Brighten someone’s day with a bunch from one of our favourite London flower shops
London’s flower scene is blooming, with studios and shops all over town offering their spin on the classic gift, and many offer delivery around the city. In East London, stalls in market halls including Hackney’s Mare Street Market and Old Spitalfields sell everything from £1 daffodils to extravagant bunches. At Liberty London, displays of pretty seasonal blooms make up one of the loveliest store fronts in the city. And all across the capital, enterprising florists are delivering flowers from their allotments, cutting gardens and nurseries. Plus, many flower shops run classes to share their wisdom with eager at-home florists.
Sage Flowers, Peckham
Female-run florist Sage Flowers in Peckham combines a community-minded attitude with a mission to use the craft for good and challenge the industry’s traditionally ‘pale, male and stale’ image. As a result, Romy St Clair and Iona Mathieson’s designs are experimental and exciting, and have generated collaborations with big names such as Glossier and Mercedes-Benz, plus they caught the starry eyes of Stormzy and Rihanna. Not only do they turn out stunning creations with quirky zinnias and colourful anthuriums, playfully paired with fragrant rosemary and two-tone amaryllis, but the duo also run FutureFlowers workshop, a free three-month training course that aims to break down barriers for people of colour entering the industry, now sold out until December.
Address: Sage Flowers, 232 Rye Lane, London SE15 4NL
Telephone: +44 20 7732 5442
Website: sageflowers.co.uk
Price: from £25
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