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MARKET KNOWLEDGE BELINDA LODER, BEE FLORAL
Welcome to The Sherborne Market! What brings you here? We love to be part of community events – especially since the last year has been so terrible; it’s really lovely to see people out and about, amongst so many lovely small and independent businesses. Sherborne Market is very well organised and we’re proud to be a part of it. Where have you travelled from? Our little wooden studio at our home in Yeovil. Tell us about what you’re selling. We have an abundance of beautiful fresh cut flowers, seasonal plants and dried flower wraps, which are proving very popular, and a selection of ornamental garden decorations. Where and when did it all begin? Bee Floral was created in 2009 after three years of study and achieving our NVQ Level 1 and 2 in Floristry. My mum, Sharon, and I both fell in love with this 24 | Sherborne Times | June 2021
profession and decided to open a little shop in Yeovil. After several years, we decided to create our lovely little studio, working from home. What do you enjoy most about selling at markets? Meeting all of our wonderful customers and providing them with beautiful, fresh flowers – we are so grateful for all of the support we receive and comments about ‘Olive’ our stunning Horsebox, converted by my husband Simon. If you get the chance, which fellow stallholders here at Sherborne would you like to visit? There are so many amazing stallholders – we couldn’t possibly choose! Where can people find you on market day? We are situated at the bottom of Cheap Street, next to The Cross Keys pub. beefloralweddings.com