The first Flower Festival to be held in Wimborne Minster for three years will take place from Friday 26 to Monday 29 September 2025. In recent years Flower Festivals have been staged in The Minster every five years but the one planned for 2020 was postponed to 2022 due to COVID. This year’s event is being brought back in line for a once in five-year event. It also marks the 1320th anniversary of the original foundation of the Minster by St. Cuthburga in AD705 and the 1300th anniversary of the death of St Cuthburga on 31st August AD725.

The Festival with the Title "The Delights of Dorset" will involve many of the Flower Clubs across the County together with the Minsters own Flower Arrangers. There will be over 60 Tableaux and many other arrangements depicting interesting highlights of Dorset from the Jurassic Coast to the modern-day traditions, all with the aim of filling the Minster both with colour and taste and smells of the Countryside. Featuring in the Festival is a 16 foot Dinosaur Demelza together with her baby Dino, the Shrine of St. Wite, Mary Anning, Isaac Gulliver, Corfe Castle, an Urban Fox stealing some sausages from a dustbin whilst 100 sheep will be found among the arrangements.

The Festival will be open on the Friday, Saturday and Monday from 10.00am to 6.00pm and on Sunday from 2.00pm until 6.00pm. On the Sunday the Bishop of Sherborne the Right Revd Karen Gorham will Preside and Preach at the 9.30am Parish Eucharist.

Entry to the Festival is £7.50 and under 18 Free. Advance tickets can be purchased from Carnival Flowers in Poole Road, Wimborne or from the Parish Office in Church House (next to the Minster) weekday mornings only except Wednesdays. Groups and Coach Parties are welcome. Any further details required can be obtained from the Minsters Publicity Officer on: [email protected] or telephone 01202 888703. All proceeds from the Festival are in aid of Minster Funds.