Flower Workshop at Fork and Flowers

The best thing about moving to a new area is finding new places to discover.

And the moment I walked into Fork and Flowers in Shaftesbury, I knew I had found a special place. A family run business, filled with pretty stems and bursting with antiques.

Cassie show cases other local businesses and uses their pop up pieces to style her carefully curated shop. There are vintage apothecary bottles squeezed next to antique crockery and decorative home ware.

Her window displays are award winning and as I snapped away quietly, it was lovely to see the passers by stop and stare at the vision before them.

Not only does Cassie offer a bespoke floristry service to her many happy clients, she runs workshops through the year for adults and children.

Next week on Tuesday she is running 2 workshops for children during half term and there are still a few spaces left. As we have family visiting on Tuesday we were lucky enough to spend Friday after school stuffing some gourds with beautiful flowers. 

The boys were totally engaged and played nicely with Cassie's two children. Sammy asked questions and Ollie was determined to cut his own stems! It was lovely to see them doing such a calm activity and now our fireplace is filled with pretty pumpkins!

There are so many photo opportunities at Fork and Flowers, the garden where Cassie grows all their foliage and the baskets of gourds that line the floor, the rustic old table by the milk churns , the old stone steps. And I couldn't resist taking a few photos or five ;)

Find out more about the upcoming workshops at Fork and Flowers Facebook page or connect with Cassie on Twitter or Instagram.