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Locally grown
…in open paddocks so the flowers
are freshly-cut for every order.
Did you know over 80% of flowers purchased in Australia are imports?
Wrapped in plastic and flown into Australia on a daily basis, they create a huge carbon-footprint as well as carrying a multitude of pests and diseases - a huge biosecurity risk to Australia’s agriculture.
Sustainably grown
… just the way Mother Nature intended,
NO chemicals, NO dyes & NO pesticides.
All flowers imported in Australia are sprayed, at least once, with chemicals and many have been ‘devitalized’ {= lose vitality/become lifeless} in an attempt to reduce risks of pests & disease and so they cannot be propagated.
Always ask ‘where have these flowers come from?’ when buying from a florist, and think twice before buying from big supermarkets.
Seasonally grown
… of course we all ‘oooh’ and ‘ahhh’ when Geelong florists promote the first Peonies of the season.
Australian-grown Peonies delight us in Spring, their natural season, so when you see them being pushed in Winter, they’re more than likely imports and you’ll being paying for their first-class flight from France, Italy or The Netherlands.
I urge you to wait a couple of months and support you local Peony growers (including Bella Flora Farm).
Grow it and they will come!
I’ve come a long way since November 2016 with a small area of sunflowers; I then took over a paddock in Winter 2017 with an array of tulips, stock, poppies, ranunculus & anemones.
Today, I still cannot keep up with demand, and grow flowers because flower lovers, like you, continue to purchase bouquets - so, thankyou!
Also, thankyou to my family for the heavy lifting, the machinery work, collecting seeds, manning market stalls, delivering bouquets…and listening to me cry when rabbits destroy thousands of dollars of sprouting Dahlia tubers or the Sweet Pea wall topples over…or I’ve picked the last Peony of the season.
Did I say RABBITS!?!?
Yes, the Bellarine Peninsula is rife with rabbits.
First introduced to Australia in 1859 and still causing land degradation in 2022.
We’ve tried everything to keep these pests at bay, but between rabbit-proof fencing and Dizzy, our Border Collie, it’s extremely difficult and I believe it’s up to the community as a whole to work together. Thankyou to Bellarine Landcare who continue to work on the issue.