Press & media information

Media releases for our Gold-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show exhibit 2025

  • The Farewell FLowers Directory wins gold medal at RHS Chelsea FLower Show 2025. Gill Hodgson, Carole Patilla, Nicola Hill and Georgie Newbery created the winning display of sustainable funeral flowers and are pictured holding the medal.

    News and images from the show

    Download our media release about the Royal Visit and our gold-medal winning display. The final section of the release contains a link to a folder with images from the show which can be used to with a credit to The Farewell Flowers Directory. Please contact Liz Anderson PR with any show interview or other requests.

    Download media release with show image links
  • Harold, our wire sculpture of an old man in a flat cap, sits on a bench at RHS Chelsea Flower show on the Farewell Flowers Directory display. Gill Hodgson chats to visitors in the background.

    An historic first for funeral flowers

    Download our media release explaining the rationale and design for our gold-medal winning display at RHS Chelsea May 2025. This release also has full links to contact details for interviews and comment, high quality images and our logo.

    download media release
  • A gravestone is surrounded by spires of foxgloves and long grasses on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show display of sustainable funeral flowers by The Farewell Flowers Directory

    Why we're promoting plastic-free funeral flowers

    Our directory was set up in May 2024 as a not-for-profit listing service to connect consumers with florists who can provide plastic-free, compostable flowers. Why plastic-free? Plastic floral foam underpins the majority of floral tributes in the UK and its disposal to landfill is both polluting and problematic.

    more about the plastic problem

Meet the Team

  • GIll Hodgson of Fieldhouse Flowers stands with a shareable arrangement in the form of a funeral casket spray made with seasonal spring ranunculus, aquilegia and anemones. It's on a woven coffin set against a backdrop of meadow and hills.

    Gill Hodgson MBE, Fieldhouse Flowers

    CO-FOUNDER

    Read Bio
  • Carole Patilla of Tuckshop Flowers holds a natural tied funeral sheaf of early summer flowers. Behind her, the countryside reflects the fresh green colours of the season.

    Carole Patilla, Tuckshop Flowers

    CO-FOUNDER

    Read Bio

  • Liz Anderson, Liz Anderson PR

    PR & MEDIA

    Contact

Get in touch.

If you’d like more information, interviews or images, please get in touch with our team and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.