Every November and December, we turn our beautiful barn into the Dairy Barns Flower School. Fully decorated with fresh festive displays using lots of local foliage and How Hill Holly, we invite you to come and immerse yourself in Christmas and create something beautiful for your own home.
Flower School
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Traditional Christmas Wreath Making
29th November 10.30am
30th November 6pm
3rd December 1pm
5th December 10.30am
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How Hill Holly Orchard Tour & Traditional Wreath Making
27 November 10.30am
28 November 10.30am
2 December 10.30am
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Large Christmas Star Wreath
4 December 1pm
6 December 10.30am
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Christmas Windowsill, Table or Hearth Design
10 December 6pm
12 December 10.30am
Our Flower School Story
My mum, Jill, is an amazing flower arranger and has been teaching and demonstrating for more than 40 years. Her claim to fame is her silver gilt medal for flower design with NAFAS at the Chelsea Flower Show. I grew up surrounded by flowers and was involved in flowers and flower design from a very young age. Before opening the Dairy Barns, I completed a 2-year floral design course, studied at Paula Prykes’ London Flower School and was a NAFAS demonstrator travelling all over the region demonstrating flower design. We ran flower workshops locally for many years, and when we opened the barns, we continued up until 2012. Wedding flowers then took over, as did my young family. As of Christmas 2024, we decided it was the right time to bring the flower school back to Dairy Barns, and we were delighted to be featured on the BBC with our Traditional Christmas Wreaths.
What You Can Expect At Our Flower School & Workshops
All our workshops are suitable for all abilities; they are welcoming and informative, with lots of hints and tips, and, most importantly, fun, with the end result being something beautiful that you have created to decorate your home. A perfect pre-Christmas experience, leaving you full of festive cheer!
The workshops are held in over large barn, decorated with gorgeous Christmas decorations, and you will be welcomed with a selection of drinks, including Prosecco, Mulled Wine, and good coffee, along with delicious festive nibbles. The barn is nice and warm with underfloor heating, and we have a well-lit undercover car park area. The barn is fully accessible to wheelchair users.
Prices include all materials, tuition and refreshments; we ask that you bring flower scissors or pruners! There will be lots of local fresh foliage from the farm and How Hill Holly Orchard along with beautiful Christmas ribbons and sparkly bits and pieces. Groups will be kept small to ensure everyone can ask questions and get the assistance they need.
If you would like to arrange a private workshop for a group of friends or work colleagues, please get in touch, and we would love to host you
Please call me on 01692 598243 or email enquiries@dairybarns.co.uk if you have any questions before booking.
REVIEWS
Went to a wreath making workshop today absolutely lovely and so friendly nibbles were served and we had a lovely afternoon and made a beautiful wreath would highly recommend thank you so much 🥰
Caroline, December 25
Had a wonderful afternoon creating at the wreath workshop today 🎄💚❤️ Hannah was so friendly, knowledgeable and had the best stock available for everyone to create a beautiful Christmas wreaths. Thank you 🤩
Beverly, December 25