Flower festival

'Colours of the Wind' Flower Festival

Event Date: 
01/06/2019 - 10:00am to 06/06/2019 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Crediton Parish Church, Crediton

The Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival is one of the main fundraising events for the upkeep of Holy Cross and many people from our parishes work to make it a very special and memorable week.

The 2019 Festival has the intriguing title ‘Colours of the Wind’ and runs from 10am on Saturday 1st June until 5pm on Thursday 6th June.

Work towards the 2019 Flower Festival began as soon as the 2018 Festival ended.

Last years’ Festival was ‘In Our Element’ and if you would like to see photos of previous festivals and videos of how a car and a rhino got into the church then...

'In Our Element' Flower Festival Crediton Parish Church

Event Date: 
04/06/2018 - 10:30am to 6:00pm
Venue: 
Crediton Parish Church

Monday 4th June 10.30am to 6pm. FREE admission and parking. Disabled Access. Hot and Cold refreshments. FREE tours of the Bell Tower and historic Governors Room.

Postcode EX17 2AH. There is a bus stop near the church and Crediton station on the Tarka Line is only 15min walk from the church. For photos and videos of previous Flower Festivals visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/creditonparishchurchfestivals

Rainbow Rhino in Crediton

Authored by Melman5
Posted: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 10:24am

Rainbow Rhino has arrived in Crediton for the annual Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival.

Rainbow Rhino has been kindly loaned by the Art department at Exeter School for the Flower Festival entitled 'What's the Point...'

See how the team of flower arrangers have interpreted the brief by visiting the Festival between Saturday 3rd and Thursday 8th June.

See Crediton Flower Festival Facebook page for more details.

How do you get a rhino and a car into Church?

Authored by Melman5
Posted: Wed, 05/17/2017 - 1:58pm

Crediton is getting ready for a new visitor.

The team at Crediton Parish Church have to produce new themes and ideas each year, which will work as an exhibition with flowers. This year's Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival theme is no exception.

Intriguingly entitled 'What's the Point...', the team will be coaxing a rhino into church, with our outside broadcast crew taking photos and video from a safe distance.

Twelve months hard work goes into the planning and preparation for the Festival. If you wish to see how our talented (and brave) team...

Poltimore Flower Festival

Event Date: 
22/04/2017 - 10:30am to 23/04/2017 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Poltimore House, Exeter.

Over 40 tutors and students from one of the UK’s leading flower schools, the Academy of Floral Art near Exeter, are joining forces to create a series of floral displays in the Grade II listed Poltimore House to mark St George’s Day weekend.

Abandoned in the 1980s and now undergoing extensive renovation by the Poltimore House Trust, Poltimore is a Devonshire landmark and an evocative setting for a flower festival. Visitors to the Flower Festival will be free to wander through the Tudor courtyard, the Entrance Hall and Salon and admire awe-inspiring floral designs and sculptures,...

Academy of Floral Art to bring Poltimore House into bloom

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/07/2017 - 3:12pm

Over 40 tutors and students from one of the UK’s leading flower schools, the Academy of Floral Art near Exeter, are joining forces to create a series of floral displays in the Grade II listed Poltimore House to mark St George’s Day weekend. Abandoned in the 1980s and now undergoing extensive renovation by the Poltimore House Trust, Poltimore is a Devonshire landmark and an evocative setting for a flower festival. Visitors to the Flower Festival will be free to wander through the Tudor courtyard, the Entrance Hall and Salon and admire awe-inspiring floral designs and sculptures, including a...

Patronal Flower Festival

Event Date: 
14/07/2016 - 10:00am to 16/07/2016 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
St Margaret's Church, Topsham

The Festival takes place on Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and Saturday 16th July in St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham.

We will be open from 10am to 6pm on the Thursday and Friday and until 5pm on the Saturday.

The funds raised this year will be shared between St. Margaret’s Church and "Peninsula Initiative", a charity which provides practical support for those leaving prison, helping them to make a fresh start in the community.

The theme is the SEVEN AGES OF MAN - very appropriate, given that this year is the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

There will be...

Rainbow Flower Festival, Dunsford

Event Date: 
26/08/2016 - 10:00am to 29/08/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
St Marys Church Dunsford, EX6 7JJ

Dunsford, situated at the top of the Teign Valley, famed for its profusion of wild daffodils and bluebells is holding a rainbow themed Flower Festival over August Bank Holiday, 26-29th

Friday - tranquil viewing Saturday - children's activities including parachuting teddy bears off the church tower.

Sunday - evening songs of praise.

Monday - BBQ brunch and Grand Draw 2pm Rainbow themed stalls/attractions.

Refreshments available throughout.

Donations in aid of church refurbishment.

Admission Free.

10am - 7.30pm daily.

Zeal Monachorum Flower Festival: Weddings

Event Date: 
12/06/2015 - 11:00am to 14/06/2015 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
St Peter’s Church, Zeal Monachorum

A flower festival and garden fete will be part of a weekend of events at St Peter’s Church in Zeal Monachorum from Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June.

The church will be open each day for the flower festival which have a theme of ‘weddings’. More than 10 wedding dresses will be displayed belonging to ladies who were married at St Peter’s with the floral displays around the church depicting the colours of the bouquets.

The church will be open from 2.30pm to 5pm on the Friday, and from 11am to 5pm on the Saturday and Sunday.

A service to commemorate ‘Marriage’ will...

Weddings theme for Zeal Monachorum Flower Festival

A flower festival and garden fete will be part of a weekend of events at St Peter’s Church in Zeal Monachorum from Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June. The church will be open each day for the flower festival which have a theme of ‘weddings’. More than 10 wedding dresses will be displayed belonging to ladies who were married at St Peter’s with the floral displays around the church depicting the colours of the bouquets. The church will be open from 2.30pm to 5pm on the Friday, and from 11am to 5pm on the Saturday and Sunday. A service to commemorate ‘Marriage’ will be held on the Sunday at...

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