The festival is a well-established tradition in the church calendar and helps raise much-needed funds while building links within the Bexhill community.
Pat Lewis, one of the church wardens, said: "All of the flower arrangements this year are not tied to a particular theme. It's very much people doing what they want, meaning there's a variety of designs on display. Some have been created in memory of past relatives; my wife's one is based on a Beach Boys LP, which is quite interesting, and some are based on poems and all sorts of things.
"The money we raise from it goes into church funds, which we are quite desperately in need of, as I'm not sure most churches are, to be honest. I think it's important to have the festival every year, and not just flower festivals, but other activities the church does. It brings the local community in from the Sidley area, but also wider afield. It brings people into the church. It's a good way to communicate with the local community, particularly people who perhaps don't necessarily come to church regularly. So, if you like, it's part of our outreach, to use a religious technical term, to the local community. It's all part of welcoming people into this lovely old building."
9. Flower festival at All Saints' Church in Sidley.
Flower festival at All Saints' Church in Sidley. Photo: Justin L