Blooming Addiction

18/08/2023

Beauties emerging in the forest at the moment! We have had so much rain that everything is just exploding with growth.....
Can't wait for the spring bulbs to do their thing too!

23/07/2023

Love this teeny weeny beauty! Flowers are the size of a fingernail and so incredibly beautiful.

03/07/2023

Check out this queen! We have the mother of all Monstera Deliciosa’s fruiting like mad on our property right now!! This beauty is gobsmacking and massive!
Who’s keen to try the fruit?

30/05/2023

Some wee beauties in our valley at the moment - the broms are putting on the most glorious display! Love our bush garden when the weirdest things dwell........

12/04/2023

Wooohoooo!! My prize from has arrived today. So looking forward to putting something beautiful together with them this weekend!

16/02/2023

16/02/2023

What a week it’s been. My spirits have been low this week as cyclone Gabrielle has smashed us around. Have never felt unsafe in our beautiful slice of paradise before, but this week I have been more frightened than I could have imagined. These majestic, giant sentinels that have always given me such peace to live amongst, became ominous shapes moving in frenzied, violent gusts belting up our valley and all around.
All we could do was sit in the dark hoping for the best, so on edge I felt sick to my stomach while my heart pounded out of my chest.
Not possible & too dangerous to leave.
Our neighbour hood along with half the country have been utterly smashed, a few doors up our road has gone, as have so many other roads , homes and people and animals. Tragedy and stress are literally at every bend of the road.
We are some of he lucky ones. Our home survived, albeit narrowly but survive it did, our whanau are whole and safe as are all our fur and feather babies. We are lucky.
We have lost quite a few beautiful trees & debris is everywhere, but our nourishing safe space (even my exotic doesn’t belong garden lol) will be restored as the trauma fades.
So, so lucky and you can bet we are counting our blessings.
Kia kaha xx

27/12/2022

Native volunteers…..

27/12/2022

Mamaku’s are just magnificent, this part of the property is becoming a cool, shady oasis in the extreme heat of the now.

27/12/2022

Some bromeliad colour in our garden right now, so beautiful@to have these pops of colour

19/10/2022

Feels like it’s been forever! A few beauties sparking joy at home at the moment….

19/10/2022

Because I can’t resist…a few more 😊

22/03/2022

Blood lily season always takes my breath away, these little beauties never fail. This seasons offering ❤️

05/11/2021

Pops of color this spring in our little slice of forest…..so incredibly beautiful!

27/09/2021

Emerging spring colour dotted at home 😊🌸🌻

03/07/2021

As close as I can get to the fun today lol……