From Farm to Everlasting Flowers — Our Growing & Drying Process
From our farm in regional Victoria, we grow, harvest, and naturally dry dried flowers and everlasting flowers. Using Australian native flowers and chemical-free methods, each handmade dried flower arrangement is created to preserve natural beauty and last for years.
It starts on the farm
Every flower we use begins its life on our 40-acre property in regional Victoria — a mix of Australian native bush garden and a small flower cutting patch.
We grow varieties chosen specifically for how they dry: flowers that hold their colour, their form, and their character for years. Foliage including banksia, eucalyptus, hakea and wattle grows throughout the bush farm, and seed pods like gum nuts and banksia cones are collected by hand each season.
We aim to use organic practices as much as possible, including minimal tillage, no synthetic chemicals, no fertilisers. Just soil, seed, and lots of time.
It's not without its challenges. The horses have gotten into the cutting patch more than once. Rabbits have eaten entire rows of seedlings. Too much moisture during drying, summer winds flattening the stems — there's always something. But each season teaches us something new, and we keep learning alongside the land.
Picking at the right moment
Most of our flowers are grown from seed, with spring through to autumn being the main growing season. Each stem is hand-picked at its peak, when the colour is most vibrant and the bloom is at its strongest.
Timing matters more than most people realise. Pick too early and the flower won't hold; too late and it loses its form. It's something we've developed a feel for over time, and we're still learning.
What we grow includes billy buttons, everlasting daisies, kangaroo paw and rice flower, alongside a small selection of non-natives: statice, gomphrena, celosia, lisianthus and ranunculus.
Early-season seedlings pushing through in our cutting patch.
How we dry them
No dyes. No artificial preservatives. Once picked, bunches are hung in our studio and drying shed, an old wood shed that turns out to be perfect for the job. Airflow, temperature, and low light draw out moisture slowly and evenly, preserving the natural texture and tones that make each stem its own.
Depending on the variety, drying takes anywhere from one to four weeks. It can't be rushed. The result is flowers that are strong, beautifully textured, and built to last years in your home.
Bunches hanging in the studio, slowly drying in the warmth and airflow of the shed.
A fresh harvest of everlastings, zinnias and rice flower, picked at their peak and ready for the shed.
Why we dry rather than sell fresh
Dried flowers hold something fresh-cut blooms can't: they last. No water, no wilting, no weekly replacement. They bring colour and texture to a space long after the season has passed.
Our slow approach means everything we make is made with flowers we've grown and dried ourselves .......from seed to finished piece.
Everlasting daisies and statice, grown on our farm and harvested by hand.
A little piece of the farm, in your home
Whether you choose a ready-made wreath, a DIY kit, or come along to one of our workshops, what you're taking home has been grown here, on this land, by these hands.
When we can't grow certain varieties ourselves , such as protea and waratah, we source from nearby farms and regional Victorian growers who care for the land the same way we do.
Every stem has a story. We're glad to pass it on.