Wedding, funeral and event floristry, workshops and a walk-in shop, trading as LILY & FERN LIMITED under director Lisa Anne Doonan.
Lily & Fern is a florist and creative studio based in West Bergholt. For Outer Towns Biz Beat coverage of Colchester-area independents, it is a recent limited company with a village shop address, published opening hours and a reported local grower collaboration that should be attributed carefully.
Companies House lists LILY & FERN LIMITED (company number 14824510) as active. The company was incorporated on 24 April 2023. The registered office is 45 New Church Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3JE. The shop address used by the business is 10a Colchester Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3BE. The SIC code is 47760 (retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilisers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores). Lisa Anne Doonan has been a director since 24 April 2023. Matthew Simon Doonan has been company secretary since 30 January 2025.
The business website presents Lily & Fern as the creative studio of Lisa, a professionally trained florist. The published offer covers wedding, funeral and event floristry, floristry workshops, and a shop selling walk-in bouquets, plants, gifts and cards. The shop opened in 2023. Contact details listed by the business are telephone 07300 870502 and email lisa@lilyandfern.co.uk. Official contact hours are Monday closed; Tuesday 10:00-14:00; Wednesday 10:00-15:00; Thursday and Friday 09:00-17:00; Saturday 10:00-16:00; and Sunday 10:00-13:00. Christmas wreath-making workshops have been promoted on the site. Readers wanting specific workshop dates or consultations should use those contact routes rather than treating this summary as a booking confirmation.
The Colchester Gazette has reported background on Lisa Doonan’s training and on a collaboration with local grower Ben Cannell. Per that coverage, Lisa is a professionally trained florist associated with Writtle College study. The Gazette’s British Flower Week reporting described a collaboration between Ben Cannell’s flower growing and Lisa’s shop, Lily & Fern, which opened in 2023 in the village. The paper reported that Ben Cannell took on a field behind Lily & Fern in early 2025 to cultivate seasonal British cut flowers and foliage, including supply for Lisa’s shop as well as other florists and wholesalers. Reporting also framed the arrangement around shorter local supply chains, seasonal growing and wildlife-friendly practice. Those points come from Gazette reporting about the collaboration. They are not claims invented for this feature.
Attribution matters here. Ben Cannell’s growing business is separate from Lily & Fern. Field cultivation, farming methods and wholesale supply sit with the grower. Lily & Fern remains the floristry shop and studio under LILY & FERN LIMITED. This draft does not merge the two businesses or treat the field as a Lily & Fern company asset. Where readers want the Gazette’s own wording, they should consult the published article rather than rely on paraphrase alone.
For West Bergholt and wider Colchester readers, Lily & Fern is a village florist with a 2023 incorporation, a Colchester Road shop, clear published hours and an externally reported link to seasonal British flower growing nearby. Wedding, funeral and event work sits alongside walk-in retail and workshops. As with any small retail business, hours and workshop availability can change, so the contact page on lilyandfern.co.uk remains the primary check before visiting.
