{"id":29916,"date":"2025-12-22T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/12\/22\/church-stretton-florist-says-christmas-is-busier-than-mothers-day\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:22:58","slug":"church-stretton-florist-says-christmas-is-busier-than-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/12\/22\/church-stretton-florist-says-christmas-is-busier-than-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Stretton florist says Christmas is busier than Mothers’ Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ellen Knight<\/span>in Church Stretton<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ELLEN KNIGHT\/BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Catherine Thomas and her daughter Bea Prosser are part of a team of florists<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A family florist has said they are working “twelve to fifteen hour days” to keep up with the demand’s of Christmas.<\/p>\n

John R Thomas Florist, in Church Stretton, Shropshire, was celebrating the end of a bumper year which included the shop’s 40th anniversary and a national award nomination. <\/p>\n

Catherine Thomas, whose husband John founded the shop, said the team has been “really, really busy”.<\/p>\n

Her daughter Bea Prosser added the community has given them “phenomenal” support at a time when “small businesses have struggled.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mrs Thomas said the shop has been manic as staff work to keep up with orders and run workshops.<\/p>\n

Wreath-making classes had sold out by October and there has been an uptick in customers making orders, which Mrs Prosser has put down to the firm being a finalist in the British Florist Association’s annual award.<\/p>\n

Despite not winning, Mrs Prosser said they have received “lots of orders” and “more people following us on [social media].”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ELLEN KNIGHT\/BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jean Molloy, Natalie Drury, Bea Prosser, and Catherine Thomas are working flat-out through the festive season<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Now, though, it is “all about Christmas bouquets and Christmas arrangements,” Mrs Thomas said.<\/p>\n

Christmas is busier than Mothers’ Day and Valentine’s Day, she added, with staff working seven days a week to fulfill orders and serve customers. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ELLEN KNIGHT\/BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The shop has had phenomenal support from the community, Mrs Prosser said<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“It’s been amazing,” she said of the shop’s 40th year.<\/p>\n

“I feel like we’re really valued – we’re part of a community, and we love them and they love us.<\/p>\n

“Small businesses in particular have struggled with change to the National [Living] Wage etc, but people are still out and spending money in local shops.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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