Student Stories
Florist / Grower – Clodhopper Blooms
Frances runs Clodhopper Blooms and is a flower grower, florist and calligrapher living and working in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Frances specialises in using seasonal British grown flowers that she grow in her own cutting garden wherever possible, believing in protecting nature wherever possible.
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Florist – Floryn Flowers
Floryn Flowers is a Preston based florist with a focus on sustainability and natural elegant floral design. Jules is influenced by the practice of Ikebana creating arrangements that are both floral and sculptural.
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Grower / Florist – Madge & Ivy
Meet Julie Woodford, a season-led flower grower and florist based in Hertfordshire who offers natural, garden-inspired flowers grown with care. Her creative business, Madge & Ivy Flowers, named after her grandmothers, celebrates the beauty of homegrown, sustainable, and seasonal flowers.
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Florist / Grower – Midnight Rose Design
Midnight Rose Design is a floral artistry & micro-scale flower grower based in sunny Staffordshire. Meg enjoys working on creative installations and loves nothing more than a beautiful hand-tied bouquet made with beautiful, British grown blooms that reflect the seasons.
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Florist – Florence & Wild
Paula's style is natural and gathered with added pops of uniqueness. Paula loves flowers to flow freely, blending colours and textures with unusual foliage and grasses, adding just a pinch of her Yorkshire garden to give perfect individuality.
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Florist – Small Wonders
Sam believes in flowers with feeling. Small Wonders floral studio is a safe space for non-traditional love stories, modern rituals, and creative expression. Sam's work is about connection, whether designing bold bouquets for weddings or small gestures that speak volumes. It’s florals for life’s small wonders.
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Grower/Florist – Petal & Pitchfork Flowers
Locally-grown, chemical-free wedding and special occasion flowers in Poulsbo, Washington, USA. Stacy is an avid lover of nature; a forager, backpacker and wilderness adventurer who intentionally weaves her love of the natural world into her designs.
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Florist – Nettie of the Gorge
Nestled in Ironbridge Gorge, World Heritage Site and Conservation Area, Nettie of the Gorge creates and promotes natural floral designs with a touch of the wild, specialising in beautiful floral workshops and wildly unique weddings.
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Florist – Sprig Botanica
Sprig Botanica is a Concept Store and Floral Studio based on the West Coast of Ireland in Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal. Anna has curated a space filled with flowers and carefully selected crafts, textiles, art, accessories and more.
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Florist – Astrantia Studio
Astrantia Studio is inspired by the wilder parts of this Isle. Fiona's floristry is elegant, textural, with just a hint of the untamed. She creates luxurious, expressive designs, incorporating movement, asymmetry and negative space giving the flowers the freedom to breathe and bounce, as they would in their natural setting.
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Florist – Wild Fig Flowers
Wild Fig Flowers is a sustainable floral design company specialising in wedding and event floristry using where possible British seasonal blooms. Julie provides artistic creations for any size event and creates installations using blooms from her outside walled gardens in the summer.
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Florist – FloraWood
FloraWood is a blooming botanical design business that brings the beauty of nature to life. Jen’s vision for FloraWood was to bring people together in beautiful spaces and share the joy of creating. Based in Portland, Oregon, USA, FloraWood uses locally sourced plants and flowers from Oregon growers.
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Florist – Lavender and Bee
Lavender and Bee are committed to ethical floristry and sustainable wedding flowers. Specialising in creating breath-taking wedding arrangements for couples getting married in North Yorkshire that are not only beautiful, but also eco-friendly.
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Florist / Grower – Gouldberry
Based in Worcestershire, Gouldberry specialises in using (and growing) British, seasonal flowers to create unique, nature led designs for any occasion. Lucy loves a good wedding and working with couples to help them bring their dream wedding flowers to life.
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Florist – Jenna Mar Florals
Jenna offers flowers for all occasions from her flower cabin in the Highlands of Scotland. Specialising in small intimate weddings and elopements, Jenna also loves tribute work where she can create really personal pieces.
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Florist – French Blue Florals
Charlotte is a passionate florist and mental health therapist, with a mission is to combine the delicate beauty of flowers with therapeutic techniques that inspire joy and healing. Her studio offers a unique space where floral artistry comes to life, through bespoke arrangements and hands-on workshops that nurture the mind and soul.
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Florist – Simply Bespoke
Whether you require wedding florals, event florals, window installation or sympathy florals, Simply Bespoke Floristry is there to help create florals bespoke to your needs. Based in Guernsey.
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Florist / Grower – Fern Hill Floristry
Fern Hill Floristry grows and arranges wild & seasonal flowers on the Dales / Lakes / Lancashire border. Kim specialises in intimate weddings, elopements & events and is a British flowers enthusiast!
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Florist – Mindenwood Floral Design
Mindenwood Floral Design is a luxury florist covering weddings in the North East of England and North Yorkshire. Lisa creates considered, timeless arrangements that are relaxed in style, working with fresh flowers and foliage, all foam free.
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Florist – Dove & Myrtle
Dove & Myrtle is a bespoke floral studio based just outside of Lewes in East Sussex. Known for their love of using locally grown beautiful flowers, sustainable floral methods and their signature loose, romantic, cottage garden style. Inspired by secret walled gardens, wild roses and orchard meadows, Jane designs and curates incredible flowers to transform your event with a generous sprinkling of floral magic.
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