Welcome to Pip Bensley Flowers
FLOWERS
We want the flowers you give flowers to be special and memorable. Our bouquets will never get mistaken for a supermarket bunch or a standard mail order bouquet.
To do this we buy from the best growers in the world and put together flowers with soul. No standard recipes here.
We work with a New Forest artisan flower grower who produces stunning English flowers that remind you of quieter, calmer days gone by. They bring back memories of people you love and gardens from your childhood with everything from delicious scented garden roses to old fashioned cornflowers and sweet peas. Then we pair that with top quality flowers from responsible growers across the world, choosing seasonal flowers wherever possible.
We love colour, and you can choose between our different colour palettes, or we can choose for you and create a stunning bouquet of the freshest seasonal flowers.
Bouquets are made in a glass vase so that they are “ready to go” straight out of the wrapping and are packed in sustainable paper and card packaging. They have full care instructions on the back of your message card and come with sachets of flower food to keep them looking gorgeous.
Farewell flowers have a garden feel making use fo Pip’s years in the nursery trade. Pip understands how to capture a natural flowing feel inspired by classic designers like Constance Spry.
VASES
We have a fantastic, ever changing, selection of vintage flowers vases. You can buy online or invite us to your event.
Pip’s mother was an antique dealer with a huge love of English ceramics. This has obvioucly rubbed off on Pip and her collection of vases made the basis of her vase offering during covid when normal business ground to a halt.
You will always find Pip rummaging through antique shops, checking out auctions and hunting round ccar boot sales and charity shops.
She specialises in Constance Spry inspired vases but also has a great collection of ikebana and Clive Brooker along with a sneaking love of mid century modern vases.
We have a huge collection most of which never makes it to the website so if you are looking for a specific vase do check whether we have it tucked away.
LEARNING & TALKS
For Pip’s very popular talks to clubs and societies across the UK just click here
We run regular classes, teach workshops at your flower club, have flower crown or wreath making sessions in your own venue, judge at your flower show and do speaking engagements
Explore your creative streak with Confidence Builder lessons to build your natural confidence.
Our new courses start in January but you can join at any stage during the year. Learn in a friendly, fun, supportive atmosphere. Classes will be at Colbury Memorial Hall, near Southampton.
Pip tutors workshops at all levels from supportive flower club practical sessions to advanced contemporary flower clubs and design groups with a special emphasis on making sure you are taken out of your comfort zone and supported through the process of widening your design boundaries.
If you have any questions, or to book a course or workshop, please contact us via our contact page.
Pip’s book The Gardener’s Guide to Climbers and Wall Shrubs brought her to the attention of Elspeth Briscoe the founder of Learning with Experts and Pip was invited to create a Climbers course. The online school is now one of the worlds finest learning providers with world class tutors and you can link to Pip’s course here.