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Rose Ottley
- Mar 11
- 3 min
What's in season? Autumn
Hey hey flower lovers! I’m happy to be in Autumn and can’t believe how very different everything was this time last year. I’m hoping and praying we won’t have a repeat! Autumn is one of my very favourite seasons and I’m happy to be sharing some flowers that are currently available at this time for #APRflowerEd. Now not all flowers are exclusive to a particular season, there are definitely some overlaps and some will continue to be available during Winter as well. You can eith
Rose Ottley
- Mar 4
- 5 min
A trip to the Sydney Flower Market and six helpful tips
Hello flower friends! This video has been a long time coming and is actually something I started at the beginning of 2020 before we went into lockdown. I wasn't sure if I was still going to share it but after watching it I thought it's a good starting place and something I think will be helpful especially for first timers who might want to head to the flower market. If you haven't yet taken a trip to the flower market, you should put it on your bucket list! We have an awesome
Rose Ottley
- Feb 17
- 2 min
How to care for cut flower Dahlias
Hello hello! You wouldn't believe it seeing as we've had a lot of rain and mostly cooler days, but we're coming to the end of Summer haha. I've always claimed that around February/March months are when the least of my favourite seasonal flowers are around. I'm not sure why I had this thought for a while when there are clearly some beauties out there including Lisianthus, Sunflowers, Scabiosa, Snapdragon and of course the ever gorgeous Dahlias. So this week for #APRflowerEd I
Rose Ottley
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Hydrangea flower care
Hey there flower lovers! I hope all is well with you all. What a beautiful week it has been thus far! It's my last Christmas Wreath Workshop this week and I'm excited to be doing it again. Boy has it been a blast! I'll share some pictures at the end of it all. I really love holding workshops and having last done it two years ago, it has been a real thrill and kick up the bum to keep doing it (while I can because of y'know, Rona). Anywho, #APRflowerEd this week is all about Hy
Rose Ottley
- Dec 2, 2020
- 5 min
The flower food experiment: Which works best?
Hello, hello! Wasn't the weekend a hot one! I hope you were able to keep cool. I held my first Christmas Wreath Workshop in the sun room in the morning-arvo and afterwards I spent the whooole day in that room because it's the only room that has air con. I'm such a Winter/Autumn gal.. just a few months and I'll be back in my element haha. This is the final One Design Posy for the year! I can hardly believe I'm saying this. How did we get to December!?! I won't be doing these a
Rose Ottley
- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
Protea flower care
Hello lovely people! I've been loving the rain. This morning when I went to the flower market it was pouring down and I felt grateful for it. It has this beautiful cleansing effect and after what we experienced last year I'm embracing it a lot more than before and am hoping it'll stick around during Summer. We need it, our farmers need it! Trips to the flower market always get me excited because of the flowers that are newly available. They definitely do stick out like a sore
Rose Ottley
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
How I dry five of my favourite flowers
Heya! I'm really excited about this #APRflowerEd because back in April this year I'd made a video about how I dry flowers. It takes a long time to prepare for, make a video and then edit it down. Seeing as it was my first one without any outtakes I thought I'd redo the video and apply what I learnt to make this one better. And my next one will be even better because I'll maybe have some notes to help me speak faster and more articulate haha. In my defence, I had a very early
Rose Ottley
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
What's native to South Africa?
Hello flower lovers! I hope you're doing well! I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to post anything #APRflowerEd related today. My mind has been so stressed and full that it has been a little hard concentrating. Luckily I've got a big list of things I've been wanting to share and that took away half of the work... well, not really but definitely a big part of it. I've always known that work blogging takes a little more work than you'd think—in addition to everything else
Rose Ottley
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
What's in season? Spring
Hello hello! Well I'm shocked that it's already Wednesday! I feel that once Wednesday is over I blink and then it's all of a sudden Friday, blink again and the weekend is over and we're ready to start a new week haha. Weekends are never long enough! I also can hardly believe that we're in November! This year has felt like a million in one and yet at the same time one veeeery looong year. It's an interesting week particularly because it's Election week in the US and it'll be v
Rose Ottley
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Flower Care: Peony
Hey there flower friends! So we've finally moved into our new home and although we've still got a lot of cleaning and organising to do, it's great to only have to concentrate on one house! We're going to slowly chip away at it here as it was quite a big job to not only move but fix up, paint etc etc the new house we've moved into. I hope we don't have to do that again haha but it'll be worth the extra effort to live in a beautiful space. I've had a bit of a lightbulb moment a
Rose Ottley
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
What is this? An arrangement
Howdy flower lovers! I hope you're having a great week thus far! My husband and I have been working like mad trying to get things ready at our new house for the move and we're almost near the end of it all ... except the dreaded unpacking! Our current home is almost empty to the point that it now echos. Apart from a few things here and there it's quite empty and yet all my eyes see is stuff everywhere! I think my mind is playing tricks on me and wont be happy until we've hand
Rose Ottley
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
What's in season?
Hello flower lovers! I'm feeling more Summer vibes lately than Summer, argh! and I'm not ready for it haha. I keep telling myself that I need to head outdoors and enjoy the glorious weather we've been having lately and once we finally move (hopefully next week—we've laid down the sealer/top coat onto the floorboards and have to wait a few days before we can walk on it properly) and get settled in I'm looking forward to doing just that—but I see rain is on the horizon haha. I'
Rose Ottley
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Flower care: Ranunculus
Hello my flower friends, I really hope the long weekend was fun and restful. After the year we've had, we all deserve it! I had some fun celebrating my sister's sweet 16th birthday and then spent Sunday and Monday helping my husband with the floor. We're moving house soon and we've been given permission to remove the wallpaper and carpet so we've been painting and sanding. I wish that was all but there's a lot more work to do before just adding paint and ripping up carpet hah
Rose Ottley
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
What's in season?
Heya flower friends! I've been dividing my time lately between painting walls (carpet/floorboards is next) as we're moving house soon and family time, as coming from a big family there are a tonne of birthdays at the moment, argh haha! I was hoping to get more #APRflowerEd segments in but I'm stretched at the moment and so it'll just be one per week until things settle down :). Another round of "What's in season?" This time we have beautiful Waratahs or Telopea, Stock, Eriost
Rose Ottley
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
A tip for longer lasting flowers
Hello my fellow flower lovers! I really hope you're doing well! This week for #APRflowerEd I wanted to share a tip that might not be so well known to help your flowers last as long as they should or a bit longer. There are definitely methods we all know ... or hopefully know by now, include changing the water every second day or so, using a clean vase, snipping the stems of your flowers on a 45 degree angle each time you change the water, ensuring there are no leaves below th
Rose Ottley
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Flower Care: Freesias
Hello my flower friends, I hope you're doing well :). I did some deliveries yesterday (I don't normally deliver on a Tuesday) and because it's usually my day off I was able to just cruise drive to my delivery locations. It was such a joy to see so many gardens in full bloom! I saw lots of Wisteria, Cherry Blossom, Rhododendron and Azalea trees and it was a sunny day and my heart was so full! This is truly the beauty of nature. I always say I'm an Autumn/Winter gal but Spring
Rose Ottley
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
What's in Season?
Hello hello! Happy hump day! I'm back with another round of What's in Season? for this week's #APRflowerEd. Spring is just busting with some beautiful, beautiful blooms and so this season is going to be great to report on! I've mentioned this before but I'll keep reminding you that the flowers I present can be available in other seasons as well, or only for a short period within a season. I'm just giving you an idea of what's currently available :). I'm also mostly diving int
Rose Ottley
- Sep 2, 2020
- 6 min
Should I get training to become a Florist?
Happy Spring flower friends! Should I get training to become a Florist? I get asked this question all the time! I don't actually but you can tell that I've been watching a little too many YouTube viddys where they say that all the time haha. But it's a great question to explore and so I thought that for #APRflowerEd this week, I'll share my views and experiences for flower lovers who want to get into the flower selling business or even for those who are interested in knowing
Rose Ottley
- Aug 26, 2020
- 1 min
Flower care: Helleborus
Hello my dear flower friends! How can we be nearing the end of August already, argh! It feels like a thousand years in one and like time has been slow all at once. I'm back with some #APRflowerEd and this time it's all about the beautiful Helleborus, aka Winter Rose, aka Lenten Rose. But before I get into that, don't forget about my 20% off Winter sale which is site wide!! If you've had your eye on something, now is the perfect time to snag a goodie :). Now back to the gorgeo
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