In the unanticipated (by me anyway) sunshine this weekend, I took a first-time visit to Columbia Road Flower Market, which is fairly close to Shoreditch Station. Having never been before I had no idea what to expect, but I wasn't disappointed. Columbia Road, which is fairly narrow (as all London streets are), is lined on both sides with flower stalls selling many varieties of beautiful flowers. I’m not a keen gardener but didn’t fail to appreciate the huge, multi-hued blooms of hydrangea, the beautiful peonies bigger than a fist and the sunflowers the size of your face.

With the distinct fragrance of lilies in the air, I resolved not to leave empty handed and shunted my way into the crowd at a busy stall and bought a bunch of yellow roses for £5.00 and a bunch of blue corn flowers for £.300. The sunshine must have been having an uplifting effect on everyone as the stall owner gave me an extra bunch of corn flowers for free.

For those who don’t have an endless attention span for flowers, around the corner is an alleyway with a few vintage stalls selling bric-a-brac, and Columbia Road itself is lined with lovely shops, selling sweets, furnishing, novelties and clothes, as well as a few small art galleries. I was tempted to splash a lot of cash is Rob Ryan. There are a number of pubs in the area, and sunglasses wearing, pint drinking visitors sat on the curb and watched a drummer, a violinist, and an accordion player and singer performing French folk songs on a sunny corner. As far as Sunday's go, it was a pretty perfect one.

Columbia Road Market is only open on Sundays.








My first flower arrangement.


In the unanticipated (by me anyway) sunshine this weekend, I took a first-time visit to Columbia Road Flower Market, which is fairly close to Shoreditch Station. Having never been before I had no idea what to expect, but I wasn't disappointed. Columbia Road, which is fairly narrow (as all London streets are), is lined on both sides with flower stalls selling many varieties of beautiful flowers. I’m not a keen gardener but didn’t fail to appreciate the huge, multi-hued blooms of hydrangea, the beautiful peonies bigger than a fist and the sunflowers the size of your face.

With the distinct fragrance of lilies in the air, I resolved not to leave empty handed and shunted my way into the crowd at a busy stall and bought a bunch of yellow roses for £5.00 and a bunch of blue corn flowers for £.300. The sunshine must have been having an uplifting effect on everyone as the stall owner gave me an extra bunch of corn flowers for free.

For those who don’t have an endless attention span for flowers, around the corner is an alleyway with a few vintage stalls selling bric-a-brac, and Columbia Road itself is lined with lovely shops, selling sweets, furnishing, novelties and clothes, as well as a few small art galleries. I was tempted to splash a lot of cash is Rob Ryan. There are a number of pubs in the area, and sunglasses wearing, pint drinking visitors sat on the curb and watched a drummer, a violinist, and an accordion player and singer performing French folk songs on a sunny corner. As far as Sunday's go, it was a pretty perfect one.

Columbia Road Market is only open on Sundays.








My first flower arrangement.

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