Welcome to Lily & Bee - Your Hampshire Florist With A Wild Heart.

Tucked away in the beautiful countryside of Southwick Village, just a few miles from Portsmouth and the stunning Meon Valley, Lily & Bee is a studio-based florist with a love for relaxed, natural blooms and a dash of countryside charm.

We create gorgeous, fresh flower bouquets and arrangements for delivery and collection across Portsmouth, Hampshire, and the surrounding areas — all thoughtfully designed in our studio at The Smithy, where our popular floristry workshops and wedding consultations also take place.

Specialising in luxury wedding and event flowers, we proudly offer bespoke floral designs for weddings big and small — across Hampshire, West Sussex, the UK, and even destination weddings further afield. No brief is ever too grand or too intimate for our skilled team. From birthdays to funerals, corporate events to anniversary surprises, we provide beautiful flowers for every life moment, using blooms from trusted growers — including our own little cutting garden right here in Southwick.

And if you’ve ever dreamt of becoming a florist, you’re in the right place. We run one of the region’s most successful floristry schools. Our founder, Emma, is a qualified floristry lecturer with over 36 years of industry experience and 10 years teaching City & Guilds floristry courses at a Hampshire college. Whether you want to try your hand at an afternoon workshop or take the plunge with a full career-change course — you’ll learn in the heart of the countryside with expert, supportive guidance.

Curious to know more? Head to our About page to meet the team and see how we can bring a little more beauty into your world.

HERE IS WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY...

My wedding flowers were everything I wished for and more. Thank you so much for the most perfect bouquet!

Emma and I met in her lovely studio to discuss the arrangement, and the bouquet she created for my wedding day was absolutely breathtaking—it truly made the day even more special.

I did a three day floristry course with Emma at lily & bee at the beginning of November and it was amazing!! She was so knowledgeable and made everything so easy to understand & she was nothing but supportive! I would 100% recommend her to anyone wanting to learn floristry whether it be for a hobby or for a career change. The course was also such good value for money!

We had a christmas wreath making workshop at Lily & Bee. We have never done it before but Emma and her team set us up for success! We really enjoyed it. The place was very nice. They were prepared, helpful and very kind. We left with beautiful wreaths and with joy that we aren’t useless after all at art and craft!

I took the three-day course at Lily and Bee Florist this month and I absolutely loved it! I learned a lot about flowers, how to make different hand-tied bouquets, Xmas table decorations, Xmas garlands, Xmas door wreath! Emma is a great teacher, she is so smart and nice and has a big knowledge about flowers! All the materials were so well-prepared and surprisingly great, especially those gorgeous fresh flowers!!
Beyond enjoying my time at this lovely place in Southwick, I learned practical skills that made me confident in arranging flowers and creating my own floral designs! I highly recommend to everyone to take any of her classes!

Emma is an amazing teacher and fantastic artistic florist, with so much knowledge that she shared with such ease. She was incredibly kind and I had a fantastic time making beautiful bouquets and arrangements. Thank you so much!

Cat

Emma created the most beautiful bouquets, table arrangements, corsages and button holes for our big day- fully recommend her to anyone looking for wedding flowers on the South coast. Absolutely stunning combinations, perfect attention to detail, and the flowers smelt gorgeous

"Emma created the flowers for our wedding in June 22

From the initial consultation to delivery on the day the whole service was professional. Nothing was too much trouble and we had so many lovely comments on our wonderful wedding flowers!

Would highly recommend!"

"Lily & Bee helped add the perfect finishing touches to our home this Christmas! From a beautiful hand made wreath to the most fabulous girls night in workshop which saw me and four friends create unique handmade centrepieces-ourselves! Creative, inspiring and unique! Can not recommend enough!!"

"I was part of a photo shoot where Lily & Bee provided the flowers.

They were absolutely beautiful and suited the theme perfectly,

I can thoroughly recommend!"

"Thank you Emma.... The bouquet is gorgeous....very professional service that caters to your requirements. Would highly recommend"