About Sonning Flowers

Award-Winning, Family-Run Florist in Reading, Newbury, Berkshire & North Hampshire

Sonning Flowers has been trading since 2004, over 20 years of hand-tied bouquets, seasonal blooms and flowers grown with love. First based in Sonning and now working from our flower workshop in Cottismore Park, Kingsclere, we’re perfectly placed to deliver locally to Reading, Newbury, Berkshire and North Hampshire, and nationwide across the UK.
 
We’re proud of our reputation as an award-winning florist, but we’re just as proud of being a genuinely family-run business, that still hand-ties every bouquet and still cares about getting it right for every customer, whatever the occasion. 
Hello and welcome to Sonning Flowers.
We’re Heather and Becky, and between us we own and run Sonning Flowers, our family-run florist that’s been part of the Berkshire community for over 20 years.
 
Heather’s love of floristry started at just 14 years old, after a week’s work experience at a local florist that turned into a lifelong passion. From a Saturday girl at Sonning Flowers to gaining her City & Guilds Qualification in Floristry at 18, to becoming owner, it’s been quite a journey and one that’s since grown to include her sister, Becky, and the wonderful team of 9 fully employed staff who make every bouquet and wedding possible.
Heather and Becky, owners of Sonning Flowers
Becky co-owner of Sonning Flowers

Becky took a slightly different path, swapping life as a commercial property lawyer to focus on her love of growing flowers and working with people. Joining the family business felt like a natural fit, bringing together her love of flowers, creativity and her very personable nature.

Becky loves chatting to couples, getting to know them and bringing their wedding flower ideas to life, from the first moodboard through to the big day.

And when Becky’s not planning wedding flowers, you’ll usually find her in the cutting patch, and even though she calls it “small”, we used over 2,500 of her home-grown flowers in last summer’s weddings alone!

Our workshop may have moved, but our approach hasn’t, working with what’s in season, and giving every customer flowers of the highest quality. We are very proud to grow some of our own blooms in our cutting patch (May-October), choosing sustainable, seasonal and fresh blooms wherever we can.
 
For Heather, “Personal highlights in my floristry career so far have to be providing floral arrangements for the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show and winning National Wedding Florist of the Year in 2022 at the Wedding Industry Awards. This was a real ‘pinch me’ moment and I couldn’t have been prouder of my amazing team in the monumental wedding season that was 2022!”
Heather winning Best Florist at the Wedding Industry Awards

Flowers mark the moments that matter

Sonning Flowers cutting patch
Whether it’s a large-scale wedding, a corporate event, a funeral tribute, or a gift bouquet, every order is designed and hand-crafted with care. Between May – October, some of our stems proudly come from our own cutting patch here in Berkshire, and the rest from trusted wholesale growers across the world, so you get British seasonality alongside the variety to have something beautiful available whatever the month.
 
We take fresh flower deliveries at least three times a week and it’s not unusual to find Becky in the cutting patch at 5am, cutting British Flowers for that days orders. 

At the heart of what we do...

Sustainability

We're passionate about the always being mindful of our green credentials, so our bouquets and weddings are made to order to keep wastage to a minimum. We use bio-degrable where possible materials and we are proud members of Com:post meaning any leftover flowers are composted, with the compost used the following season. We also donate surplus flowers to local dementia groups who sometimes use our flowers in their activities.

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What We Do

From beautiful wedding flowers and unforgettable events to luxury gift bouquets, sympathy flowers, creative workshops and corporate floristry, we create flowers for all of life’s moments. Based in Berkshire, we work across the surrounding counties, combining beautiful seasonal flowers with our signature, natural style.

White flowers in cutting patch

Community

We are proud to work and connect with our local community. Most recently we have supported: Woodley Music & Arts Festival, Swings & Smiles, Breast Cancer Achievement Awards, International Women’s Day and Reading Refugee Support Group 25th Birthday celebrations.

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