FLORA Flowers

FLORA Flowers Artist turned Flower Farmer & Florist. Growing extraordinary flowers for local people to enjoy.

Imagine a peaceful wander through our flower field at dawn or dusk, choosing which flowers you'd like to pick!You can no...
01/12/2025

Imagine a peaceful wander through our flower field at dawn or dusk, choosing which flowers you'd like to pick!

You can now experience this for yourself ... our Pick-Your-Own flower events have been added to our website.

This year we are only holding events in the next few weeks leading up to Christmas (and then we're having some family time...we know you'll understand!)

There are currently 6 events to choose from, but get in touch if you have a group of at least 4 ticket holders and you'd like us to consider adding another date.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the flower farm šŸŒ»

30/11/2025

Help me choose who stays and who goes!

I think I have grown about 250 new dahlia seedlings this year, and Iā€™m hoping to keep max 20.

Hereā€™s 10 that have survived the first round of removals.

Are there any that catch your eye??? Tell me why you like them!

This little project brings me so much joy šŸ¤©

Confessions of an online shopper!Before I owned my own business, I did a lot of my shopping onlineā€¦especially books. Boo...
29/11/2025

Confessions of an online shopper!

Before I owned my own business, I did a lot of my shopping onlineā€¦especially books. Booktopia was my go-to supplier.

Since owning my own business Iā€™ve changed my spending habits. Wherever possible I try to buy from local businesses that are owned by people who live in our community.

Thereā€™s always a tiny bit of satisfaction at knowing my money is staying in our community and supporting people that I actually know.

And thereā€™s a certain joy in choosing my own books in a shop rather than scrolling online.

Itā€™s pretty easy to shop local!

Weā€™re not buying into the whole Black Friday shenanigans.It breaks my heart a little to see small businesses feel like t...
28/11/2025

Weā€™re not buying into the whole Black Friday shenanigans.

It breaks my heart a little to see small businesses feel like they have to offer a discount to not be forgotten at this time of year.

To be honest, most small businesses already offer their best fair priceā€¦we donā€™t have over-inflated margins that we can cut to make you all want to suddenly buy our products!

So itā€™s just business as usualā€¦meā€¦outsideā€¦picking flowersā€¦and just quietly enjoying some beautiful sunshine ā˜€ļø

And Iā€™m so grateful for all my wonderful local customers who keep supporting my business every day šŸŒø

Our ā€˜Christmasā€™ Lilies always turn up a little early here North of Auckland.Perfect timing for all those early December ...
28/11/2025

Our ā€˜Christmasā€™ Lilies always turn up a little early here North of Auckland.

Perfect timing for all those early December Christmas functions šŸŽ„

Iā€™m a bit fed up - maybe you are too?It feels like Iā€™ve already had weeks of being bombarded by Black Friday sales throu...
24/11/2025

Iā€™m a bit fed up - maybe you are too?

It feels like Iā€™ve already had weeks of being bombarded by Black Friday sales through my emails and social media.

Where did Black Friday even come from? Iā€™m sure it wasnā€™t a thing 5 years ago, but somehow this American day/week/month of excess consumerism has us in its grip.

Donā€™t get me wrong, I love a good discount as much as the rest of you, and I have been keeping a list of specific things Iā€™ll be looking out for in the sales, but I object to the constant push to buy buy buy!

So if youā€™re here looking for a Black Friday Discount, then Iā€™m sorry to disappoint you.

Instead of gearing up for a big sale on Friday, weā€™re slowing down ā€” taking a breath, turning our focus back to what really matters.

Weā€™re celebrating GREEN FRIDAY ā€” a celebration of mindful purchases and local makers.

Every bouquet we sell on Friday will add joy and colour to our community, and we feel pretty good about that!


24/11/2025

Snapdragons!

Iā€™ve had a real change of heart about them this year.

I only grew some because I thought I should (because I was selling so many snapdragons seedlings to other growers!). Itā€™s ended up being a really good year for snapdragons ā€¦ no sign of the dreaded rust yet ā€¦ and I wish Iā€™d grown more!

Iā€™ve grown several types with quite different flower shapes. I think I still prefer the classic flower shape, but the others are growing on me ā€¦ which do you prefer?

09/11/2025

If youā€™re new to flower farming, then let me introduce you to the Ammobium that was available as seed about 5 years ago.

Itā€™s awesome - manageable and floriferous! Straight rigid stems that are easy to use and dry.

Iā€™ve tried, but I just canā€™t fall in love with the new Ammobium (grown from the seed available now). I find it too tall, too fleshy and a bit sparse with the flowers.

Fortunately for me, I saved seed from the plants I grew 5 years ago (and have saved seed every year since), so I have the choice to grow my preferred type.

Iā€™m trying to figure out if itā€™s feasible to use this seed for my nga rakau seedling brokerage ordersā€¦not sure I can get it clean enough to go through their seeding machine.

I might just have to keep growing it myselfā€¦although I just pricked out about 200 which is definitely more than I need!

This Sunday is your chance to get your hands on some awesome healthy seedlings.I've grown a whole heap of seedlings to d...
06/11/2025

This Sunday is your chance to get your hands on some awesome healthy seedlings.

I've grown a whole heap of seedlings to donate to Hospice to be sold at their Point Wells Home and Garden Tour this Sunday.

The plant stall is being held at my flower farm in Point Wells and is open to the public (although you won't be able to visit any of the homes or gardens without a ticket)

There's a good range of vegetables, as well as punnets of many of the same cut-flowers that I grow on the farm...and dahlia tubers.

You'll even get a peek at the flower farm (it's not open for wandering though due to health and safety)

Sunday 9th Nov, 9:45 - 2:30, 282 Point Wells Road (straight down to the end of the driveway)

Eftpos available and 100% proceeds to our local Hospice.

25/10/2025

How about pushing pause with me for 47 seconds!

I know life gets super busy and sometimes we donā€™t take time to just stop and just notice and just breathe.

I am totally guilty of this, in fact itā€™s only because Iā€™m in someone elseā€™s garden that I can just enjoy it for what it is without remembering all the work itā€™s taken to grow it, or seeing all the things that need to be done.

So if youā€™re not somewhere with a suitable spot to nip outside and just breatheā€¦hereā€™s 47 seconds of my early morning wandering. Happy to share it with you!

No trending music because then you wouldnā€™t get to enjoy the dawn chorus šŸ¤

Enjoy

23/10/2025

When the flower-farmer-in-training decided he wanted to try growing broad beans, heā€™d run out of veggie garden space. So I generously allocated him a small section at the top of what was planned to be my delphinium bed.

And then we went away for 6 weeks.

When we got home I realised that heā€™d had much bigger broad bean plans and had planted a row all the way down the side of my delphinium bed.

And having not grown broad beans before I just shrugged and got in with life. Probably should have pulled them out!

And now I know just how big broad beans grow!!! They are monsters and are covering half of the bed even though we have them tied in with strings.

And the funny thing isā€¦we donā€™t even eat broad beans - no idea at all what to do with them!

But theyā€™re sheltering the delphiniums nicelyā€¦and will make some excellent biomass!

Any broad bean eating tips gratefully acceptedšŸ‘‡

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Flowers with creative flair

FLORA Flower Studio is my home-based florist business in Warkworth. Iā€™m very excited to be able to combine my background in both art and horticulture to bring you flowers with creative flair, and Iā€™m currently obsessed with growing a collection of foliage and flowers sustainably so that I can provide you with some ā€˜grown-not-flownā€™ flora in your purchases. Iā€™m available for pre-ordered bouquets, wedding flowers, funeral flowers and flowers for any other special occasion (or just because you deserve a treat!). My farm fresh flowers are also available at Charlie Gelato Garden during their strawberry season (approx last week Sept - Christmas)