Seasonal wreaths - the art of sustainable floristry

Learn sustainable floristry with award-winning florist Kathryn Cronin from Fierceblooms and celebrate the seasonal rhythms by creating wreaths with flowers from her canalside cutting garden. Built on a straw and string base, Kathryn will guide you through her unique techniques for combining shapes, textures, and colours, to make seasonal wreaths for autumn and winter.

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For the harvest and autumn equinox, join Kathryn to create a seasonal wreath, weaving this year’s harvest of fresh and dried flowers into the base to make a wreath full of movement and life.

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Or for to celebrate mid-winter, choose to make a fresh wreath with scented foliage, berries, cones, and teasels, or an everlasting wreath of dried flowers and seed heads.

Suitable for complete beginners, flower growers, or experienced florists, there will be discussions on avoiding plastics, silk ribbons, and Kathryn’s top ten varieties to grow and how to dry them.

Colour options of flowers and foliage will vary depending on the season​

14 December 2025​

Festive winter wreaths

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26 September 2026

Harvest wreaths​​​

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12 December 2026

Festive winter wreaths​​​

or

celebrate the spring equinox

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 ​Capture the wild side of sustainable floristry ​​​​​

 Costs below include: Tuition fees as well as flowers and foliage,

a handmade reusable straw ring & a silk ribbon

Fresh winter wreath 2025 - morning - (9.30-12.30)  - £95

Dry winter wreath 2025 - afternoon - (2-5pm) - £125

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Autumnal wreath 2026  - (9.30am-1pm)  or (2-5.30pm) - £125

Fresh winter wreath 2026 - (9.30am-1pm)  - £125

Dry winter wreath 2026 - afternoon - (2-5.30pm) - £150

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Tea, coffee and biscuits included in your course price

and a tasty lunch if you are staying for both sessions

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We also offer accommodation & evening meals​

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This course is aimed at adults, aged 18yrs + and is suitable for beginners to those with experience

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Please be sure to read terms & conditions before you book

Kathryn Cronin from Fierceblooms is a wild garden–style artisan florist based in the Wharf by the Shropshire Union Canal in Cheshire. She was recently awarded Silver in the Floral Creations category at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025, a testament to her botanical expertise and distinctive design style.

Inspired by childhood days spent in her grandfather’s greenhouse - filled with intoxicating geraniums and cascading fuchsias - Kathryn brings a deep, lifelong passion to her work. With a Botany honours degree from Nottingham University and floral design training from Reaseheath College, she creates fierce, spirited arrangements that capture the essence of each season.

She grows flowers in her canalside cutting garden, forages responsibly from British hedgerows, and designs bespoke wild garden-style arrangements for weddings and events.