Hello, 

My name is Natalie  and I established Bluebell Florists in 2010

If you become a customer of Bluebell Florists it will be me you will meet with and who will do your flowers. 

For 13 years, Bluebell Florists was situated in a beautiful, little characterful cottage style stone building in the heart of Almondbury Village in Huddersfield. However due to needing more space, Bluebell Florists has relocated to larger workshop based premises. 

I moved to Huddersfield in the late 1990s to study a completely non flowery subject at university and then worked in office based jobs for a few years. Feeling a little lost, a change was required. 

Although enjoying playing flower shop as a child, often creating flower displays outside my home with flowers picked from the garden and being obsessed with making rose petal perfume, the decision to pursue a career in floristry was awoken years later, inspired by a Coronation Street storyline. I did literally wake up one morning unhappy in my job and decide that's it, flowers will make me happy and I'm going to become a florist.

A trip to Borders (remember Borders ? )to buy a load of floristry books took place that very day and after falling more and more in love with every page turned, I very quickly enrolled on a floristry course and began a journey into the world of flowers. 

After completing a two year City and Guilds Floristry course and volunteering at a local Huddersfield Florist shop, all whilst working full time in a proper job, a little vacant shop was advertised for rent in Almondbury. With a great leap of faith and a bit of recklessness,  a full time job office job was given up and a few months later Bluebell Florists was created. 

Over the last fifteen years, Bluebell Florists has grown into a thriving business and the move to larger premises has allowed it to flourish a little more. 

I am particularly interested in sustainable floristry techniques and have attended workshops  with both Sabine Darell and The Tallulah Rose Flower school, both leaders in sustainable floral techniques.