Join us in the Scottish Highlands for an immersive fall floral experience

In the Footsteps of Constance Spry Ard Daraich, Scottish Highlands October 2026

Ard Daraich sits nestled between the mountains and a secluded cove in the Scottish Highlands, a stone lodge once belonging to Constance Spry herself. She came here to escape, to forage, to bring the wild landscape inside. The same hills she walked still bloom with heather and bracken. The same light filters through ancient oaks. The same sense of creative possibility fills the air.

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This is where Constrance Spry pioneered a new way of seeing florals. As living art pulled from hedgerows and hillsides, replacing market flowers with foraged wilderness. She understood that beauty doesn't need cultivation, but only an eye willing to see it and hands ready to shape it.

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We return to this place in autumn, when the landscape offers its most poetic palette. Rust and amber tones of the highlands against the mossy stones of the Lodge. The kind of tonal energy that only exists in October light. 

Join us as we follow in the footsteps of Constance who once roamed these hills to find inspiration. Spend a week exploring this secluded part of the Highlands with us, foraging, creating, conversing at the fireplace.

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The experience

Five days immersed in foraging, designing and creating florals that honor this wild, storied place. You'll walk the same paths Constance walked, clipping from hedgerows and gathering what the landscape offers. We'll work with what we find paired with the best seasonal Scottish-grown blooms, building compositions that feel alive and inspired by our magical setting.

Mornings begin with foraging. Afternoons are spent designing in the lodge, surrounded by stone fireplaces and autumn light streaming through leaded windows. Evenings gather around long tables for wine, conversation and the kind of creative exchange that only happens when designers step away from their studios and into something slower. Sorry this bit is fully AI written to fill the space.

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What we’ll be exploring

Foraging with intention and an editorial eye

Building color stories from what the landscape provides

Designing compositions that feel organic, not arranged

Understanding Constance Spry's legacy and translating it into contemporary work

Creating florals that honor place without being literal

Working with the ephemeral nature of foraged materials

Leading the creative vision for site-specific design

“One arranges flowers as the spirit moves you; to obey some inner prompting to put this colour with that, to have brilliance here, line there, a sense of opulence in this place or sparseness in that; to suit your surroundings, your mood, the weather, the occasion.”

constance Spry

THE team with you

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Adri Smith

Founder & Creative Director of Moss Floral

Adri leads the creative vision for this retreat, bringing her visionary approach to color, composition and place-aware design. Known for translating abstract inspiration into cohesive florals, she'll guide you through the process of foraging, designing and understanding how materials and landscape inform the work.

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Someone Else

Photographer

Adri leads the creative vision for this retreat, bringing her visionary approach to color, composition and place-aware design. Known for translating abstract inspiration into cohesive florals, she'll guide you through the process of foraging, designing and understanding how materials and landscape inform the work.

A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a houndstooth patterned brown blazer, is outdoors in a lush garden surrounded by green and reddish leaves.

Adri Smith

Founder & Creative Director of Moss Floral

Adri leads the creative vision for this retreat, bringing her visionary approach to color, composition and place-aware design. Known for translating abstract inspiration into cohesive florals, she'll guide you through the process of foraging, designing and understanding how materials and landscape inform the work.

A woman in a wedding dress holding a large cascading bouquet of pink, white, and green flowers.

Someone Else

Photographer

Adri leads the creative vision for this retreat, bringing her visionary approach to color, composition and place-aware design. Known for translating abstract inspiration into cohesive florals, she'll guide you through the process of foraging, designing and understanding how materials and landscape inform the work.

A woman in a white dress holding a bouquet of flowers stands in a lush garden with green foliage and autumn-colored trees.
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Our itinerary

Day One: Arrival & Introduction

Arrive at Ard Daraich in the afternoon. Settle into the lodge, meet the group, walk the grounds at golden hour. Evening welcome dinner and conversation about Constance Spry's legacy and what we'll explore throughout the week.

Day Two: Foraging & Form

Morning foraging walk through the estate and surrounding hillsides. Afternoon design session focused on composition, balance and working with wild materials. Evening critique and conversation.

Day Three: Color in the Landscape

Deep dive into building color stories from foraged materials. We'll explore tonal layering, unexpected combinations and how October light affects what we're creating. Afternoon shooting session with [photographer].

Day Four: Designing for Place

Creating large-scale installations within the lodge using only what we've gathered. Focus on how architecture, light and material inform design decisions. Evening styled dinner showcasing the week's work.

Day Five: Integration & Departure

Morning reflection and final critique. Departure after lunch with new creative vision and a deeper understanding of designing with place.

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investment

$4,500 per person in a single room
$3,200 per person in a double occupancy

Includes five days and four nights accommodation at Ard Daraich, all meals, materials, instruction and access to all workshop sessions. Limited to 8 designers to ensure depth and personal attention. Travel to and from Scotland not included.

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We hope you'll join us this October. There's magic in designing together in a place like Ard Daraich, where masters before us worked and where creative vision finds new ground.

We'd love to see you there!

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