Our Loved ResourcesGreat websites for
growing information.
The Growing
Kindness Project
Their mission is to empower, educate and encourage individuals to cultivate kindness in their communities by growing and giving flowers.
Florelie Flower Farm
A small scale, specialty cut flower farm in Bungaree, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Lorelie Merton generously shares her growing knowledge. Check out their website
Love ‘n Fresh Flowers
Jennie Love – owner and Creative Director of Love ‘n Fresh Flowers, is the passionate and creative driving force behind a small but mighty flower enterprise. Trained both as a horticulturalist and floral design she loves educating everyone who will listen about the special beauty and value of locally grown flowers. You will find a loads of flower information on Jennie’s website.
Floret Flowers
A family run flower farm and seed company in Washington USA – Skagit Valley run by Chris and Erin Benzakein. Erin is an inspiration to me. Check out their website.
Santa Cruz Dahlias
A no-till organic dahlia farm operated by Kristine Albrecht in Santa Cruz, California. Kristine is known for her award-winning dahlia hybrids and in 2020 released a book on dahlia breeding. Kristine is so generous in sharing her dahlia growing knowledge via Instagram posts too. Follow her and enjoy her passion and knowledge.
The Gardener’s Workshop
Lisa Mason Zeigler – What began as a small cut-flower farm producing for local markets has grown into so much more. Lisa has become a leader in the cut-flower growing industry, author, accomplished speaker, teacher, and the owner of The Gardener’s Workshop. You will find all sorts of goodness at Lisa’s website.
Podcasts to get you inspired.
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Why Women Grow Podcast
Hosted by Alice Vincent, these are rich and intimate conversations on women’s interaction with gardening and nature.
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Avant Gardeners Podcast
Hosts Madeleine Gasparinatos and Emily Allen.
With lots of enthusiasm Emily and Maddie love chatting about gardening. Each fortnightly episode they speak to people who inspire them in the garden. In order to unearth knowledge.
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Dish The Dirt
Hosted by Rebecca Noble. Rebecca goes in search of Australian flower farmers, to share their knowledge, passion and insights into the flower industry.
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Bloom Mates Podcast
Hosted by Katie from Grown by Lightning Hollows and Sarah from Quayle Cottage. Two Aussie flower farming friends chatting about business and blooms.
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All the Dirt
Gardening, sustainability, food and organics. Weekly discussion, interviews and tasty garden to kitchen recipes.
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The Cut Flower Podcast
Hosted host Roz Chandler who has been a cut flower farmer for nearly ten years and is passionate about helping others to have their own cutting patches.
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Graziher
Life on the Land – Telling stories of women who live in rural and regional Australia. Stories from all kinds of women who have lived all kinds of lives from all different walks of life.
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The Flower Podcast
Hosted by Scott Shepherd. This podcast is for the floral community to discuss flowers, trends and business topics.
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The No-Till Flowers Podcast
Hosted by Jennie Love – A show about regenerative flower farming.
Books you can’t put down.
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From Seed to Bloom
by Milli Proust
Milli takes you through the growing year from from preparing, planning and planting your plot, to sowing your seeds and nurturing them to maturity. From Seed To Bloom celebrates the harvesting of your crop with tips and tricks to get the best vase life for specific flowers and how to design with them for a life filled with flowers.
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The Kindest Garden
by Marian Boswall
Drawing on lessons from forward-thinking farmers, foresters, re-wilders and nature itself, The Kindest Garden shows you how to create a garden that is both a beautiful sanctuary for yourself and also a place where nature can thrive.
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Wild by Design
by Tim Pilgrim
Tim shares the joys of naturalistic gardening - an approach inspired by the dynamic beauty of untamed plants, the garden as wildlife habitat, the rhythm of the seasons, our future climate, and the visual rewards of relaxing our need for control.
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The Well Gardened Mind
by Sue Stuart-Smith
Rediscovering nature in the modern world.
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Costa's World
by Costa Georgiadis
Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbs.
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Soil
by Matthew Evans
The incredible story of what keep the earth, and us, healthy.
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Flower Confidential
by Amy Stewart
The good, the bad and the beautiful. An insight into the global flower industry.
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A Year in Flowers
by Floret Farm’s
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Cut Flower Garden
by Floret Farm’s