Flower Festivals 2019
Flower, Crafts and Arts Festivals 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. You may wish to check with individual churches direct for any changes and ticket availability and prices where appropriate. [Italics on autumn events = awaiting confirmation]
The leaflet (collated by Robert Molson) was made available during February 2019
Pictures of many of previous floral festivals - and this year's posters, where available - on: www.facebook.com/SouthHollandChurchFestivals
February 9 & 10, 16 & 17, 23 & 24, 11:30am - 3:30pm: Snowdrop walks at St Mary's, Whaplode
St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, PE11 4UA (ACNY): 'Memories'
Saturday 27 April - Sunday 5 May
All Saints, Moulton, PE12 6QB: 'Around the World in Forty Displays'
Saturday 27 April - Monday 6 May
St Laurence Church, Surfleet, PE11 4AB: 'Wedding Anniversaries'
Saturday 27 April - Monday 6 May
St Maryʼs, Long Sutton, PE12 9JJ: 'Shape Up'
Saturday 27 April - Monday 6 May
St Maryʼs, Pinchbeck, PE11 3UA (car park/brochure PE11 3UD): 'Beginnings...'
Saturday 27 April - Monday 6 May
St Maryʼs, Sutterton, PE20 2JH: 'Scarecrows and their Partners'
Saturday 27 April - Monday 6 May
St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton, PE11 4EW: 'Celebrating Great Britain'
Saturday 27 April - Monday 6 May
St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft: Flower and Craft Festival: 'Moon Landing'
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 April and Saturday 4 - Monday 6 May
St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck, PE11 3QG: 'A Festival of Flowers'
Wednesday 1 - Monday 6 May; Friday at 7:00pm - Festival of Praise with congregation's choice of favourite hymns; refreshments
St James, Moulton Chapel, PE12 0XQ: 'A Festival of Flowers'
Wednesday 1 - Monday 6 May
Sunday 5 May, 3:00pm: Village parade
Gosberton Methodist Church, PE11 4NQ: 'Biblical Numbers'
Thursday 2 - Monday 6 May, 10am - 5pm with 'Songs of Praise' service at 6:00pm on Sunday 6 May
Moulton Chapel Methodist Church, PE12 0XR (near PE12 0XQ): 'Working Day & Night'
Thursday 2 - Monday 6 May
Sunday 5 May, 3:00pm: Village parade
All Saints, Holbeach, PE12 7LL (near PE12 7DT): 'Cultures and Cuisines'
Friday 3 - Monday 6 May
Fleet Baptist, PE12 8LL: 'The Disciples of Jesus'
Friday 3 - Monday 6 May
Sunday 5 May, Festival Songs of Praise service, 4:00pm
St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills, PE12 6DQ (near PE12 6DS): 'Children's Board Games'
Saturday 4 - Monday 6 May
Croyland Abbey, Crowland, PE6 0EN (Craft Fair)
Monday 6 May, 10-4
Sutton St James the Greater, PE12 0EE: Sealed Knot weekend
Saturday 4 - Monday 6 May
Sutterton Methodist, PE20 2EX:
Saturday 4 - Monday 6 May
Festivals later in the year
St James the Greater, Sutton St James, PE12 0EE: 'Ladies of the Church'
Friday 24 - Monday 27 May
St Mary Magdalene, Fleet, PE12 8NN: 'Joy to the World'
Friday 24 - Monday 27 May
St Mary's, Whaplode, PE12 6TE: 'Glorious Continents of the World' (FB)
Friday 24 - Monday 27 May
St Michael and All Angels, Uffington, PE9 4SU: Flower Festival 'A Celebration of Village Life' (2019 poster)
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June
St Polycarp's, Holbeach Drove, PE12 0SF: Flower festival celebrating school days at the Victorian Mission School
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 June with Songs of Praise, Sunday evening
Sutton St James Baptist, PE12 0EE: 'All things bright and beautiful'
Friday 12 - Sunday 14 July with Songs of Praise service, Sunday at 3:30pm
St Matthews, Sutton Bridge, PE12 9SA: 'Simple Pleasures'
Thursday 18 - Monday 22 July
St Mary Magdalene, Gedney, PE12 0BU 'What's my line'
Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 July
Croyland Abbey, Crowland, PE6 0EN Flower Festival: 'Through the Decades'
Friday 23 - Monday 26 August with Songs of Praise on Monday 26/8, 6:30pm
St Nicholas, Lutton, PE12 9HP: 'Songs and Songsters'
Friday 23 - Monday 26 August
Gosberton Baptist, PE11 4NP: 'Ups and Downs: Hills and Valleys in the Bible' (FB)
Saturday 24 - Monday 26 August
St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft: Garden Club Flower Festival for Harvest
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 September
Pinchbeck Baptist, PE11 3RA, Flower Festival (FB)
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 September
St Laurence Church, Surfleet, PE11 4AB: Exhibition of Art and Harvest Festival (FB)
Friday 4 - Sunday 6 October
Spalding group of parishes: 'A Celebration of Harvest'
Friday 4 - Sunday 6 October; see diary pages for further details
St Mary & St Nicolas, The Vista, PE11 2RA (on foot: PE11 2PB)
St John's, Hawthorn Bank, PE11 1JQ
St Paul's, Holbeach Road, PE11 2HY
St Maryʼs, Weston, PE12 6HU (near PE12 6RA): tba
St John the Baptist, Baston PE6 9PE: tba
Ss Peter & Paul, Kirton, PE20 1HX (near PE20 1EH): tba