Nursery and Flower Production

The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.

Native plant suppliers are reporting a downturn in sales to farms for revegetation projects after historically low rainfall in much of the state last year.

More than a decade of teaching has taught Natalie Brock a thing or two, but her biggest life lesson has been to "do something you love". 

Lyn Bayfield's community came to the rescue when a wholesaler refused more than 100 fresh-cut bunches from her farm, a practice an industry body says is common in the "cutthroat" business.

Nestled within the walls of the world heritage-listed Woolmers Estate sits Tasmania's largest rose collection. The sprawling 1.5 hectare garden is largely maintained by about a dozen volunteers.

With more than 450 varieties of roses, this couple has created a thriving oasis, which is considered one of the best open gardens in the Riverland Rose and Garden Festival.

Les Stephson is not letting his age get in the way of maintaining his "pride and joy" — his garden, where he goes to remember his wife who died a year ago.

A native flower farmer has not had her usual winter break from picking this year as unseasonably warm weather brings blooms through the usually quiet months.

A plant bearing a supersized new avocado variety is tipped to be a sell-out, ahead of its first release to retail nurseries and home gardeners.

A bouquet of flowers is the go-to gift for many special occasions but the world is paying a high price for transporting our out-of-season blooms.

Up to 90 per cent of flowers sold this Mother's Day will be imported as domestic production lags far behind demand.

Specially grown sunflower crops are springing up around Southern Queensland to help meet demand from crowds of visitors keen for a photo. 

Charlie Smith spent his school holidays growing sunflowers with his dad on their Manjimup farm in WA's South West and has big aspirations for his little business.

Darwin's once numerous flower farmers have shrunk from 40 in the 1980s to five, with those left inching closer to retirement. 

Nocturnal mammals, birds and reptiles can be impacted by bright Christmas decorations. Here are some ways to minimise harm.

Australian-grown capers are a sought-after ingredient for high-end restaurants, selling for up to $50 per 250 grams. And with each tiny bud picked by hand, it's not hard to see why.

Tamworth mum Shona Robilliard started with a few seeds in her veggie patch, but in search of a better work-life balance she's ditched the vegetables and is now a fully fledged cut-flower farmer.

When Jimmy Thomson's wife Roslyn died last year, he was distraught. Her love of native flowers was something he couldn't shake, so he continued her weekly tradition of making and donating native floral bouquets.

A couple has abandoned high pressure jobs in Melbourne to move to a bush block in Queensland starting an organic flower farm.

Former Melbourne couple Jennifer Nini and Ben McGuire swapped their innercity abode for life on a flower farm in country Queensland.