23/05/2024
Feeling pretty excited being featured in Orange City Life this week, they might have spelt my name wrong but everyone that knows me well knows how passionate I am about the environment and growing flowers (especially Australian and African natives) with different foliage in a sustainable way.
I don’t use chemicals because wildlife and our health are more important, it takes a lot more effort in means of fences and eco friendly traps but it’s all worth it.
Imported flowers are usually sprayed with chemicals and are flown in aeroplanes to get here, so more handling means the blooms take longer to get into your hands.
I am very happy to be able to stock my fresh bouquets , usually cutting before the sun is even up to bring in the freshest blooms!
I do stock up on flowers at the Sydney flower markets when flowers are few and far as orders still need to be met, asking and learning which stands sell Australian flowers over imported ones, or are happy to tell you where they have come from.
I hope one day all flowers coming into Australia are labelled just like our fruit and vegetables so people can be more mindful where their blooms are coming from and make changes in which flowers they decide to purchase, theirs nothing wrong with wanting a flower outside of its normal season just like having a mango in winter but being more aware of the carbon footprint it took to get into yours hands might change your decision.