What’s On at Common Farm Flowers This Week
If you’re planning your own wedding flowers, learning to cut from your garden, or looking for thoughtful, sustainable approaches to funeral flowers, we’ve got a beautiful run of online demos coming up.
Over the next two weeks at Common Farm Flowers, Georgie will be live online with 3 practical sessions plus 2 Club Live Chats for our paying Substack subscribers. Here’s everything you need to know to book in.
Week of 27th April 2026
Monday 27 April - The Prepping Wedding Flowers Demo (online)
What it is: a live online planning demo for anyone doing their own, or helping a friend do their wedding flowers.
Join Georgie and she’ll show you exactly how to work out your stem counts for cutting, how to plan the timings for conditioning and floristry, and her top tips for getting the flowers beautifully done in plenty of time before the big day. This is the session that takes the panic out of DIY wedding flowers.
Perfect for: DIY brides, grooms, mothers, mothers-in-law and friends who have said yes to doing the flowers.
Tip: this demo is also available in a discounted package with the Bridal Party Flowers Demo. See the package offer.
Tuesday 28th April - The Bridal Party Flowers Demo (online)
What it is: a detailed online floristry session for people planning to create their own bridal party flowers.
Using flowers and foliage cut from her own Somerset flower farm, Georgie will talk you through cutting and creating a hand-tied bride’s bouquet, a bridesmaid’s posy, and a buttonhole (boutonnière). She’ll share top tips for stem counts, design balance, conditioning, timing, and how to get the very best from your flowers on the wedding day itself.
Perfect for: anyone making bouquets, posies and buttonholes for a wedding, whether you’re the bride, a family member, or a friend with a garden full of flowers.
Tip: pair it with Monday’s Prepping Wedding Flowers Demo for a discount. See the package offer.
Wednesday 29th April - The Cutting and Conditioning Your Flowers Demo (online)
What it is: a practical online demo packed with Georgie’s top tips for cutting and conditioning cut flowers and foliage so they last.
This is a useful session for anyone cutting flowers for a specific event, gardeners who love to cut from their own patch and want to make more of it, and those with a potential cutting garden who aren’t sure where to start. In short, if you want to cut and arrange flowers from your own garden, this is the one.
Perfect for: home gardeners, new cut flower growers, and anyone cutting for events.
Thursday 30 April - Club Live Chat (for paid Substack subscribers)
The second session of our summer term (ten sessions in total) for paid subscribers on Substack. This week we’re holding our regular general question-and-answer session. These always end up brilliantly varied and useful, so start thinking of your questions now.
Week of 1st May 2026
Thursday 7 May - Club Live Chat: Sustainable Funeral Floristry Demo (for paid Substack subscribers)
Each term we include a live demo for paid Club subscribers, and this week Georgie will share her approach to sustainable funeral floristry. Expect a thoughtful, beautiful session on creating meaningful funeral flowers without floral foam, using seasonal, British-grown flowers and foliage.
Not in the Club yet? You can join here to unlock this demo and the rest of the summer term, as well as archived chats from the last 15 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these demos online or in person?
All 3 of the demos listed are live online sessions. You can join from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
Do I need to do the Prepping Wedding Flowers Demo and the Bridal Party Flowers Demo together?
No, each demo stands on its own. However, most people find them complementary: the Prepping Demo covers planning, stem counts and timings, while the Bridal Party Demo covers the actual making of the bouquets, posies and buttonholes. Booked together as a package, they’re discounted.
Do I need to be an experienced florist to join?
No. These demos are designed for DIY brides, home gardeners, and hobby growers, as well as beginner florists. Georgie explains everything in plain, practical terms.
What is the Common Farm Flowers Club on Substack?
The Club is a paid Substack subscription from Common Farm Flowers. Each term (ten sessions) it includes live Q&A chats with Georgie and at least one live demo, plus a growing archive of writing and recordings.
What is sustainable funeral floristry?
Sustainable funeral floristry creates memorial flowers without floral foam or single-use plastics, typically using seasonal, locally grown flowers and compostable mechanics such as moss, chicken wire, and natural twine.
About Georgie and Common Farm Flowers
Common Farm Flowers is a British flower farm in Somerset, founded by Georgie Newbery. For more than fifteen years, Common Farm has grown seasonal, scented flowers and taught thousands of students, both in person at the farm and online - how to grow, cut, condition, arrange and sell flowers from their own gardens and small-scale flower farms. Georgie is the author of several books on cut flower growing and floristry, and a long-standing voice in the British-grown flowers movement.
Ready to book?
Each demo is available on its own, and the wedding flowers demos can be booked as a discounted package. If you’re thinking about joining the Substack Club, now is the perfect time, the summer term is just getting started.
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