The Nuttall Patch

28/10/2024

18/10/2024

🍅 Today is Tomato Day for us - the first of the seedlings are going in the ground… this little plant is Little Red Riding Hood, a bush variety with tiny snack size fruits - I am planting it against a half-height trellis just for some added support but these can grow in pots with minimal fuss! We will have this variety plus many, many more tomatoes at the Late Spring Show next month!:.

14/10/2024

🌱 We are very grateful to be a stockist of our pal Bec’s wonderful Veggie & Flower Garden Seeds. These are the varieties you can find on The Planty Life stall in November.
We personally use these seeds for our growing, so we can offer you tips and tricks with getting started!
📸 by :.

13/10/2024

🪶 The Aussie Bird Count begins today - if you ever speak to me in person at a market event, I will often tell the story about our front garden and the role it plays in my inspiration with my art work.
We live in a rental property that was full of Yukka plants; thankfully we got permission from the owner to remove the majority of them and plant out a variety of wonderful natives.
To our delight, the planting out of correa, kangaroo paw, tea tree, billy buttons and other natives - has meant the return of some of the most wonderful bird life.
I first noticed the Eastern Spinebill - hard to miss with their long beak and flitting behaviour. The larger Wattle birds have also been spotted, perched on larger branches and sucking the nectar out of flowers. The Silver Eye were the ones that really caught my attention though - I had noticed the Billy Button flowers getting hammered by aphids and having some odd scaring on the stems; after watching the plants for quite awhile, I noticed the behaviour of the Silver Eyes - whilst they were sometimes snapping the stems of the flowers, they were actually there for a flippin’ good reason: eating the aphids and other bugs!
It is pretty wonderful - being able to pause your busy life for 5, 10 or 15 minutes - and watch with a close eye, the happenings in the other areas of life.
Head to for more information on how to join in on the count.:.

12/10/2024

💐 Flower Bar - Beautiful seasonal, spray free blooms grown in the greater Launceston area by (Jess)
Price by the stem; create your own bouquet or we can help you, feel free to bring a vase to fill!
⏰ Saturday 9th Nov 2pm-5pm
⏰ Sunday 10th Nov 9am-4pm
📍 Launceston Horticultural Society Late Spring Flower Show, Evandale Memorial Hall & Grounds

07/10/2024

🌸 This 70+ year old Hoya pubicalyx is finally flowering for the first time since being rescued from a compost pile over 5 years ago. The flowers look like velvet and the sweet scent is so strong - what a treat!:.

06/10/2024

☀️ The hover flies are out and doing their cute little floaty dance above the flowers. Here is one parked on the Xerochrysum Papillosum - the Tasmanian endemic everlasting daisy. It is so good to see the pollinators again! :.

03/10/2024

🌸🧚 The Flower Fairy herself, Jess has kindly trusted me with taking her dahlia tubers on a road trip to Devonport!
If you know of anyone on the North West coast who is dahlia mad, share this info with them. Limited quantities available so best to get in quick! (+ a couple varieties not pictured above)
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🪧 Friday 4th October
⏰ 4pm-8pm
📍 Oldaker St, Devonport:.

01/10/2024

🐛 It feels like only yesterday, when the wild wind ruined our plans for the Early Spring Show 😅 and here we are, talking about the Late Spring Show!
Boy, we are excited - we love doing these events and being involved with the - it is so much fun, setting up “shop” and meeting all of you garden obsessed Planty friends!
Pop these dates on your calendar, more info to come about what we will have on offer 🧚🌸:.

28/09/2024

💕 Everlasting Daisies - they’ve been a bit slower to bloom this Spring, but here they come! These plants were planted in autumn, hunkered down over winter and put on some great growth in the last month or so. The Silvery Rose seems to be the first colour to bud up, followed by Salmon Rose.:.

24/09/2024

💐 Super special custom bouquets for two wonderful dancers at - I love Jacquelyne’s words:
“…Holding your forever flowers that will never expire - symbolic because that epitomises your love and appreciation of ballet. It will never leave you.”
So special..!:.

21/09/2024

🌱 The Planty Life 🌱
• We are two plant lovers, combining our obsession to create a bloomin’ great Planty experience.
• We have separate primary businesses but we often collaborate creatively and share the workload when it comes to seed sowing and plant raising.
• It made sense to us both to make something of our surplus, with a passion for sharing the beauty of growing in your own garden.
• Our main focus is cut flowers, but we do love to grow vegetables and herbs, so these will also appear at our seasonal events.
• We are proud members of the and appreciate the welcoming the Society has given us, plus the room to explore and expand The Planty Life.
🌱 We hope to get Planty with you soon!

20/09/2024

🌸 M A R K E T ~ today!
+ wreaths, dried flowers, botanical art, cards, bookmarks, earrings, candles, soap, scrunchies, fresh flowers, seeds, plants, dahlia tubers… phew!
Please come and feast your eyes on our heart & soul offerings!
💚 Soph + Jess
🌸 Artisan Markets Tasmania Spring Event
⏰ 9:30am-3pm Sat 21st Sept.
📍 Door of Hope Conference Complex, Launceston:.

15/09/2024

🐝 To market, to market, jiggity jig … behind the scenes both Jess and I have been busy little bees, potting up and feeding plants, digging even more dahlia tubers, making and creating, organising and strategising.
🌸 Artisans Spring Market - Saturday 21st September, 9:30am-3pm, Door of Hope Launceston.
We are loading up some trays of plants, a stack of dahlia tubers, fresh flower bunches, beautiful gifting goodies …plus The Nuttall Patch regular stall offerings of botanical art and dried flowers.
Hope to see you there!:.

08/09/2024

❣️Some snaps of what is in bloom at the moment - the Bleeding Heart has come back to life, the Epimedium is also blooming again - so many hellebores, Labrador violet, calendula and anemone.:.

06/09/2024

🐝 Hot off the press - new bookmarks featuring flowering gum, hakea Laurina and flannel flower. These will be available at Spring Makers Market, Saturday 21st September 9:30am-3pm, Door of Hope Complex.:.

06/09/2024

🐞 A bit excited for my pal Jess - her website is now LIVE! A wonderful selection of beautiful blooms & gifts - super chuffed that Jess is stocking a few of my arty bits and pieces too 🥹
💐 www.achillescutflowers.com

06/09/2024

🌼 I am currently neck deep in our temporary “warehouse” set up for processing The Planty Life orders - but I have next week blocked out to make, make, make! If you have any requests for a wreath, please get in touch. I’ll also be at the Spring Market, 21st September 9:30am-3pm, Door of Hope Complex.:.

04/09/2024

💎 Cinderella - what a beauty, I sure hope to see her again this coming season. This was my gateway Dahlia. We all have one, right? What was yours?!:.

03/09/2024

🎁 Dahlia Tubers & Cut Flower Plants Update: Whilst you have been communicating with me via emails, Jess has been physically allocating the stock and doing some beautiful & thorough work in the packaging department - I bet you are all eager to get a hold of these goodies!
More to come…:.

03/09/2024

🌞 Some much needed sunshine and poppy flower love this morning - flippin’ glorious! :.

31/08/2024

😎 Flashback to this time last year - our very first The Planty Life sale! Humble beginnings, right?
Thankful for my parents lending their driveway to us for that event, thankful for Mother Nature turning the weather on, thankful to our wonderful friend Kate for taking these beautiful photos, thankful for every single person who came along and loaded their boxes up with our plants!
It would have been lovely to commemorate this memory with our event this weekend, but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be.
Our November event will be wonderful - so pop the dates in your calendar: 9th & 10th November.:.

28/08/2024

🦋 I had a little chuckle the other day with my flower pals, about age, technology and doing things accidentally: photo stickers, have you made any by accident on your phone? I made my first accidental one of our new furry family member 🐈 whilst trying to zoom in on the actual photo … then Jess sent one she made by accident of a beautiful dahlia - and now here we are, filling up our phones with flower stickers made from our photos. What a time to be alive 😝 :.