INSPIRING OTHERS TO NOURISH THEIR creativity, TO LIVE CONNECTED & NURTURED BY BEAUTY & FLOWERS

Allow me to create for or with you, the most exquisite flowers.

Hello flower lover, I’m Katherine English, florist, and an artisan who has chosen flowers as the medium to share my eye for colour, shape, movement, texture and exquisite details.

It is an expression of my inner self that I had kept tenderly close to me until life conspired to bring change. It was about serendipity and how magically pieces of what I have always loved came together. My heart had always longed to share my creativity, love for flowers, and the nourishment it can give others. Then when change came I studied floristry formally, full time for a year. Alongside this I was incredibly fortunate to also learn with La Musa de La Flores, a world renowned floral artisan and teacher.

My vision for creating was inside me. Study helped me to refine my eye, and understand deeper how to express through flowers the mood, lightness and exquisite details that set my work apart. I wanted to bring my way of designing with flowers to others who love a garden style, but in a more refined way. And encourage and support others to share in exploring their creativity. This was the start of Katherine English Flora in 2020 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

  • I came to see a real need and desire here in Christchurch, and perhaps even further afield, for flowers that evoke both elegance and a sense of wild spontaneity. Those that have a feel of a romantic English garden. A hidden walled garden, with seasonal treasures that take your breath away. Full and abundant, and yet a little wild around the edges. One with treasures that you would not find in a more commercial florist, the flowers and stems that you wish you had in your own garden.

    My flowers honour some very special British florists, and especially the original foraging florist Constance Spry. But always created in my own way. It is just a happy coincidence that my name is English! I love this quote from Constance.

    “You have no idea how wonderful it is to come out of the dark frustration of being unable to crystallise such visions you may have, and to find suddenly a possible medium of expression.” – Constance Spry

    There is a longing in many to fill their hearts through flowers and nature. For brides, gardeners, growers, for anyone who simply loves flowers. It’s about having a desire to feel the way that flowers give us a connection with beauty, and nature and time to leave behind the everyday. A time to be nourished. I’m here to share my joy and vision with you.

    If you’re a flower lover, a bride yearning for breathtakingly romantic flowers, a gardener or flower grower wanting to learn how to create bouquets or arrangements, I’m here.

    Or maybe you’d simply love to experience time with flowers as a way to nourish your soul. They really can do that.

ENQUIRE

“Every hedgerow and field, every garden, little or big, every street barrow, flower shop window, holds the material of your art. Your imagination is fired and feeds on things that perhaps before you’d never noticed.”

- Constance Spry

  • “I feel like my eyes are just opening up to a very different world of floral artistry, and what I could create from just my little garden.”

    Gemma

  • “Your arrangements speak of a gentle hand and discerning eye, making art pieces. Not just floral bunches.”

    Roz

  • “Your flowers, they stand apart. You truly have a gift for sculpting and painting with them”

    Jimmie

  • “Katherine’s gentle and approachable way of sharing knowledge, both in flowers and photography was most helpful in my journey. The photography tips were instrumental in building my Instagram portfolio, which led to my dream job!”

    Luke

  • “You taught me so much, and in a way that was professional and gentle. I’ll be first in line to sign up for another class!”

    Alla

  • “You have a very natural, raw ability to transcend garden flowers into arrangements that look ethereal, whimsical and romantic.”

    Jera

  • “The way you respect and place each flower is magic, and your choices and pairing with colours is wonderful.”

    Keryn

  • “I was absolutely blown away by your images when I discovered your Instagram account. Everything is so beautifully designed, styled and photographed!”

    Graeme

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A little note about the turtle hidden throughout this, it has a deeply personal meaning for me. It represents not giving up on your dreams, even when life feels like it might be moving slowly. Like in the story of the hare and the tortoise. It feels perfect for how my life has come to this place of now living connected to what nourishes and fills me. It is my talisman.

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I sometimes surprise myself that such a small number of well chosen flowers can make an arrangement. This gathering was inspired by a fossick in my neighbours garden, he has a wonderfully overgrown area tucked away and that is where I found the &ldqu
Something I want to practice and learn more about is photographing gardens, especially over this winter when I have a little more time. Right now, ginko trees are putting on their finest drapery before each little fan leaf flutters to the ground. I c
When I’m gathering from my cutting garden, I’m hunting for flowers with threads of connection. It is time I love and is just as important as the making of an arrangement. I’m looking for colours that link and proportions that are ap
Now the land is overgrown, decaying and withdrawing into its winter rest. All that is left are the last exquisite chrysanthemums and a few hardy stragglers. Every golden leaf has become a jewel, seedheads are sculptures, and tendrils treasures. The
Branches laden with the weight of berries, and dahlias rushing to open before warm days draw to a close. Here the month of May is the very last of what we might see as abundant. This last offering of thanks was carried out and placed in my cutting ga
The last glorious gasp of the dahlias. This is how I see my garden now, loose, almost going over but oh so sumptuous in its fading glory. In this I was aiming for a look of having given up on restraint or control. As I have with my garden, for now. I

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