Florist Barbara von Holtey brings her slow flowers from the Gantrisch to Laupen's Kreuzplatz: a small café for coffee, homemade cake and seasonal bouquets, a few steps from Schloss Laupen.
Die Wilde Wiese started as a flower field near Schwarzenburg, where Barbara von Holtey grows certified regional slow flowers for weddings, funerals and workshops. Since September it also has a home in the old town of Laupen: the Blumen-Café on Kreuzplatz, a few minutes' walk from the castle.
The menu is deliberately small – good coffee, tea, homemade cakes, Gipfeli and alcohol-free mocktails, but no lunch. Bouquets from the field are for sale to take home, and on set dates there is an étagère brunch with mostly organic, regional produce. Floral workshops run in small groups, with Advent wreaths in November, and the café can be booked whole for small celebrations outside opening hours.
Best for: a slow afternoon coffee and cake, and a bunch of local flowers on the way out.
Café · Flowers, Coffee & cake, Brunch, Workshops
Address
Kreuzplatz 8, 3177 Laupen
Opening hours
- Mon–Wed
- Closed
- Thu
- 09:00–12:0013:00–17:00
- Fri
- 09:00–12:0013:00–17:00
- Sat
- 09:00–17:00
- Sun
- Closed
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