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Flower Care Guide | Hydrangeas

Characterised by their pom-pom shaped appearance and one of the only flowers to be able to change...

What's It Like Being A Rose Grower?

Each year, thousands of red roses are sold and made into a symbol of love. But what work really...

Fresh Flower Care Tips

Got your flowers home and wanting to know what to do next? Check out our favourite tips on keeping...

Know Your Grower - Clandon Daffodils

The FGWF team were lucky to get out of the office to spend the morning with Ian and Marian Riddell,...

Compostable Flower Food Sachet - Chrysal

A new compostable flower food sachet has been introduced to the market in which is made from...

6 Interesting Facts About Peonies

NZ Peony season is only around the corner and it's something to get excited about! Delicate, soft...

Pampas Grass vs Toetoe

A popular wedding trend is helping spread a noxious weed around the country.

Wedding season about...

Love What's In Season - Proteas

New Zealand Protea season is here!

For the month of May, we're celebrating Proteas! Starting in...

Discover "Love What's In Season"

Love What’s in Season is about celebrating and creating awareness of the New Zealand flower...

Love What's In Season - Tulips

The New Zealand Tulip season is here!

For the month of March, we're starting Feel Good With Flowers...

February Flower of the Month - Limonium

Sweet, wispy and papery, Limonium is made up of hundreds of tiny blooms. A popular wedding...

Love Flowers? Then Love the Planet!

There’s no denying that more and more people are becoming aware of many products causing harm to...

NZ Flowers Week 2018

NZ Flowers Week is back for it's 3rd year, Nov 5th-11th! ...

September Flower of the Month - Garden Rose

The Garden Rose is a timeless product of floristry. While many flowers go in and out of fashion,...

Our Five Favourite Things - August 2018

Take a look at our five favourite things for the month of AUGUST1

'COFFEE' COLOURED FLOWERSWe are...

August Flower of the Month - Hellebore

Also known as a ‘Winter Rose’, Hellebores are a perennial that derive from the Ranunculaceae...

July Flower of the Month - Protea

We’ve never met a variety of Protea we didn’t like.Venus, pink ice, limelight – we could...

Caring for Asiatic and Oriental Lilies

Asiatic and Oriental varieties of Lilies are some of the most well know and popular flowers on the...

Caring for Spring Flowers

Nothing screams JOY more than a vase of spring flowers. That's why it's important to ensure you are...

Protea - Love What's in Season

As part of a new collaboration, we are beyond excited to be working with Together Journal to...

June Flower of the Month - Cymbidium

A sought-after flower amongst florists, the Cymbidium Orchid seemed like the perfect bloom for our...

A Day with Bart Hassam

On the morning of Sunday March 18th, we were lucky enough to attend a demonstration by Bart Hassam,...