Flourish at the farm
workshops days and training
NEW FOUNDATION COURSE NOW AVAIL!
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NEW FOUNDATION COURSE NOW AVAIL! 〰️
Opening our doors, and welcoming you to the Clockhouse Floral Studio
Join us here at the Clock house – our beautiful, cosy floral studio right here at the farm, complete with log burner for colder days, and full air conditioning for the height of summer! Oh yes, we have thought of everything!
The flowers here could NOT be fresher. With 5 acres of land and around 3 acres of growing space, we are so lucky to be able to provide all the cut flowers for your floristry training, right here from Field Gate Flowers. Our season begins in March, heralding the arrival of spring with a vibrant selection of tulips, ranunculus, and narcissi. We continue to supply a diverse array of fresh blooms and foliage right through until December, ensuring we can feature stunning, seasonal flowers throughout the year. We LOVE to welcome students on to the farm and into our floral studio, Roz will welcome you into her home with open arms and you will receive a personal experience that no other floristry school can offer.
The flower selection you will work with will depend on the time of year, and availability – bringing a true “Farm to Vase” experience to your floristry. The team will cut and condition your flowers the DAY BEFORE you work with them; floral ingredients just don’t get any fresher than that; you will notice the difference that makes for your floral creations.
Our training days and workshops here on the farm;
click drop down arrow, for full details on each…
“From Field to floristry”
Flower Farm Floristry Experience
4th Sept
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Come and join us for a WHOLE DAY here at the flower farm. We will take you on a wonderful journey from Field to Vase, right here at the flower farm!
Starting with our horticultural team - you will have a farm tour and a talk/demo about our growing methods. This will be seasonal, and focussed on work that is currently being carried out to produce our flower school blooms. You will be shown the correct method for cutting blooms, and will have an opportunity to cut straight from the field, under direction. From our flower fields, we will then venture into the poly-tunnels; and get hands-on with an essential propagation task. You will have every opportunity to see how we operate, get involved, and ask all the burning questions about growing and propagation on our flower farm.
After a delicious lunch together, we progress to the floristry side of the Great British Flower School. Here in the floral studio, we will process your blooms together - using careful handling and conditioning methods, after which we will design and create a stunning floral vase arrangement, which will be yours to take home.
11/2th August
Large Church Installations
(last 2 places)
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Working at a bigger scale, in the surroundings and architecture of a large building, is one of the pure joys of floral design! We LOVE to go large!
It’s important to consider the surroundings and the space that you are designing in. So, we take you to Church, to work within the environment, get a feel for the space and different proportions.
We’ll talk about scale, proportion, colour, visual and actual weight, the importance of balance and the all important foundations.
Delightful Dahlias!
COMING SOON! (Oct 2025)
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Details coming soon!
NEW!
3-DAY FOUNDATION COURSE
15/16/17th October
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Are you thinking about a change of career or want to test the water to see if floristry is for you? Come and join us for 3 WHOLE DAYS here at the flower farm. We will take you on a wonderful journey of eco floristry. For absolute beginners; You will learn everything you need to know, from scratch - to start your new career within the floristry world.
Starting with the essential flower handling & cutting & conditioning, to buttonholes, vase arrangements, bouquet-making, tablescapes and more…using your own design instincts, colour choices and flair - but with our support and guidance! And of course, all foam-free and sustainable.
8th August
Beautiful Bouquets & Meadows
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Enjoy a fabulous flowery day with us here at the farm, to learn two of the essentials of floristry. Starting with the main-stay of all floristry – creating your own hand-tied spiral bouquet – and progressing to a wonderful foam-free versatile meadow box design. All using your own design instincts, colour choices and style and mastering this technique under Ali’s guidance. Even complete beginners have been amazed by how we teach them our simple methods.
With our no-jargon, easy tips and tricks, and simplified teaching methods. EVERYONE leaves happy and proud and confident.
7th June pm
Eco Meadow Box
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The meadow box has become increasingly popular as a design piece in floristry. It’s elegant, whimsical and can give such a good big impact. It’s so versatile too – and can be used in so many areas. Creating a meadow box display with no-foam requires a little bit of mechanics-know-how, and some tips and tricks for ease of transportation. The design options for this versatile piece are endless - we can utilise the meadow box mechanic to work for us in many ways.
No previous experience is necessary, just an absolute love of flowers, colour and naturally abundant displays!
21st June pm
Elegant Compote Bowl
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A beautifully designed bowl centrepiece is a truly stunning addition to any event, wedding or home décor design, but takes much more thought and insight than popping them all straight in.
We’ll show you the design techniques and mechanics, discuss the shape options, the stem choices, looking at our ingredients to create the shape and working with what we have. Colour, texture, form and the all-important use of negative space within a bowl table centre, can make all the difference.
11th Oct
Personal Wedding Flowers
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We’ll show you how to make naturally beautiful-styled personal flowers for the wedding party – whether you are a new florist or flower-grower taking on your first small wedding commissions, or even if you are getting married yourself, and would like to consider creating your own florals!
We’ll take you through it step-by-step so you leave confident in the knowledge that you can do a great job and create something beautiful, that you will be proud of.
Composting and
No Dig Method
COMING SOON! (Sept 2025)
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Details coming soon!
27/28th Sept (fully booked)
6/7th Oct
Eco Funeral Flowers
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It’s a sad truth that the traditional style funeral flowers seen in most funeral director’s catalogues, are leaving more behind than just the memories. Unfortunately, the single-use plastics (plastic-derived floral foam), poly-ribbons and plastic card holders are also making a huge impact on our environment.
We are determined to spread the word and make it part of normal everyday conversation, that alternative options ARE available, and we’d love to share this knowledge and show you how.
