Exciting news! I am helping to organise a British Flower Festival at Holy Trinity Church in Cuckfield. The Festival will run from 13-14th June 11am-5pm and all the designs will be made using sustainable materials and British flowers. We would love to hear from you if you could help us with flowers for the displays. …
They say the early bird catches the worm – book two Chez Fleur wreath workshop spaces before the end of October and you can save £10! For dates and venues click here We make the wreath starting with a 12″ copper ring onto which we add fresh moss before adding lots of lovely foliage. Then…
We’ve had a very busy couple of months with lots of weddings – all of them so different but such a joy to work with every bride designing their perfect flowers! A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of making Sara’s bouquet for her wedding to Paul at the very lovely Pangdean…
I was delighted to have an article featured in our local newspaper a couple of weeks back on the subject of floral foam. It really helps to get the message out there and spread the word that floral foam is a single use plastic which has no place in our industry – it can only…
We are super excited to offer two fabulous workshops for Spring! Thursday 28th March 10.30am – Mother’s Day Hand Tied Bouquet Workshop at The Talbot, Cuckfield £50 per person. Join us for a morning of creativity using beautiful Spring flowers perfect for a Mother’s Day gift. You will be shown the technique for spiralling your…
The problem of foam used in funeral tributes cannot be overstated – literally thousands of tonnes of used foam blocks are dumped in landfill every year from churchyards and cemeteries. Quite apart from the sheer volume of space they take up, most people are completely unaware that these green blocks of used foam will not…
I’m excited! The tide is definitely turning – more and more florists and flower arrangers are ditching the floral foam and reverting to tried and tested methods for arranging flowers. I’ve recently been on two courses to learn how to arrange flowers using chicken wire as a base and it is amazing what can be…
Loving this fabulous new trend for weddings – no flowers just gorgeous scented Eucalyptus foliage Cinerea and Baby Blue Eucalyptus overflowing from these lovely large glass jars lining the aisle at The Harbour Hotel, Brighton for Franki & Josh’s wedding this weekend The windowsills were adorned with clear glass bottles simply filled with…
Hello folks – I’m on a mission! I am constantly amazed at how many people try to cut flowers with kitchen scissors. They really are not sharp enough and mash up the stems giving a poor cut. If you think about it a hairdresser uses scissors which are only ever used to cut hair, ditto…
Throughout March Chez Fleur will be selling daffodils to support the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal – you can buy our specially wrapped British daffs and narcissi next Saturday 10 March at Cuckfield Local market or The Bay Tree pop up (and at Hurst Prep school on Friday 9 March) just in time for Mother’s…