Upcoming events
Saturday 11th May 2024
Flowers to die for
The Coffin Works
13-15 Fleet Street, The Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1JP
12 noon - 3.30 pm
Join Carole Patilla of Tuckshop Flowers for her interactive funeral flowers pop-up display in Birmingham’s grade II listed Coffin Works - formerly Newman Brothers, the last coffin-furniture manufactory in the UK who operated from these Fleet Street premises for over 100 years. Meet ‘Miriam’ - Carole’s original shareable casket spray, explore ideas for what natural, sustainable funeral flowers can be and make your own compostable mini wreath with a dried flower embellishment to take away. This Dying Matters Awareness Week event celebrates the public launch of the Farewell Flowers Directory and provides a great opportunity to have a joyful think about how funeral flowers can reflect your personality and life without leaving behind a legacy of plastic.
Cost: the pop-up event is free but admission charges for the museum apply.
Tuesday 9th - Friday 12th July 2024
Sustainable funeral flowers at The Great Yorkshire Show
Meet Gill Hodgson of Fieldhouse Flowers at The Great Yorkshire Show this summer. She’s going to show visitors how lovely sustainable funeral flowers can be, and that these important flowers have their place in the public eye, just like any other floral display. Let’s talk about them! Meet Gill, enjoy the flowers and have a chat about the wonderful world of eco-friendly funeral floristry.
The Great Yorkshire Showground, Railway Road, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ
Saturday 17th July 2024
Sustainable funeral flowers at The Driffield Show
The Driffield Showground, Driffield Road, Kelleythorpe, East Yorkshire YO25 9FB
Gill Hodgson’s sustainable funeral flowers return to the flowery scene once more for the largest one day show in the UK. Come and meet Fieldhouse Flowers and find out just how lovely locally grown and eco-friendly flowers can be. See for yourself that funeral flowers aren’t scary and simply enjoy them for the gorgeous blooms that they showcase.