Flower Festivals 2023
Church Flower, Crafts and Arts Festivals - and Coronation events across the area listed by date along with a map of locations. All apologies for errors and omissions - please let us know any errors or edits - thank you. Many of the festivals are also included in the brochure* (available in many participating churches, mid-March 2023; an asterisk [*] below denotes festivals listed in the brochure). You may wish to check with individual churches direct for any changes and ticket availability and prices where appropriate. [Italics = awaiting confirmation]
Opening times: most Flower Festivals open around 10:00am, some with changes on Sundays; please check with individual churches for times and any late changes
Pictures of many of previous floral festivals - and this year's posters, where available - on: www.facebook.com/SouthHollandChurchFestivals
Use: ⋮ / Find in page / CTRL+F / ⌘+F to search for individual churches on this page
🎄- Christmas tree, arts and crafts festivals and coffee mornings on our Christmas 2023 page
Snowdrops and Valentines
Sunday 5 February, 2 - 4: Snowdrops, tea and cake, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
Saturday & Sundays 11 & 12, 18 & 19 and 25 & 26 February, Saturdays 11-3, Sundays 12-3: Snowdrop walks, soup and refreshments at St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) PE11 6TE
Saturday & Sunday 18 & 19 February, 1:00pm: Snowdrop weekend, St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) PE11 3QG
Saturday - Wednesday 11 - 15 February: Wedding Dress display, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN
Mid February: Snowdrops, St Mary Magdalene, Gedney (ACNY) PE12 0BU
February: Snowdrops at St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) ACNY PE6 8AN
Tulip Time Flower Festivals
St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) PE11 4EW - No Flower Festival in 2023 (2/23)
Saturday 15 April, 10:00am: Spring Fayre, Bourne Evangelical Church (FB) PE10 9LB
Saturday 15 April, 10:00am: Craft Café, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) ACNY PE6 9LP
Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 April: Flower Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft (ACNY) PE20 2NJ
Saturday 22 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Famous People born in Lincolnshire', St Laurence Surfleet (FB) PE11 4AB / PE11 4DA
Saturday 22 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Scarecrows travel back in time', St Mary's, Sutterton (FB) PE20 2JH
Wednesday 26 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'A Festival of Flowers', St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) PE11 3QG; Festival Praise, 28/4 at 7:00pm
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Saying it with flowers ... songs from the Operettas', with G&S Festival Concert 29/4, 7:00pm, £12 / £6, St Mary's (FB) Pinchbeck PE11 3UA; Festival Gilbert & Sullivan concert, 29/4, 7:00pm
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Bible Superheroes', (opening service 27/4 at 9:30am, then:) 10:00am, Gosberton Methodist (FB) with Songs of Praise - Sunday 30 April, 4:30pm PE11 4NQ
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Celebrating Arts & Crafts', Moulton Chapel Methodist (Moulton Chapel Tuliptime Village Festival and Parade: Sunday 30 April) PE12 0XR
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Celebration Year', St James Moulton Chapel (Elloe Stone group) PE12 0XQ
Friday 28 April - Saturday 29 April: Flower Festival, soup lunch 12-2, cream teas 2-4, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) near PE20 2EY
Friday 28 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Fenland Scenes', All Saints, Holbeach (FB) with Lincs Fire & Rescue Band free concert, 29/4 at 7:00pm; Have-a-Go singing, 30/4 at 10:30am, Pet service, 30/4 at 4:00pm and Have-a-Go bellringing, 1/5 at 1:00pm PE12 7LL
Friday 28 April - Tuesday 2 May: Flower Festival*, 'All the Fun of the Fair', St Mary Long Sutton, (FB) ACNY
Friday 28 April - Friday 5 May: Flower Festival*, 'Hobbies and Crafts', St Mary & the Holy Rood, Donington ACNY PE11 4UA
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 April: Flower Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft (ACNY) PE20 2NJ
Saturday 29 April - Monday 1 May, Flower Festival*, 'Kings and Queens in the Bible', Fleet Baptist with Songs of Praise - Sunday 30 April, 3:30pm PE12 8LL
Saturday 29 April - Monday 1 May, Flower and Craft Festival*, St Mary Magdalene, Fleet PE12 8NN
Saturday 29 April - Sunday 30 April, Flower Festival 'Pastimes'*, St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills, PE12 6DQ (near PE12 6DS)
Sunday 30 April, 2:00pm: Coronation Crafts: St John's, Baston in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 30 April - Monday 1 May, 11:00am: Uffington Scarecrow Festival - and 'The Piano'; more info via St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
Wednesday 22 March - Sunday 30 April: 'Threads Through Creation' by Jacqui Parkinson Textiles at Peterborough Cathedral (FB)
Coronation Celebrations Saturday 6 May: Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 May: Triduum of Prayer and special Mass for the King on the Eve of the Coronation (5/5); more info via The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Friday 5 May, 2:00pm: King's Coronation Party, Tydd St Mary village hall; more info via Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Friday 5 May, from 3:30pm: Coronation celebration and Bonfire, BYO picnic, tickets and more info from Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) PE11 4LE
Friday 5 - Monday 8 May: Coronation Flower Festival, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY, PE6 8NP
Saturday 6 May: King's Coronation broadcast on the big screen - with faith tea at Bourne Salvation Army (FB)
Sunday 6 May, 3:30pm music 'Shoddy Waddy', 4:40pm service: Churches Together in the Deepings (FB) Riverside Park; more info via St Guthlac's (FB)
Saturday 6 May, all day: Children's Activities with the King's Coronation broadcast on screens at St John the Baptist, (FB) tbc
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May: Lantern Parade, Jubilee Beacon and Sunday Coronation Picnic and Sunday at 4:30pm Coronation Praise church service; more info via All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY PE12 6QB
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May: Coronation: decorated church open on Saturday; Cream Teas with Prosecco, 3:00pm Sunday at St Mary's Sutterton (FB) ACNY PE20 2JH
Saturday 6 - Monday 8 May, 2:00pm: Coronation Festivities, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Saturday 6 - Wednesday 10 May: Beacon (6/5, 9:30pm), Big Lunch (7/5- cancelled 8/4) & Flower Festival (8/5 - 10/5), Holbeach, St Mark with St Matthew (Friends group FB) (Mid Elloe group)
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May: Coronation celebrations - decorated church, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB) (ACNY) PE11 2RA; see also 12:30pm Big Lunch (above)
Saturday 6 - Monday 8 May, 2:00pm: Flower Festival 'Coronation', A Riot of Royal Decorations: St John's, Baston in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 9:30am: Coronation service, St Mary's Sutterton (FB) ACNY PE20 2JH
Sunday 7 May, 10:00am: Civic service to mark the Coronation, St Guthlac's (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: Café Church followed by shared lunch celebrating the Coronation, Pinchbeck Baptist (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: United service with Spalding United Reformed Church (FB) at Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: Special service, St Mary Long Sutton, (FB) ACNY
Sunday 7 May, 11:00am: Punt Gun Salute outside St Mary's, Cowbit ACNY (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 11:00am: A Joyful Family service to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III; more info via the Benefice of the Uffington Group (FB)
Sunday 7 May, tba: Coronation Lunch at Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sunday 7 May, 12:30pm: Coronation Lunch, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 12:30pm: Coronation Big Lunch in the Vista hall; £10, accompanied children free, advance booking, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 1:00pm: Coronation Picnic in the Park, Deeping St James Jubilee Park (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 2:00pm: Indoor Street Party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY
Sunday 7 May, 3:00pm: Coronation BBQ at Morton House; more info via the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB); Morton (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 3:00pm: Coronation Afternoon Tea, St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) PE10 0EH
Sunday 7 May, 3:30pm: Coronation Celebration Afternoon Tea in the Fraiser Room; more info via St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 5:00pm: Coronation celebration / Songs of Praise at St Luke's, Holbeach Hurn
Monday 8 May, 2:00pm: Celebration Tea, £7, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) ACNY PE6 9LP Sold Out 30/4
Saturday 13 May: Spalding Marching Ambassadors (FB) (Spalding URC, FB) at the Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB)
Saturday 13 May, 9:30am - 4:00pm: Refreshments and a quiet space and more for visitors to the Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB) at Spalding Baptist (FB)
Saturday 13 May, 9:30am - 4:30pm: Refreshments for visitors to the Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB) at Spalding URC, (FB)
Saturday 13 May: Broad Street Methodist (FB) open for the Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB): refreshments, hot drinks, savouries, cakes; church also open as a quiet space
Saturday 13 May: Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB) - in the marquee: Harvest Church (FB)
Saturday 13 May: Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB); decorated church open St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Friday 12 - Monday 15 May, Flower Festival*, 'Let's Celebrate', All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 May: Flower Festival celebrating the Coronation, St Paul's (FB) PE11 2HY tbc
See also: 13 & 14 May, 20 & 21 May: West Lindsey May Churches Festival (FB)
Summer Flower Festivals
Saturday 20 May: Craft Fair*, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN
Friday 26 - Monday 29 May, Flower Festival, 'A Celebration of Hobbies and Holidays' St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY PE11 6TE (brochure*: 28/4 - 1/5)
Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 June, 1:30pm: Open Gardens; more info via Thurlby Methodist (Circuit)
Friday 9 - Sunday 11 June, Flower Festival*, 'Hobbies and Pastimes', Sutton St James near PE12 0EF
Saturday - Sunday 24 - 25 June: Feast Weekend: St John's, Baston in The Ness Group (FB)
Saturday 24 June, 1:00pm: Sweet Pea and Rose show, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY, PE6 8NP
Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 July: Medieval Weekend; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) ACNY
Saturday 8 July: Garden Fête, more info via St Guthlac's (FB)
Thursday 13 - Sunday 16 July, Flower Festival*, 'Famous Duos', St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY)
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 July, Flower Festival*, 'God's Church throughout the World', Sutton St James Baptist (FB) PE12 0EE, Sunday 3:30pm: festival Five Star service 'The International Church'
Friday 21 - Monday 24 July: Art Exhibition and Sale, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN
Sunday 23 July, 3:00pm: Celebration Tea, flowers, short service, St James the Great, Aslackby in the Gilbertine Benefice ACNY (Village FB)
Thursday 27 - Sunday 30 July, Flower Festival*, 'Royal', St Mary Magdalene, Gedney (ACNY) PE12 0BU
August Bank Holiday
Friday 25 - Monday 28 August, Flower Festival*, 'Journeys', St Nicholas, Lutton (FB) PE12 9HP
Friday 25 - Monday 28 August: 'Flower Festivals* through the Years', Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN
Saturday 26 - Monday 28 August, Flower and Craft Festival*, 'Blessèd are the Peacemakers', 26/8 2:00pm: Spalding U3A singing group; 26/8. & 28/8 afternoons: guitar music; 28/8, 11:00am: organ recital, Gosberton Baptist (FB), PE11 4NP
Saturday 26 - Monday 28 August, Flower Festival 'Musicals', St Matthew's, Eye (FB) PE6 7UZ
Harvest Festivals
See also August, September and October Diary pages
Sunday 6 August, 9:30am: Morning worship at Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY - and at 3:00pm: Harvest Festival at Chapel Farm field, PE11 3DS
Saturday 2 September, 9:00am: Art Exhibition, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY)
Sunday 10 September, 10:00am: West Pinchbeck Tractor Run supporting St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) ACNY The Glen Group
Sunday 10 September, 10:30am: Harvest Festival, Sutterton Methodist (FB)
Sunday 10 September, 10:30am: Harvest Festival supporting Apage Care, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 10 September, 11:00am: Harvest, Art and Lunch, Holbeach Baptist Church (FB)
Sunday 10 September, 2:30pm: Harvest Festival, Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB)
Sunday 10 September, 3:00pm: Garden Party in the church grounds, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 September: Harvest Weekend, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone group)
Friday 15 September, 7:00pm: Bring and Share Harvest Supper (drinks provided)
Sunday 17 September, 10:00am: Harvest Festival
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 September: Harvest Weekend, Sutterton, St Mary's (FB) ACNY
Saturday 16 September, 12 - 2: Ploughman's Lunch, £6
Sunday 17 September, 6:00pm: Harvest Festival, followed by Harvest Supper (donations)
Sunday 17 September, 10:00am: Harvest Festival, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone group)
Sunday 17 September, 10:00am: Harvest Festival supporting Deepings Foodbank, followed by walking Treasure Hunt and shared lunch, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) ACNY
Sunday 17 September, 10:30am: Harvest Festival, Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Saturday 23 September, 10:00am: Craft Fayre, St John the Baptist, (FB) (Cancelled 9/23)
Saturday 23 September, 10:00am: Harvest Coffee Morning, Moulton Chapel Methodist
Saturday 23 September, 7:00pm: Ukulele Orchestra supporting Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sunday 24 September, 10:30: Harvest Festival, Gosberton Methodist (FB)
Sunday 24 September, 10:30am: Community Harvest Festival followed by lunch, Moulton Chapel Methodist
Sunday 24 September, 10:00: Harvest Festival, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) ACNY
Sunday 24 September, 10:00 / 10:30am: United Harvest Festival with St Firmin's, Thurlby (The Ness Group, FB) and Thurlby Methodist (Circuit)
Friday 29 September - Sunday 1 October: Harvest Flower Festival weekend, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Friday 29 September - Sunday 1 October: Harvest Flower Festival weekend, St Laurence Surfleet (FB) PE11 4AB / PE11 4DA
Friday 29 September: Lunch in the Fraiser Room, St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 1 October, 9:15am: Harvest Festival followed by Harvest lunch, St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Saturday 30 September, 6:30pm: Harvest Supper and Quiz Night, tickets £10 from St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) ACNY
Friday 29 September - Sunday 1 October: Flower Festival weekend, Emmanuel Church, Parson Drove, PE13 4JA (FB) (ACNY) (St John's FB) (Murrow FB)
Sunday 1 October, 10:30am: Harvest Festival supporting AgapeCare and Christian Aid, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB); decorated church open all weekend
Sunday 1 October, 10:30am: Harvest Festival, St Mary Long Sutton, (FB) ACNY
Sunday 1 October: Harvest, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft; more info via ACNY
Monday 2 October, 7:00pm: Harvest Supper, £8, Whaplode Drove, St John the Baptist (Elloe Fen group)
Saturday 7 October: Spalding Pumpkin Festival
Sunday 8 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, followed by lunch in the village hall St Nicholas, Lutton (FB) PE12 9HP
Friday 13 October, 7:30pm: Harvest concert 'The Ploughmen and the Crow', £6.50, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Friday 13 October, 7:30pm: Harvest concert 'The Ploughmen and the Crow', £6.50, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 October: Harvest Weekend, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB)
Friday, 7:00pm: Bring and Share Supper(Cancelled, 10/10)
Sunday, 10:30am: Harvest service
Sunday 15 October, 10:30am: Harvest Festival, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Sunday 15 October, 10:00am: Harvest Festival, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY PE11 3ET
Sunday 15 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Thursday 19 October, 7:00pm: Harvest Supper in the Youth & Community Hall, £10; more info via St James, Moulton Chapel (FB) (Elloe Stone group)
Sunday 22 October, 9:30am: Harvest Festival, Sutton St Edmund (Elloe Fen group)
Sunday 22 October, 3:00pm: Harvest Tea followed by short service of thanksgiving, St James the Great, Aslackby in the Gilbertine Benefice ACNY
Thursday 26 October, 7:00pm: Harvest Celebration, followed by refreshments, Holbeach, St Mark with St Matthew (Friends group FB) (Mid Elloe group)
Apologies for errors or omissions; see also neighbouring Churches Together groups
