Join flower farmer and willow wreather Georgie Newbery for a demonstration and discussion about how to plant and grow willow for using in floristry and wreathing.
For over twenty years Georgie has been growing willow for cropping at her flower farm in Somerset, and so many people ask her what she grows, how she harvests, and how to uses the willow in floristry, that she decided it’s time to turn all that information into one of her online teaching sessions.
So, book a place and learn how to grow willow, harvest it, and use it year round in floristry and wreathing.
This is a new demo for 2025.
If you are interested in this demo you might also like some of other demos and bundles, including:
The Perennials and Foliage Duo of Demos
The Perennials and Foliage Trio of Demos
Suitable for:
Gardening enthusiasts and garden florists as well as people looking to widen their sustainable floristry and wreathing knowledge.
Why do a workshop or demo with Common Farm Flowers?
Georgie Newbery has been building her small business growing flowers for sale and creating floristry with material she’s grown on the farm since 2010. She is a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Floristry Judge, RHS dahlia trials committee member, and Garden Media Guild New Talent Award Judge.
Georgie does not see other flower farmers and florists as competition, but rather as potential colleagues and collaborators. Georgie knows that it is in her interest to teach her students everything she knows. And she spends a great deal of time talking to other flower farmers and small business owners and learning as much as she can around the subject of running small businesses and farming gardens and small acreage.
There are no secrets held back from you at a Common Farm Flowers workshop.
Information about all our online workshops and demos:
You are welcome to join our workshops and demos whether you grow for pleasure or profit, and wherever you are in the world.
All our online workshops and demos take place via Zoom at 5.00pm (UK time.)
Workshops last approximately two hours and demos are around one hour.
Online workshop numbers are generally restricted to a maximum of 20 students.
We will be in touch a few days before the workshop with your joining instructions. This email will come from nicola@commonfarmflowers.com. If you’ve not heard from Nicola 48 hours before the session takes place please email nicola@commonfarmflowers.com but do please first check your junk / spam items and make sure you are checking the inbox of the email address you used to book your place.
We record all our sessions, which means you don’t miss out if, for example, you get interrupted or lose internet connection during the course of the session.
All our online workshops and demos work well if you can’t attend live. Simply book your place as if you were coming along and we will send you the recordings as soon as possible after the session has taken place.
We will send recordings (and notes for workshops) within 7 days of the session taking place, but usually much sooner than this.
Please familiarise yourself with our terms and conditions in case you need to cancel your workshop or demo place.
