Workshops

Photo shows three participants at the Eco Flowers Retreat at Common Farm Flowers with large arrangements they've made on Day 3 of the workshop. The arrangements are full of summer flowers grown sustainably on the Somerset flower farm.

Our workshops, whether online or in person here at Common Farm Flowers, are the perfect way to spend time and make for a lovely treat for yourself or an ideal gift for someone else.

Running throughout the year, we love to share our experience and tips on various fabulous subjects!

 

Here’s our current list of what’s on offer. Just click on each link below to find out more. If there aren't currently dates available please keep your eye on our website / social media / newsletter for news of when we have scheduled new dates. 

Check our calendar for our full list of workshop dates - it's constantly evolving and we may occasionally miss adding something to this list! 

Our online sessions take place via Zoom. We always record these sessions so if you can't attend live you can still book a place and we will send you the recording of the session shortly after it has taken place. Online demos last about an hour; online workshops last about two hours. Online workshop recordings will also be accompanied by workshop notes. 

If you’ve got any questions please contact us. 
  

Workshops at our farm in Somerset

Our workshops at the farm take place in our studio, as well as out and about on the farm) and are limited to usually 10 people, so often sell out. Price includes lunch at our local farm shop!

Flower Farming Workshops and Demos

Whether you've ambitions to earn an income from your cut flower patch, you want to grow flowers for your own pleasure or you're starting out on your very first garden, or you've ambitions to grow flowers for a wedding - our flower farming and flower growing workshops are an ideal opportunity to come and learn from Georgie! 

Sowing and Growing Demos

Whether you grow for profit or for pleasure, we've a range of online demos to help you achieve success when sowing and growing flowers and foliage in your cut flower patch. 

Flower Arranging and Wreath Making Workshops and Demos

Looking to develop new skills or expand on existing ones? Love growing flowers but then not quite sure how to arrange them? Keen to move to a more eco friendly way of arranging your flowers? Or want to arrange your own or a friend's wedding flowers? Then our range of floral based workshops hopefully offer you something of interest!

Wedding and Event Flower Workshops and Demos

We love to see other people being creative with our flowers, or flowers they've grown themselves, and showing people how to create their own arrangements through our online and face to face workshops is a real joy, seeing the pride people take in succeeding in being creative themselves. All of these workshops and demos are helpful if you are planning to DIY your wedding flowers or event flowers. 

Small Business Workshops 

With many years running a successful small business, Georgie Newbery has gathered a great deal of experience and has many lessons to share with other small business owners.  Many of the workshops are suitable for small business owners of any genre. Others are more specifically aimed at flower farmers or florists. 

Mentoring with Georgie 

Join Georgie for a one-to-one or one-to-two mentoring session, because sometimes you’re looking for special advice, specific help, an overview you would like to talk over in a more personalised session. More details here: 

Farm Tours At Common Farm Flowers 

If you're a group looking to book a farm tour please visit our farm tours page for the latest information about this. If you're an individual or couple or small group of friends then two hour long garden tours are linked here: 

Workshop Calendar

For our workshop calendar, which lists dates throughout the year and which workshops are taking place when, please click here.

Workshop Venue

All our workshops and demos are great fun!  Some are held at Common Farm Flowers, whilst many are held online (using Zoom.)  If you are joining as at the farm, we are based in Somerset, South West England - just two hours from London and easy to find just off the A303, nestling in the glorious Somerset countryside between fashionable Bruton and Wincanton. Nearby train stations include Gillingham (in Dorset) and Castle Cary.

Garden Visits

Common Farm Flowers also offers Farm Tours at different times of the year. The tours are open to various groups, including (but not exclusively) horticultural societies, floristry groups, W.I. and so on. You can contact us to organise a tour for your group or join one of our mixed tours instead. Find out more here.

Stay A While

If you want to turn coming to one of our workshops into a short break, we have plenty of cheerful B&Bs nearby and interesting things to see and do right on ourdoorstep, including the Hauser and Wirth art gallery just a couple of minutes drive down the road!

How To Book

You can book our workshops via our online shop, but please feel free to contact us if you’ve any questions about coming along to one of our sessions! 

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