Flower Festival

GO FLORAL FOR A BLOOMING LOVELY NEW FLOWER FESTIVAL!

Flower Festival at Abbey Farm Abbotsbury

26-28 August 2023, 10-4pm

This August sees a new 3-day event in the West Dorset calendar, with the first ever Flower Festival at new destination Abbey Farm Abbotsbury. 

The organisers are encouraging visitors to dress in floral prints and for those who want to get a little more creative, there will be a prize for the most outstanding flower-inspired outfit! "We would love as many people as possible to get into the spirit of the event and dress in floral clothes, hats, corsages, fascinators and perhaps any four-legged friends might also join in!" say event organisers.

On 26-28 August (Bank Holiday Weekend), Abbey Farm will be hosting a festival of all things floral and nature related. There will be lots of stalls by makers who create crafts inspired by nature, as well as talks, themed walks and workshops and as a flower and herb menu by Cherries Café.

Music is also planned for the event and anyone who would like to be considered for an Open Mic Session during the weekend should email: [email protected].

 The flower festival is a nod to Abbotsbury's tradition when the local children carried their beautiful flower and greenery covered garlands around the village collecting for charity before they placed them at the War Memorial in the churchyard; in the past the garlands used to be cast into the sea.

 Penny Callaghan, owner of From My Mother's Garden says: "We decided to create this event because as a collection of artistic businesses, "flowers and nature" is a common theme. We have Abbey Farm Flowers Pick Your Own on site as well as Duir Soaps and of course my own clothing label is inspired by my mother's garden. Clare Hawkes takes inspiration from nature with her landscape paintings, Make & Mend sells local Dorset crafts including items made from floral Liberty prints and Cherries Café is a vibrant café using seasonal produce and is decorated in a colourful floral mural. Add to this the famous Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens and the flower wreath traditions, it made it a natural event to host in the village."

The programme of events will be published on the Abbey Farm Abbotsbury recently launched website: www.abbeyfarmabbotsbury.co.uk in the coming months.