Dish the Dirt

By Rebecca Noble

We go in search of Australian flower farmers, to share their knowledge, passion and insights into the flower industry. Having fun along the way! It's going to be blooming marvelous! Episodes uploaded ... more

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September 09, 2023 Botany Sustainable Florist
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Botany is a sustainable online florist based in Melbourne. We take the traditional florist business model and give it a green overhaul, by offering products that have been created from farm to door without any single-use plastics or unnecessary packaging. We create all of our beautiful arrangements using only locally grown and seasonal flowers, and arrange them into glass vases that ensure your flowers arrive fresher and ready to enjoy! If you are as serious about sustainability as we are you will love sending flowers with Botany.

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50min
August 15, 2023 Craig Scott - East Coast Wildflowers
Craig Scott
East Coast Wildflowers
My father and I started farming together in 1984, our family has been involved in the cut flower and
foliage industry either as growers or florist for a number of generations. I live on the NSW Central
Coast Australia. Our main farm is at Mangrove Mountain and we wholesale our flowers and foliage
at Sydney Flower Markets where we have market stands and warehouse facilities.
On our farm we specialise in growing Australian flora, in the field as well as in greenhouses. The
main species that we grow are Anigozanthos, Eucalyptus for foliage and flower, Actinotus (Flannel
Flower), Grevillea, Telopea, Rhodanthe, Bracteantha (everlasting Daisies) Ptilotus (Mulla Mulla)
and a wide range of other interesting Australian wildflowers, we aim for year round production.
East Coast Wildflowers is one of Australia’s leading wholesalers specialising in Australian
Wildflowers and South African Proteaceae, we source cultivated flowers and foliage from most
states in Australia.
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54min
July 06, 2023 Maya Linnell - Bonus episode Kookaburra Cottage
From country show baking to raising orphaned lambs, bestselling author Maya Linnell writes about the life
she lives and loves. A keen bookworm, former rural journalist and radio show host, Maya is also an
ambassador for the digital library app Libby OverDrive. She lives in rural Victoria with a menagerie of animals,
sweeping gardens, three bookworms and the odd tiger snake or three.

Kookaburra Cottage is now available in all good bookstores, Big W, Kmart and also available for download.
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41min
December 14, 2022 Soho Rose Farm
Soho Rose farm is a cut flower farm growing field grown garden roses and seasonal flowers in the heart of our family run working cattle, potato and cropping farm within the Hepburn Springs farming district.
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57min
December 05, 2022 Studio 24 - Central Otago NZ
I have been a florist for over 25 years but have had a love for flowers all my life, my earliest memories would be picking from our large garden on the farm I grew up on. I went straight into floristry from school and was traditionally trained. I moved to Wanaka and my sole focus had been weddings for the last 16 years up until covid.
About 6 years ago we purchased the land I grow on now and always had a vision to grow blooms for my floral design. Growing primarily hard to source garden blooms and in particular dahlias was the goal. Covid hit and I pivoted to selling online retail and growing a more diverse range of blooms in a small cutting garden and then selling excess flowers to other local florists. I am so lucky to have such amazing relationships with the fellow florists and other local growers in the area.
I am really passionate about locally and sustainably grown blooms and supplying high quality flowers not just for couples who are my clients but other florists and their clients who get to use and see our amazing blooms.
We also sell tubers from our dahlias each year and are developing our own hybridised varieties with the focus being on more wedding style blooms as the clients we supply to are mainly florists for weddings and my own clients getting married.
We are also wanting to grow a range of blooms for seed and see a need for less imported seeds and more self sufficient production in New Zealand - something I hope to delve more into over the coming years.
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49min
November 27, 2022 Field of Roses - Zoe Field
Field of Roses is a small flower farm and floral design studio led by farmer/florist mother and daughter duo Zoe and Sue Field. Nestled in the beautiful Waingake Valley just outside of Gisborne, New Zealand. Field of Roses was established in 2012 after Zoe had an idea to plant a field of roses on her family farm, alongside with an assortment of flowering annuals and perennials that all lend themselves to their wild and romantic designs. They do a bit of everything, weddings, everyday bouquets, workshops, wholesale and most recently released their book, LOST & FOUND, filled with lots of flower inspiration for any flower lover. You can find LOST AND FOUND in Australia Dymocks -everywhere
Readings (Melbourne)
Boffins (Perth)
Kinokuniya (Sydney)
Avid Reader (Brisbane)
Paperchain (Canberra)
Fullers (Hobart)
Dillons (Adelaide) Gubba Bags - Gubba.co.nZ Beneficial Bugs - bio force.co.nZ
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41min
November 20, 2022 Clifton Blooms Flower Farm
Clifton Blooms is a flower farm located by the beach and among the gum trees in southern Tasmania. The farm was established in 2021 by Kate Dixon.
Kate grows a mix of Australian natives, South African natives as well as interesting perennials and annual flowers.
Clifton Blooms supplies flowers directly to floral artists and clever creatives in the greater Hobart area
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52min
November 13, 2022 Caldera Flower Farm - story and their experience with the new bio sanitation laws.
‘ Carlie and Matt grow seasonal, open field cut flowers on their 5 acre property located in Upper Crystal Creek on Bundjalung country.
They grow their flowers based on regenerative agriculture and no till principles. They don’t use nasty chemicals and enjoy building beautiful, healthy soil with their three youngest daughters alongside them’
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35min
November 06, 2022 Three Valleys Flower Farms
A COLLABORATION OF FOUR FLOWER FARMERS
We are Three Valleys Flower Farms, a collaboration of flower farmers located across Cardrona, Maungawera and the Lindis valleys in the Upper Clutha Basin.

With a love for all things floral we are passionate about growing stunning seasonal blooms. We are consciously growing artisan garden flowers sustainably that are full of character, for you, our local community.

THE FARMERS

Anna Mackay
CARDRONA FRESH

Jenny Clark
STUDIO 24 BOTANICALS

Sarah Rutherford
THE JOY FARMER

Vera Yakzhik
ALPINE BLOOMS FARM find them - [email protected]
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50min
October 30, 2022 Ball Australia - Importation of seeds and the changes within bio security.
Ball Horticultural Company Australia is part of a global family of breeders and researchers providing the Australian horticultural industry with the most commercially viable and innovative plants from around the world.
Ball Australia offers a daily national distribution of quality seed and vegetative lines for flowers, vegetables, herbs, cut flowers and tissue culture. Trails week is held from 6-9th of December. Register to be part of their wholesale distribution list BallAustralia.com
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34min

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