Many thanks for the fantastic Organ / Piano and Violin playing.
Flower festival
The silver Belles & Bows
A fantastic mandolin & guitar group keep the music flowing.
The music from the toddlers
The flower festival continues. The toddler group provided some great tunes that took me back a few years!!
The flower festival is open
The church looks beautiful so come and see the magnificent flower displays.
There is music every hour with Janet Martin kicking off the proceedings.
A very well done to all those involved.
The work begins – updated photos
The work on the spire has begun. The first step is to create access to the spire with 100’s of scaffold poles!
Although the work has begun its not too late to donate.
If you feel able, please vist our Donation Page today. Many thanks
Flower Festival music line up
Here’s the line up of music during the festival plus once you’ve paid to enter, you can stay all day or return as many times as you like over the 3 days. How fantastic is that!
Tickets are selling well for Saturday night Flo-Fest Concert which will include Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in D minor, songs from Phantom of the Opera and Ivor the Engine! Have you got your ticket yet?
Flower Festival sponsorship
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO HAVE SPONSORED OUR FLOWER FESTIVAL WITH DONATIONS OF MONEY, RAFFLE PRIZES OR THEIR SERVICES.
Carroll Estate Agents
Mama’s Cakeshop
Franco & Pino Barbers
Peter Neale Hairdressers
Kerrs Accountants
LMB Group (Loft conversions)
BBS Plumbing and Plastics
Dream Doors
Croydon Kitchen Studio
Goodfella Vapes
Lisa’s Florist
Anthony Leonard Associates
Kanes Florist
Silk Hairdressers
Grove Millican (Surveyors)
Shirley Dry Cleaners
Back in Shape Clinic
V Gibson Butchers
R J Groves Associates Ltd
Empire RV Ltd
The Co-operative Group
Picture Partnership
Wickham Dry Cleaners
Romeo Italian Bistro
Stagecoach
PTA Garage Services
Shirley Shoe Repairs & Key Cutting
Velvet Beauty Rooms
Shirley Cafe
Newsrack
Java & Chai Tearoom
Barnes Nurseries
Janet Martin (Wedding/Funeral Singer)
Regal Nails
If you feel you would like to add to this list please use the contact us section and select flower festival
Flower Festival – Alex Mitchell
Alex Mitchell (http://alex-mitchell.co.uk/) is a journalist, author and gardener. She is the gardening columnist for the London Evening Standard and the author of The Girl’s Guide to Growing Your Own, The Edible Balcony, The Rurbanite and Gardening on a Shoestring. She will be at the Shirley Flower Festival on Saturday 14th September to answer your gardening questions. Bring along your copy of any of her books to get them signed too.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alex-Mitchell/e/B003X0CEWG/
For more information on our flower festival please browse our flower festival section at https://testing.stjohnsshirley.org.uk/category/flower-festival/
Flower Festival update
We’re pleased to announce there will be over 30 floral arrangements enhancing our beautiful church and reflecting the food and colour of different countries around the world. Each display will be staged by a different community group as shown here
To compliment the floral arrangements we have some wonderful talented musicians performing and discounted Early Bird advance tickets for the Flo-Fest Concert are now on sale here
There will be music playing across all days of the festival, the complete line up can be found here
Are you able to donate any of the following items for our Harvest Market?
- Homemade jams, preserves and chutneys (ingredients listed or recipe please)
- Plants (potted up and labelled please)
- Homegrown produce
We are raising funds to repair our Church Spire; sponsoring a £5 shingle is a great way to ‘Save our Spire’ and be a part of helping to secure the future of this beautiful grade II listed church. You can make a donation to us anytime by visiting our Donation Page
Want to know more or get involved? Visit https://testing.stjohnsshirley.org.uk/category/flower-festival/
or use the contact us button
Beautiful Flowers
In anticipation of our Festival in September, here are some photographs taken recently at Cambridge Botanical Gardens.
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah 40 verse 5, celebrating the glorious diversity of God in creation
