Flaming Celosia

Celosia is a strange and fantastic flower whose red, pink, purple, gold and bi-coloured blooms bring interest and texture to any floral display. It is sometimes referred to as cockscomb because of it’s likeness to a rooster’s comb or wool flower and brain...

Introducing the Water Jug, otherwise known as Hydrangea

  Did you know that one of the best loved garden flowering shrubs is actually a native to Southern and Eastern Asia? Lets find out a little more about the versatile Hydrangea. At Shrinking Violet Bespoke Floristry we love to work with Hydrangea. It’s a very...

Add a little sweetness to your floral gift

We are delighted to announce a brand new additional product to our shop. Kernow Chocolate are a growing family firm based in Cornwall. They have been making their own chocolate by hand since 2005. They started out based on their family farm but moved into new factory...

Knight Star..Naked Lady..Introducing Amaryllis

The striking amaryllis symbolises pride and enchanting beauty and expresses a feeling of friendship and affection. At Shrinking Violet Bespoke Floristry Malvern we love Amaryllis’ very unusual petals which appear as though crafted from fabulous velvet. Found in white,...

4 super simple ways to preserve flowers for years

Flowers purchased from us will last fresh for at least a fortnight if properly cared for, but sadly they will not last this way forever. A beautiful bouquet or floral display can hold significant sentimental value or perhaps it’s simply too gorgeous to throw away....

Shrinking Violet brightening up Malvern with flowers

In May this year business owners in Great Malvern, Malvern Link and Barnards Green took part in the Great Malvern Floral Festival. The event is in its seventh year and runs in alliance with the Spring Garden Show held annually at the Three Counties Showground. The...

Love is in the air, express it through flowers

Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, why not show your loved ones how much you care by letting us create an entirely unique to them (and you) bouquet or floral display? There’s nothing quite like answering the door on February 14th to a beautiful bouquet of...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We would like to wish all of our customers, present and future, a very wonderful Christmas and a happy 2015. This year has been really exciting for us, our second as the florist at Great Malvern Station, and we’re looking forward to continuing to grow next year...

Getting creative with railway tickets

One of the aspects I love about floristry is that I can see the value in almost everything around me. So, it was only a matter of time before I started upcycling the railway tickets that are so commonplace at Great Malvern Station. Here are some of the fun results....