The Ludlow Flower Forager

The Ludlow Flower Forager Forager, Flower Farmer, Florist, Freelancer. Growing and gathering with the seasons. Seasonal wreaths
Dried flowers throughout the year.

Drop me a line to enquire, I will try to make easy and quick

Contact Kim via email

[email protected].

04/09/2025

The first line-up for you to preview today before market day.

( Sun 14th, Castle Square, Ludlow - Food Festival weekend)

Rich, autumnal, vibrant and warm; some of my vintage flower pots, and a large meadow box arrangement.

I’ve got lots of gorgeous wreaths to share with you, and I’ve started to create a pile of the popular hanging hearts, will show you those at the weekend…

These richly toned designs are going to be perfect to take you through to the festive season, they’ll add cosy warmth to your home, as you settle down and nest for the winter…

As always, most of the materials are grown here in Ludlow, some are foraged and carefully preserved, others come from my cutting garden.

The little flower pots are an absolute delight, proper vintage, some mossy, all unique.

Reserve anything that catches your eye for collection at the weekend - drop me an email for details, I promise a prompt response and to make purchasing quick and easy.
Kim

[email protected]

03/09/2025

Ludlow’s iconic food festival weekend is coming up, mid month - it’s pretty famous country-wide : Such a busy weekend, the town is always buzzing for this event. I will be on market square with all the wreaths, bunches, bouquets that I’ve been working on and storing up in preparation. More individual pics to follow - but here’s a taster from last weekend at Gather in Ludlow.

28/08/2025

I’m so lucky - I’ve been given a box full of these teeny vintage flower pots- every one of them divine!

The first few had to be filled immediately - I really couldn’t wait to pop in bunches of dried flowers and grasses.

I found the perfect medium to fill the pots with - good old air-dry clay; it adds weight and is really easy to use instead of flower foam.

Filmed this morning - just before the sun came over the trees, the moment was perfect for candlelight.

There are a dozen now filled and ready to take along to FOLD - the artisan market at gather@ - the SY8 studios, behind the hospital on Gravel hill.
Park at the library and walk just 250m to find us.

This Saturday - 12 till 5

FOLD on Saturday 30th 12 till 5 The first outing this summer for my freshly dried flowers : wreaths, bunches and hearts...
25/08/2025

FOLD on Saturday 30th 12 till 5

The first outing this summer for my freshly dried flowers : wreaths, bunches and hearts.
First opportunity for you to take the pick of the bunch.

Foraged grasses and bracken tucked in amongst garden flowers; all carefully preserved to give many months of colour to your home. I’ve got a lovely range of styles and colourways for you.

Feels like it’s just about time to prepare for the cosy months, shake the grass seeds out of your hair, put on some shoes and move back indoors again after an epic summer of field rambles and garden days!

Recall summer long after it’s gone with a gentle reminder in the form of flowers that were collected during those wonderful months and gathered into beautiful wreaths and bunches to fill your favourite jugs and vases…

FOLD is at Gather in Ludlow - the SY8 Studios - tucked back behind the hospital on Gravel Hill, in a beautiful old building, now re-imagined as a studio, co-work and coffee heaven.

Parking on site (SY8 1FP)

14/08/2025

Wedding Flowers This Month:
A simple tied-sheaf style bridal bouquet and matching buttonholes - my client’s brief for the wedding is : Festival themed - a barn venue, summery colours, cocktails, bunting and much dancing!
Wed-Fest!

Working to a modest budget, and using many of my own home-grown and dried flowers; the end result is softly and romantically colourful - not too
harsh, just perfect for a hazy August day.

Smaller weddings are absolutely my thing - no huge floral arches, no mad expense; just beautiful bouquets, buttonholes and jam-jars brimming with colourful flowers, wild grasses, bracken and berries.

Something designed to reflect the season, the place, the couple…

Some recent dried flower pieces. We have the famous Ludlow Food Festival coming up in September, fortunately I’ve got a ...
13/08/2025

Some recent dried flower pieces.
We have the famous Ludlow Food Festival coming up in September, fortunately I’ve got a space on the market in Castle Square one day that weekend, so it’s all systems go to build up a range of wreaths, bouquets, hearts and bunches in the hopes of good weather and lots of visitors.

Sept 14th - Sunday - there will be LOTS of flowers - believe me….

Just a reminder that you might like to attend a small group workshop to make an autumn wreath on Saturday 23rd or Sunday...
11/08/2025

Just a reminder that you might like to attend a small group workshop to make an autumn wreath on Saturday 23rd or Sunday 24th August - both afternoons.

At The Clive. £50 pp

We will be using lovely fresh or dried ( your choice ) materials to create a textural wreath full of harvest goodness!

This relaxed, friendly session allows plenty of time for you to immerse and unwind in a creative activity that’s ideal as a first project - or will allow you to add to your skills if it’s something you’ve enjoyed before.

Drop me a line for all the details and to reserve one of the remaining places.

Autumn workshop excitement is building!🍁🍂🍁🌿🍃🍂🍂🍁🍃🍁🍃🍂🌿This is the very first release of my autumn wreath workshop, and spa...
01/08/2025

Autumn workshop excitement is building!

🍁🍂🍁🌿🍃🍂🍂🍁🍃🍁🍃🍂🌿

This is the very first release of my autumn wreath workshop, and spaces have already been snapped up by followers who saw a heads-up on Stories.
(another good reason to add my stories to your favourites)

Only 2 places left for Saturday 23rd
There are just 4 spots on Sunday 24th

You’ll be able to pick from boxes and baskets of gorgeous autumnal materials to make your wreath.
Choose all-dried foliage, grasses, seed-heads oats and wheat.
Alternatively, select fresh oak, apples, berries and bracken… or combine them all!

As always, I will demonstrate the technique and bring inspirational completed wreaths along for you to study.
You’ll be fully supported and assisted during this relaxed session.

Small group workshop runs from 1 till 4.
£50 pp
Refreshments available from The Clive.

We’ve a perfect spot - the covered courtyard at The Clive, Bromfield - 4 miles from Ludlow
Plenty of free parking and great shopping opportunities on the spot!

I will build a wait list - any spots that aren’t promptly booked with payment will be released to you - so don’t hesitate to your register your interest 😉

A little focus today on our dried flower bouquets.Sometimes, just a bunch is what you need.A treat for yourself - popped...
30/07/2025

A little focus today on our dried flower bouquets.

Sometimes, just a bunch is what you need.

A treat for yourself - popped into a favourite vase at home,
or perhaps wrapped and sent to a friend with a personal message, for when only something hand-picked and arranged with real, honest provenance will do.

Nothing dusty or desiccated about these, they are full of vibrancy, colour and freshness.
They last for months - another bonus.

You’ll know - if you’re a follower - that these were all either foraged, grown or sourced in Shropshire and that each element was carefully collected and dried by hand.

If you’d like a bunch of dried flowers ( even perhaps to make your own summer wreath ) drop me an enquiry over.
I’d love to hear from you and to help you find your perfect bunch.

Pick a colour-scheme, size, and choose delivery 📦or collection.

We create pretty little posies from £15 to big fat tied bouquets at £60 and all the price points in between.
UK P&P is £3.99.

Email if that suits you best : [email protected]

I promise to make the purchase process as easy as possible and to make sure that you receive a wonderful bunch of dried flowers that you’ll love.

Kim

29/07/2025

Have you seen the low-growing clouds of grass; golden and shimmering in the sunlight, on your July walks?

Likely, you’ve found Common Bent. It loves sunny, dry meadow edges, exposed footpaths and verges.
At this time of year, when most grasses are spent and degraded, this one is a dream find for a foraging florist.

A fat bunch of the grasses is pretty enough to simply fill a vase with.
They last all year with minimal drop and bring a really late-summer - almost prairie vibe.

The perfect backdrop to my home-grown colourful strawflowers.
Juicy Opal Fruit shades! Or Starburst shades to you youngsters 🙄.

I’m on a mission to make lots of these beautiful hand-tied bunches to fill your chunky vases and jugs - please drop me a message to reserve yours.

The cost will be twenty if your freshly home-printed, artisan Ludlow pounds,
and they’ll be ready from this coming weekend.

Kim x

A new, smaller wreath ready today. This first one, on a 25cm vine ring, is just £25.I’ve tucked rudbekia, rose, larkspur...
27/07/2025

A new, smaller wreath ready today. This first one, on a 25cm vine ring, is just £25.
I’ve tucked rudbekia, rose, larkspur and sea lavender in. A real summery, garden look to this little wreath.
It has a chunky big sister, the second wreath on the same size ring, but an all-round design, is £30.
An email to me, Kim at this address - Ludlowflowerforager.yahoo.com will secure your choice.
Thanks again, it’s lovely to be sending out so many new wreaths!

Yesterday the weather was perfect for foraging; not too hot, and I was booked for the day to deliver a private workshop ...
27/07/2025

Yesterday the weather was perfect for foraging; not too hot, and I was booked for the day to deliver a private workshop focussed on floristry skills - particularly dried flower wreaths, bouquets, hearts - for a florist who wanted to nail the techniques for working with dried materials for her business.

In the afternoon we had a change of scenery and went out for a forage.
I wanted to show my florist client how to create compelling, fresh, fascinating autumn wreaths.

Long-lasting ones that dry out and evolve beautifully for customers who will enjoy them from September ‘till their Christmas wreath.

We collected grasses, blackberries, rowan, oak and bracken.

Back home with the wild materials and additions, we spent a couple of hours wreath- making, taking photos and video snippets for her social media.
The work we did is solid gold, she can now confidently offer fabulous wreaths to her clients and we’ve plenty of pics to promote them early.

It was a long and busy day, but truly beneficial to my client - working with dried flowers is tricky and learning about what we can forage and dry for those full and textured wreaths and bouquets was completely new to her.

She took home the pieces she made to sell on her Etsy page, which will help to offset the cost of a one-to-one intensive day of training.

I had a big glass of wine and cleared up the mess we made ( oh my God, it’s messy work!)
All-in- all an absolutely perfect day…

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