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When your newly minted tea cosy matches your kitchen wallpaper
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It’s been a wet, windy and emotional week. Lots of pots of tea and crochet have been helpful
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Stay safe if you are in this torrential east coast low. Trains and uni for

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Today we lost my grandfather, the best man I’ve ever known. He was kind, curious, knowledgeable, sharp and generous of spirit. He was 100 years young, and I wish he could have stayed with us for 100 years more.
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Although I have many pho

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Praying mantis and seeded parsley.
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The joy.
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#organicgardening #flowerfarmer #insectfriendlygarden #prayingmantis #parsley #nospray #safetosniff #nochemicalshere

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Happy Mardi Gras!
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Stay safe, be fabulous
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#mardigras2021

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Happy birthday mum!
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Be still, my beating heart
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Enchanting Cobaea Scandens - cup and saucer vine - finally coming into bloom for me here on the flower farm. So very beautiful. A new variety for me this year, and tricky to pick at the right stage but, like all div

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WINNER!
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Thank you to everyone who entered this month’s giveaway. Giveaways are such fun. I think I get just as excited as the winners. This month’s book The Flower Workshop is one of my all time favourites. I’m so excited to

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Hello Autumn!
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So very happy to be saying farewell to summer. As a flower farmer summer is brutal. Early starts to beat the heat, blooms drooping under scorching sun, rushing to get bunches delivered in their freshest state, the sweat, the su

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Raspberry vine taming this afternoon. Prunings were begging to woven into a quick, loose, wild wreath. Bonus accidental wildlife included.
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Beautiful huge garden orb weaver now living on my front door. Sorry for moving you lovely one.
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Lots of lovely all organic all locally grown bunches heading out this weekend for anniversaries, birthdays and whole life celebrations. Thank you to everyone who ordered, and a special thanks to those who ordered through the website. Ordering is

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A birthday posy for Bronte
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#flowerindustryaustralia #organicflowerfarm #localflowers #grownnotflown #chemicalfree #safetosniff #wastefreeliving #localisthenewblack #growninmaitland

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GIVEAWAY TIME!⁠
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This month's giveaway is a very special one. Ariella Chezar is a rock star of the floristry world. Her style is wild and loose, seasonal and always 'of place'. She has inspired many of the newer generation of florists and

“Earth laughs in flowers”

— RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The Little Urban Flower Farm

Maitland,

Australia

0427911048 simone@thelittleurbanflowerfarm.com

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