Flower Club
Join us to learn about all aspects of growing, harvesting, conditioning and arranging with cut flowers throughout the year at our much loved Featherstone’s Flower Club.
Unlock the art of floristry with Featherstone’s Flower Club, where we guide you through the year in growing, harvesting, conditioning, and arranging cut flowers. Whether you're new to floristry or a seasoned enthusiast, our intimate sessions offer expert knowledge to help you cultivate and design beautiful, sustainable arrangements at home.
How it works
Each gathering begins in the field, exploring the seasonal blooms and techniques for harvesting. From there, we move to the picturesque Tithe Barn for a hands-on floral arranging session, each time focusing on a bespoke design that showcases the best of the season’s offerings.
You’ll work on a range of floral projects, from individual arrangements to collaborative installations, with the added benefit of taking your creations and vessels home. Alongside, enjoy refreshments with locally sourced cakes and biscuits.
Refreshments will be served with delicious locally made cakes and biscuits. At the end of the session, you are welcome to take your flowers home.
Flower Club starts at the beginning of April and we run nine sessions. Your purchase buys you eight of these sessions as we know that there is usually something which prevents you from attending during the year.
New members receive their own bucket, snips and guide to sustainable floristry mechanics. Returning members can use their discount for the following year's club.
Each month you will receive notes on the subjects discussed within the session.
You'll also receive a special flower club discount code giving you 10% off any purchases made with us throughout the year.
Course Schedule & Content:
We will be running morning sessions twice a month on a Monday morning and once a month on a Monday evening, which you are able to swap between to best suit you. Morning sessions start at 0930 and evening sessions start at 1830 and last around 2.5 hours.
April
14th (AM & PM) & 21st
Field & Growing: Tour and introduction to the flower field. Preparing Your Flower Beds - Tips on soil preparation, mulching, and selecting the best locations for planting. Planning your seed sowing.
Floristry: The fundamentals of harvesting and conditioning flowers. Create your own vase arrangement to take home. Vase included.
May
12th (AM & PM) & 19th
Field & Growing: Dahlias – buying tubers, preparing the soil, site selection, pests & diseases, ongoing care.
Floristry: The Victorian art of pot – et – fleurs – technique of combining living house plants with cut flowers to create naturalistic floral arrangements.
June
16th (AM & PM) & 23rd
Field & Growing: Caring for Early Bloomers - How to nurture and maintain spring and early summer blooms, including watering, feeding, and pest management. How to harvest – cutting to ensure a continuous supply of the best stems.
Floristry: creating a hand-tied bouquet – learn how to make the perfect spiral and then beautifully wrap your bouquet. Drying flowers – discussion and preparation for October pressed flower Pumpkin.
July
14th (AM & PM) & 21st
Field & Growing: How to harvest – cutting to ensure a continuous supply of the best stems.
Floristry: Group session, creating large scale flower filled urns and bowls. Learn how to create larger scale arrangements in small groups with all of our techniques for adding height and drama.
August
11th (AM & PM) & 18th
Field & Growing: Seed saving – how to collect and store your own seeds. Get hands on with the flowers at the farm and take seeds home.
Floristry: Naturally drying flower crowns & discussion on how to dry flowers
September
15th (AM & PM) & 22nd
Field & Growing: Hardy Annuals – what to sow and how to care for them over winter.
Floristry: Group Session - Creating tablescapes with the dahlias as the stars of the show. Using a mix of techniques – from bud vases to bowl arrangements to decorate a long table.
October
13th & 20th
Field & Growing: Bare root – purchasing and planting bareroot trees and shrubs.
Floristry: Pressed Flower Pumpkins and tea light holders – creating a different take on the traditional Halloween pumpkin by decorating with pressed flowers.
November
10th (AM & PM) & 17th
Field & Growing: Tidying up for winter to help get a great start in the new year.
Floristry: Styling a grand festive winter table – group work (garland, lollipop, candles, fruit, choosing cutlery, napkin holder decorations, linens etc)
December
8th (AM & PM)
End the year with a festive flower club making your Christmas wreath or table arrangement with drinks and nibbles to celebrate the year of flowers!
Please note that topics may be altered depending on the availability of the flowers. It is unlikely that dates will be changed but occasionally this can happen. If so you will be notified in advance.
