and Fern
2pm: Create a bowl of flowers using sustainable techniques with Louise Langdon
Sunday 10 October
12 noon: Lasagne Planting with Ashley Edwards, Head Gardener at Horatio’s Garden
2pm: Traditional basket weaving with basket maker Eleanor Morgan
A selection of short films curated for our 2020 Online Flower Festival
Leigh Chappell Flowers
Leigh Chappell – Floral Designer and co-curator of #StrawberryFlowerFestival shares some stunning imagery from an arrangement.
Holly-Bee Flowers Studio & Garden
Holly-Bee from Holly-Bee Flowers Studio & Garden offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of her beautiful flower garden & cutting studio based in Devon.
Holly-Bee Flowers Studio & Garden
www.hollybeeflowers.co.uk
@hollybee_flowers
Pig Pen Flowers
Join Kim from Pig Pen Flowers for a cuppa, as she shows you a little bit of her cutting garden and explains the process for a truly authentic seed to bouquet business.
Pig Pen Flowers
@pigpenflowers
www.pigpenflowers.co.uk
Passion Flowers by Emma Spowage
Based in the beautiful North Essex countryside, Emma Spowage, shares a glimpse into her beautiful floral artistry.
‘Passion Flowers by Emma Spowage’
@passionflowersbyemmaspowage
www.passionflowersbyemmaspowage.co.uk
Louise Langdon
Floral Artist Louise Langdon demonstrates a stunning yet simple arrangement.
Louise Langdon – creating stories in flora
www.louiselangdonflorals.co.uk/
@louisejlangdon
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Strawberry Hill House is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture.
