We go in search of flower farmers, to share their knowledge, passion and insights into the flower industry. Having fun along the way! It's going to be blooming fabulous. Season 2026 coming soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What if the answer to floristry's floral foam problem could be grown instead of manufactured? In this episode, Bec sits down with Kristina Bircsak of Miconet Solutions, creator of Natriform — a plant-based floral mechanic grown from hemp and mycelium, developed right here in Australia in collaboration with working florists. Bec and Kristina first met at the Melbourne International Flower and…
Dawn Allen began as a Saturday girl in her local florist shop, met her husband at Covent Garden Flower Market, and now farms Australian natives from Bob's Garden — fifty acres at Boneo on the Mornington Peninsula, looking out to Bass Strait. In May, she took banksias to the Chelsea Flower Show with her exhibit Banksia Evolution, tracing the banksia from seed pod to full bloom, and came home with a…
Five years ago, Bec sat down with Petrina from Petrina Blooms as Melbourne crawled out of its first COVID lockdown. This episode, she finally makes it back for that promised gin — and finds out everything that's bloomed, died back and come up again since. What started as an accidental side hustle off a single Facebook message has turned into a full business, taking Petrina to teach floral…
Some episodes are time capsules. This is one of them. We're rewinding to late 2020, as Victoria emerged from its first long lockdown — gin raised, friends finally allowed over, the whole state breathing out. In the middle of it sits Petrina from Petrina Blooms: a lifelong flower obsessive who turned a suburban Ivanhoe block into a garden of 8,000+ bulbs and 120 roses, and who had just started…
Dish the Dirt — Show Notes The Cotton Bunch with Jamie Rother & Caroline Azria What happens when a third-generation cotton farmer and a Paris-born UX designer meet at Disney World, fall in love, and end up growing flowers on the Darling Downs? You get The Cotton Bunch — and one of the most unexpected stories in Australian flower farming. Jamie Rother and Caroline Azria run The Cotton Bunch across…
Some people don't just start businesses — they start movements. This week I sit down with Jess, the powerhouse founder of the Flower Summit , the Newcastle Food & Flower Markets and the Newcastle Flower School . We go right back to the beginning: the entrepreneurial kid who landed her first job at thirteen, started her first company at twenty-three with a hundred chair covers sewn in her auntie's…
We’re closing out 2025 with a soulful, grounded, and beautifully honest conversation with Brooke Stewart of Meadowbrook Flower Farm . Set between Port Fairy and Warrnambool, Brooke’s six-acre farm is shaped by wind, weather, family, and the deep desire to build something meaningful from home. Brooke shares how flower farming became the anchor she needed during motherhood, a FIFO lifestyle, raising…
Key topics: Diversifying crops and sustaining staff year-round Protected cultivation and the benefits of greenhouses Exporting Australian flowers to Japan and beyond Collaboration, community, and why sharing knowledge matters Adapting to climate change and investing in renewable energy Mentioned: Wildflowers Australia AgriFutures research library East Coast Wildflowers and the growers who inspire…
Guests: Elsa from Hunter Forage & Madeline from Mount Vincent Flower Farm In this episode, Rebecca chats with Elsa and Madeline about how a small group of passionate local growers turned into a thriving community of 30+ members known as the Hunter Flower Collective . We talk about: 🌼 How the collective began — and the joy of growing from five friends to 31 members 🌸 The challenges and creativity…
Guest: Caitie O’Grady – Springview Irises, Ebden VIC Host: Rebecca Noble Nestled in the hills of northeast Victoria overlooking Lake Hume, Springview Irises is home to hundreds of bearded iris varieties grown by Caitie O’Grady and her family. In this episode, Caitie shares her journey from planting flowers in her childhood sandpit to running a thriving iris farm known for its colour, character,…
