Natural Surroundings Wildflower Festival
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June 2026, featuring the REALLY WILD FLOWER SHOW
Our third annual show will be the wonderfully joyful mix of floral arrangements, displays, artworks and guided walks around the gardens. The previous years have been blessed with glorious summer weather making this weekend a real celebration of all that is good about wildlife-friendly gardening. For 2026 we have the same judges, Nik, Cal, Ellen-Mary and Jane-Ann, who will be making sure that all is fair on the day and deciding on the best in each class plus an overall 'best in show' and judges’ favourite.
We hope you will not only come along and enjoy the weekend and would be delighted if you enter the show. Download the schedule see below) and enter as many classes as you wish. For this show we have repeated some of our favourite classes from previous years - arrangements of wildlife friendly flowers, a ‘meadow in a vase’, garden 'weeds’, and a tiny posy of bee-friendly flowers, as well as new classes such as a ‘miniature wildlife garden’. All classes are suitable for all ages.
There are also art, photography and craft classes too, with some particularly suitable for children. Any queries or questions about the show can be directed to Anne at Natural Surroundings (contact details here).
Gardens and grounds open 10.30am - 5pm Saturday and Sunday
Show opens 11.30am - 4.30pm Saturday and 10.30am - 4pm Sunday. Presentation of Prizes at 2pm on Sunday
Enter our flower show, enjoy the exhibits and guided walks and come back for the prize-giving on Sunday. Free entry to the flower show (normal charges apply to gardens and grounds).
Download the full Really Wild Flower Show schedule
Conditions of acceptance of entries
Only one entry per class per person. All classes cost 50p to enter.
Children's entries are free (under 16's)
All flowers must have been grown in the exhibitor’s own garden or allotment. Exhibits for craft classes must be home-made.
The Judges' decision is final, so pay special attention to the schedule.
For example - how many items you have to submit
- the minimum/maximum sizes given
- specific preparation or display instructions
Each exhibitor is responsible for staging their entry, in cooperation with the appointed stewards. Please provide your own vases. Allow enough time to prepare your exhibits. The judges will take freshness and condition into account. Think about presentation. The benches will be marked out with the class numbers and you will be given an entry number to place next to your exhibit.The committee are not responsible for loss or damage of any personal items.
Exhibits are to be registered for entry between 8.30 a.m. and 10a.m. on the day of the show. No entry will be accepted after 10am. The committee reserve the right to refuse any entry. Judging will commence at 10.15am and the public will have access at 11.30 am.
All exhibits should be removed from 4pm on Sunday 28th June. Any exhibit not collected by 5pm will be disposed of.
Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in all classes.
Exhibitors are reminded that deviation of any entry from the schedule and notes in quantity, description or variety will render the entry void.