If you are thinking of joining one of our 3 day sessions in 2027....

We’ve thoroughly enjoyed our 3 day retreats and workshop at the farm in Somerset this year. We’ve one more retreat taking place next week (The Lifestyle Business Retreat), which we are really looking forward to. The retreat will mark the end of our 2026 season of teaching and then we look ahead to the 2027 calendar, which is already mostly planned out and on our website.

If you are thinking of booking one of our 3 day sessions in 2027, I want to remind you that if you book now (before 22nd November) you will pay the price we charged in 2026. Prices will need to rise after this date. Booking now doesn’t mean you have to pay the full amount immediately. Please read on……

Ways to book

• You can book now and pay in full

• Or we are very happy if you’d prefer to pay in instalments (email nicola@commonfarmflowers.com if you’d like to arrange this)

• Use the Common Farm Flowers discount code for 10% off, if you’re a paid subscriber. You can still use this if you’d prefer to pay in instalments

• And if you aren’t a paid subscriber - consider becoming one, as the discount on a 3 day session is more than the annual subscription fee (and subscribing comes with many other benefits too!) Find out more.

Other useful information

• Each of these sessions is likely to only take place once in 2027 (unless demand and diary commitments allow us to add an extra date for The Lifestyle Business Retreat, but this isn’t guaranteed at the moment)

• All take place at Common Farm Flowers in Somerset

• Places are very limited - we like to keep the groups really small for these 3 day sessions

• You’ll get to enjoy lunch each day at our local farm shop (included in the price)

Here’s a brief outline for each of our 3 day sessions. Please click the links below for the full details. We are also very happy to answer any questions you might have about these sessions, either in the comments below or drop us a message.

The Lifestyle Business Retreat

Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th February 2027

The Lifestyle Business Retreat is for small business founders (and those who’d like to be) who want to step away from the daily whirlwind, take stock, and return with clarity, direction, and energy. Over 3 days at Common Farm Flowers in Somerset, under the expert guidance of Georgie Newbery, Alice Armstrong Scales and Francesca McGarey, we’ll explore:

• Focus: be clear on your objectives and define what ‘enough’ looks like for you.

• Renew: build the habits and mindset to keep your progress steady and sustainable.

• Marketing: build the identity and voice that markets your business, even when you’re not.

Because running a business should be about more than just ‘keeping up’. It should support a full life, which as well as your business includes family, friends, learning and space for growth.

This retreat is for anyone who wants to:

• Step away from being ‘always busy’ and move toward calm productivity.

• Reframe how they run their small business, not for growth at any cost, but for balance and meaning.

• Start or further develop a lifestyle business with clarity, confidence, and practical tools.

Whether you’re already running a business or just dreaming one up, these 3 days will give you the structure, systems, and energy to make it work for you.

The Eco Floristry Retreat

Tuesday 15th, Wednesday 16th, Thursday 17th June 2027

Release your inner garden florist at this glorious 3 day retreat at Common Farm Flowers between Bruton and Wincanton in Somerset! Imagine having 3 acres of flowers from which to cut, learning all about harvesting flowers, conditioning, and then creating with them. Imagine giving yourself 3 days in which to do all this: time for yourself, time to nurture your creativity, time to learn how your passion for flowers needn’t cost the earth.

Over 3 days we will learn all about hand tied bouquets and bridal party flowers, table centre flowers and floral installations. With the larger floral installations, we are very much driven by what you, the students, want to make, and while there will certainly be arches and urns filled with flowers on this day, there may be other pieces people would like to try: garlanding, meadow boxes, hanging arches, and more, for which we will find time having harvested cut flowers especially in the morning.

This retreat is truly suitable for anyone - from the enthusiastic amateur florist or a pro who wants to refine their sustainable floristry skills.

The Flower Farming Intensive Workshop

Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th October 2027

This is a comprehensive 3 day workshop for flower farmers who are ready to build a more productive, profitable, and sustainable business, covering every dimension of running a successful flower farming business: land management and growing practice, business planning and marketing, and cutting, conditioning, and floristry.

Over 3 days at Common Farm Flowers, you will move from the fields to the spreadsheet to the florist’s bucket, building a complete and honest picture of your business and leaving with practical strategies you can apply immediately.

This is not a course about growing pretty flowers. It is about growing a business that works: one that makes good use of your land, pays you fairly for your time, and gives you a life as well as a livelihood.

This workshop is suitable for flower farmers with some experience of growing for sale who want to refine their processes, optimise their time and crop, make more of their land, and make sure they are taking full advantage of everything flower farming has to offer.