Being surrounded by flowers as a child led Anne into the floristry world. Her mum did a night course in flower arranging and her dad bought her mum flowers every week, just like his father did before him! After school work experience in a flower shop, she went on to qualify and then to teach. Now she has her own eponymous shop near Shrewsbury and likes nothing better than hand tying an impromptu bouquet.
My grandad always bought flowers for my gran weekly and my dad always bought flowers for my mum weekly. There were always flowers in the house! My dad would buy three lilies a week so we’d have them all over the house in different stages. It just seemed obvious to do my work experience in a flower shop and I fell in love with it.
My shop is three and a half years old now. I worked in shops then I taught floristry in FE for 7 years. I loved it but I felt I was drifting a little bit away from flowers to be honest. We decided to take the leap, sold our house and relocated and bought the shop in the village where my husband grew up. It was a good decision.
There are so many good parts to it. The creative stimulation is great and that was something that I was really missing. I get it daily now and I really really enjoy that.
I’m from Merseyside originally and I used to work in the north west. The style is much more natural around here. I’m really adaptable so I wouldn’t put myself in a style box. I go through moods and seasons but I’ve never been really sparkly or glittery – that’s not really my vibe at all!
I’m proud to be part of the GFG and I always tell my customers to go to the website. You know you’re definitely going to get a good standard.
