Attend the Flower Festival 2025 at the Strawberry Hill House, featuring The Faery Tale Castle
Strawberry Hill House & Garden to Host Sustainable Flower Festival
In September 2025, Strawberry Hill House & Garden in the UK will be transformed into a magical faery-tale realm for the Strawberry Hill House & Garden Flower Festival. Running from the 12th to the 14th of September, the event will showcase over 50 pioneering UK floral artists, all of whom are committed to sustainability.
The festival's theme, "The Faery Tale Castle", draws inspiration from folklore, fairy legends, and mystical motifs such as spinning wheels, a witch's perfumery, flying carpets, a goblin market, and a giant spider in the gardens. This unique event aims to provide an immersive and enchanting experience for all visitors.
The festival is guest-curated by botanical artist Gaia Eros and founder Leigh Chappell. Among the participating floral artists is Acacia Creative Studio, known for their work at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show and Hampton Court, bringing their signature magical floral designs to Strawberry Hill this year.
Sustainability is at the heart of this festival. All displays will use only British flowers, with no floral foam or single-use plastics. The materials used are locally sourced, foraged, or grown by the florists themselves, ensuring minimal waste that goes solely to compost. This event is known as the UK’s most sustainable flower festival and stands apart from typical flower shows in both spirit and eco-conscious practice.
Related events include the Talk & Tour (Late) on Friday 12 September at 6:30 PM, featuring an after-hours tour and a live floral performance from Sophie Powell. Additionally, workshops on floral arrangement and photography, dried flowers, and even candlelit castle tours will be available throughout the festival weekend.
Visitors are encouraged to explore the Gothic architecture and gardens of Strawberry Hill House, Britain's first faery-tale castle and a key influence on the Gothic revival movement. Tickets and further details are available via the Strawberry Hill House website.
In summary:
- The Strawberry Hill House & Garden Flower Festival will take place from the 12th to the 14th of September 2025.
- The festival emphasizes sustainability by using only British-grown flowers with no floral foam or single-use plastics.
- The festival is guest-curated by botanical artist Gaia Eros and founder Leigh Chappell.
- Sixty of the UK's pioneering floral artists will create spellbinding displays inspired by folklore and fairy legends.
- Yan Skates will be designing with OLMS Bamboo Pods, which are water vials made from bamboo by-products and are fully compostable.
- Florists are encouraged to think not only creatively, but conscientiously - crafting beauty that leaves no trace.
- All displays will use only British flowers and sustainable techniques, free from floral foam and single-use plastics.
- All materials are locally sourced, foraged, or grown by the florists themselves - no imported blooms, no wasteful packaging.
- The Talk & Tour (Late) event will take place on Friday 12 September at 6:30 PM, featuring an after-hours tour and a live floral performance from Sophie Powell.
- Workshops on floral arrangement and photography, dried flowers, and even candlelit castle tours will also be available.
This festival exemplifies cutting-edge sustainable floral artistry combined with rich historic and mythic storytelling in a unique cultural setting.
- The Strawberry Hill House & Garden Flower Festival will take place from the 12th to the 14th of September 2025, showcasing over 50 UK floral artists and their sustainable designs.
- Sixty pioneering floral artists will use British flowers for their spellbinding displays, all of which will be free from floral foam and single-use plastics.
- The event, guest-curated by botanical artist Gaia Eros and founder Leigh Chappell, will incorporate motifs from folklore, fairy legends, and mystical themes such as spinning wheels and flying carpets.
- Visitors can enjoy workshops on floral arrangement and photography, dried flowers, and candlelit castle tours, in addition to a late-night Talk & Tour event and a live floral performance from Sophie Powell.
- Yan Skates' designs with OLMS Bamboo Pods will also be featured, showcasing water vials made from bamboo by-products that are fully compostable.
