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💐 Locally grown posies, blooming from September until May
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30/08/2024

When the sweetpeas aren’t ready yet, but the snowpeas have perfectly useable foliage.

28/08/2024

Everything that’s blooming is either white or yellow, so this filter is providing some rest for the eyes. (I’ll miss this, once we reach the part of Spring where pink and purple take over.)

24/08/2024

Garden updates + availability lists will start heading out to wholesale customers in the next week or two! If you’re a florist, baker, bartender, purveyor of handmade gifts, et cetera, DM your email address and I’ll add you to the mailing list. There’s free delivery on wholesale flowers within Wagga Wagga, and postage is available for pressed and dried stock. Swipe through for some of last season’s flowery magic ❤️

23/08/2024

Late winter vibes ❄️
(aka: The Calm Before The Flower Storm)

02/08/2024

Frosted tips in the garden this week ❄️

26/07/2024

Hellebores starting to pop up in the winter garden…some of these came with the house, one was yoinked from the garden of , and the others are from

24/06/2024

Frosty little moments in the garden ❄️

07/06/2024

It’s such beautiful weather for planting right now, and I try to make a regular lap of my favourite local nurseries like , and . (I order the rest of my wishlist from stellar independent nurseries such as , , and .)

Our local nurseries have a proper plant selection and solid advice for gardening in our region, where we’re blessed with short springs, wretched summers, frosty winters, annual flooding, and rock-hard clay. They’re sometimes (but not always!) a wee bit pricier than the Big Green Shed, but they also won’t try to sell you a tomato seedling in August, and it’s worth spending an extra dollar on lavender that’s not actually a mislabelled salvia (true story).

I spotted this table of veggies at , and chunky seedlings are an excellent life choice if you never remember to start your winter seeds early enough. They’re huge, happy plants and they’re $1.50, which is less than the packet of broccoli seeds that I’ve had for three years now and keep forgetting about 🤦‍♀️ And if you don’t eat them all, plenty of herbs and veggies grow into pretty flowers…coriander, purple broccoli and carrots are all winners 🥕🥦🥬

10/05/2024

💐 Why choose local flowers? 💐 Flowers that have been trucked in from Sydney (or flown in from South America) can be days or weeks old by the time they make their way to Wagga. But these babies were cut fresh to order, arranged in bud vases and delivered for a party…last weekend. Afterwards, they were packed back into the delivery box and have been in a garage for the last week. And they still look like this 👏

09/05/2024

I was planning a flash sale online, but Square had other ideas…if you’d like a $25 grower’s bunch in time for Mother’s Day, send me a DM! Pick up from Lake Albert Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, or add $5 for local delivery 💐

05/05/2024

Here’s a closer look at our Mother’s Day giveaway prizes! (Slightly too close…photo editing in Canva, on my phone, is not my greatest talent 😂)

We’re offering a wrapped bunch of naturally-dried flowers, grown locally at our garden in Lake Albert and ready for gifting 💐 We’ve also included a sweet handmade floral hair pin.

Entries are open until Wednesday night, so head to or for a chance to win 😊

01/05/2024

We’re teaming up with and for a beautiful Mother’s Day giveaway! Insta’s collaboration feature is being a gremlin, but you can head to either of their accounts to enter. Entries close in one week, so get on it! 💐

28/04/2024

The weather is changing, the flowers are temperamental, and we’ve pre-sold as much as we can confidently grow! We’re calling time on fresh bouquets for the season, but the online store will be updated soon with super sweet dried flower accessories made with our own locally-grown blooms. Thank you all for an amazing first season! (Emotional highlights reel still to come, when time allows.)

28/04/2024

I’m pretty sure I grabbed this dahlia off a discount shelf at the Big Green Shed (it’s in a bed with a few other half-dead rejects, which are the only plants I buy from Hammerbarn). My best guess is Penhill Watermelon, possibly crossed with some kind of triffid?

27/04/2024

Autumn colour in the garden 🍃

24/04/2024

A season of cake-y goodness 😍 Thanks to and for showing off these flowers!

14/04/2024

Big thanks to all the humans for making today’s open garden so much fun! 💐 Apologies on behalf of the various animals who decided that they didn’t care for visitors…we’ll work on our social skills over the winter 😂

13/04/2024

Tomorrow! ☀️ 🦆 💐 All welcome, send a message for details if you’ve not visited before.

11/04/2024

The weather is ✨glorious✨ and we’re celebrating this Sunday with one last open garden for the season. There’ll be fresh and dried flowers, potted cuttings for your Autumn planting spree, lavender lemonade (paging ), and a variety of fluffy and feathered friends. DM for details if you’ve not visited before 🪴

08/04/2024

For Anna and the Olivette crew 🍸

07/04/2024

This little sparkler is Jewels of Opar, adding party vibes to the autumn bunches 😍

07/04/2024

For Danika 🌱

31/03/2024

And a bit of a latergram, because I forgot to share this beautiful bunch (for a lovely doctor who had the absolute audacity to move to Tassie) ✈️

31/03/2024

For Gabs 💐

31/03/2024

For Nicky ☠️

31/03/2024

For Erika 💐

26/03/2024

Come visit us at Apex Park this Saturday! 🐰 💐

18/03/2024

One week left to pre-order for Easter! Hit the link in the bio and treat yourself to flowers, or extra-treat yourself to flowers AND a vegan grazing box from . Locally grown flowers, locally made desserts, and free local delivery 🐰

11/03/2024

Easter pre-orders now available! This Easter, we’re teaming up with so you can get fresh blooms and sweet treats delivered right to your door (assuming that door is located in the 2650 postcode). Order by Monday 25 March for delivery on Good Friday 🐰

06/03/2024

Pretty artemisia in the garden this morning ❤️

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http://bloomingcalamity.com.au/

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