Most entries below are based on details with the leaflet (collated by Robert Molson), published February 2020. Changes, postponements and cancellations in line with Coronavirus Covid-19 precautions are being added to this listing as and when advised by individual churches. 20 March 2020: this weblisting updated and re-ordered; Flower Festivals now listed in three main parts: Flower Festivals in chronological order (updated 23 March) Festivals later this year (as advised at 16 March; updated 15 June) Postponements and cancellations (originally awaiting new dates; flower festivals were cancelled in 2020)
Pictures of many of previous floral festivals - and this year's posters, where available - on: www.facebook.com/SouthHollandChurchFestivals
Weblinks also include Facebook (FB) pages Flower Festivals this springtime in chronological order Saturdays & Sundays 8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 & 23 February, 10-3pm: Snowdrop Walks at St Mary's, Whaplode FB The Prime Minister's address to the nation, 8:30pm, Monday 23 March (BBC News) announced that places of worship must close immediately. Accordingly, details for the festivals planned for April/May have been moved to the section below 'Postponements and cancellations' Festivals later in the year - all dates awaiting confirmation Friday 10 - Sunday 12 July with Five Star Songs of Praise service, Sunday at 3:30pm, available via FB St Matthews, Sutton Bridge, PE12 9SA: 'Back to school' Thursday 16 - Monday 20 July FB St Mary Magdalene, Gedney, PE12 0BU 'Curtain Up' Thursday 23 - Sunday 26 July Croyland Abbey, Crowland, PE6 0EN Flower Festival: 'The Natural World' Friday 28 - Monday 31 August FB St Nicholas, Lutton, PE12 9HP/PE12 9LQ: 'Inns and Taverns' Friday 28 - Monday 31 August Gosberton Baptist, PE11 4NP: 'Ups and Downs: Hills and Valleys in the Bible' Saturday 29 - Monday 31 August FB St Maryʼs, Long Sutton, PE12 9JJ: 'The Life and Times of St Mary's' - celebrating their 850th anniversary (postponed from April/May to September, then postponed to 2021) FB Spalding group of parishes: 'A Celebration of Harvest' - cancelled (1/7) Friday 2 - Sunday 4 October Revision history: this image of the original listing up to 16 March 2020 prior to Coronavirus Covid-19 precautions resulting in postponements and cancellations St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, PE11 4UA (ACNY): 'VE Day' cancelled (23/3) Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May; Friday 24 April, Coningsby Military Wives Choir St Maryʼs, Pinchbeck, PE11 3UA (car park/brochure PE11 3UD/PE11 3UG): 'And I think to myself, what a wonderful world' - indefinitely postponed, further details awaited (22/3) Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May; Saturday 2 May, 7:30pm: Stamford G&S players, £12 FB Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May FB St Maryʼs, Sutterton, PE20 2JH: 'Scarecrows visit London' Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May FB St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton, PE11 4EW: 'We go together' postponed to 2021 Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May FB St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft: Flower and Craft Festival: theme awaited Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 April and Saturday 2 - Monday 3 May tbc St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck, PE11 3QG: 'A Festival of Flowers' Wednesday 29 April - Monday 4 May; Friday at 7:00pm - Festival of Praise with congregation's choice of favourite hymns; refreshments FB Moulton Chapel Methodist Church, PE12 0XR (near PE12 0XQ): 'Significant achievements over the last 40 years' Thursday 30 April - Monday 4 May - expected to be cancelled, details awaited The Village Parade on Sunday 3 May was cancelled (16/3) FB Gosberton Methodist Church, PE11 4NQ: 'Biblical Superheroes' Thursday 30 April - Monday 4 May, 10am - 5pm with 'Songs of Praise' service at 6:00pm on Sunday 3 May Sutterton Methodist, PE20 2EX: Favourite Hymns Friday 1 May - Monday 4 May with Flower Festival service at 6:00pm on Sunday 3 May All Saints, Holbeach, PE12 7LL (near PE12 7DT): 'A Question of Sport' Friday 22 - Monday 25 May FB St Mary's, Whaplode, PE12 6TE: 'VE Day - Before and After' Friday 22 - Monday 25 May FB Fleet Baptist, PE12 8LL: 'Numbers in our Bibles' (Cancelled) Friday 1 - Monday 4 May Sunday 3 May, Festival Songs of Praise service, 4:00pm St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills, PE12 6DQ (near PE12 6DS): theme awaited Saturday 2 - Sunday 3 May and Friday 8 - Saturday 9 May Friday 8 May, 10-4 FB Friday 8 - Monday 11 May Flower Festivals in previous years Details awaited for 2020 St Michael and All Angels, Uffington, PE9 4SU: Flower Festival tba FB St Polycarp's, Holbeach Drove, PE12 0SF: Flower festival tba St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft: Garden Club Flower Festival for Harvest tba tba St Maryʼs, Weston, PE12 6HU (near PE12 6RA): tba tba |