The Annual flower festival Athelhampton has been firmly on our events list for over ten years. 

For four days during May or June the whole house is decked out with displays of both fresh and dried flowers. Financed by Athelhampton, but staged by the ladies and gentlemen from the Owermoigne Flower Club and Friends. The festival attracts many visitors including numerous floral societies from around the country.

Beryl & Geraldine, the two main organisers from the club run a tight ship to ensure that nothing is left to chance.

The flowers must be selected and ordered to arrive on time, the advertising must be designed and placed, the arrangers must be briefed and given strict staging times. With all that they have to ensure that the security and other business at Athelhampton is never compromised. They have a huge undertaking but every year mange to pull it off.

Each year has a different theme, over the last few years we have seen themes such as 'The Silver Screen', 'Down Dorset Way', 'Celebrations' and 'It's a beautiful world' Every year it seems to be bigger better and brighter.

Each year the displays are dismantled and sold off, the proceeds are then given to Charity on the last day late afternoon.