English Hedgerow is a full service florist, a special event caterer, and a small restaurant or bistro serving New American Cuisine. Coordinated catered events such as weddings and corporate or university functions are English Hedgerow's unique specialty; combining distinctive floral decorations with artistically presented made-from-scratch natural and organic foods.

We are a family business striving to provide service of the highest quality and to always exceed our customers’ expectations. We came to the US from England 17 years ago and this year marks the 10^th anniversary of our business from our humble small florist beginnings in Mahomet. I hope you enjoy our website and that you find the contents of this and other pages interesting and useful. We are very happy to receive questions or comments, about our business and/or website and we will always reply.

Helen Philpott ~ Owner & Floral Director

I am frequently asked what a hedgerow is, and how I came to name the store English Hedgerow.

In Britain, the countryside is divided by living fences, our hedgerows. Often undisturbed since medieval times, many treasures are found hidden in their roots. Dense and diverse, hedgerow shrubs, flowers and vines are a wonderful source of inspiration to a floral designer.

Constance Spry, a British floral designer (in whose style I was trained 36 years ago) encouraged everyone to decorate their homes with fresh flowers, vegetables, berries and hedgerow finds. English Hedgerow continues to offer arrangements with an unusual, botanical twist, combining the very best cultivated flowers from around the globe with fruits and vines in unique and unexpected combinations.

Oliver Philpott ~ Owner & Executive Chef

A combination of influences has shaped the ‘New American Fine Dining’ that Oliver has created for the Hedgerow Bistro and Hedgerow Catering operations: strong family ties to cooking, a top culinary school education, the opportunity to travel in search of culinary inspiration, and a desire to work with fresh locally grown and raised ingredients from scratch (rather than out-of-the-packet!) combined with artistic presentation interest and abilities.

New American Cuisine is built on traditional foods that reside in our “comfort zone”. At the Hedgerow, these familiar dishes appear in updated, highly appealing versions. Oliver melds mid-west regional, culinary riches with European traditions to create signature American cooking for today.

Oliver has a Le Cordon Bleu culinary degree from Portland, OR. With classic training in sushi, world cuisine, neuvo latino, Indian and ethnic cooking.

Mike Philpott ~ Owner & Marketing Director

Mike Philpott is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

He enjoys good food and regularly samples and enjoys the culinary delights at the Hedgerow.

He assists with a number of activities from facilities management, maintenance, IT infrastructure and advertising.

He is also the Hedgerow Webmaster and Marketing Director.

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