Today in my GREAT BOTANICAL JOURNEY Mangrove Creek in Katikati, New Zealand to learn all about what goes into running a flower farm. See the first episode in this series: https://youtu.be/J4HcjbI0mTA
Mangrove Creek grow a massive variety of flowers which they export globally. From their little spot in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, they grow hellebore, hydrangea, protea, viburnum, flannel flower, pieris japonica and more!
In this series I want to go behind the scenes and discover where our flowers come from. As a floral designer if I can’t find the flowers or foliage I want for a design in my garden, then it’s just a matter of a trip to my local flower market. As I cast my eyes over buckets and buckets of flowers, I got to thinking - somewhere, someone grows all these and I wonder what’s involved.
A special note of thanks to both New Zealand Blooms and Mangrove Creek for giving up your valuable time, at such a busy time of the year.
You can find Mangrove Creek at https://www.facebook.com/p/Mangrove-creek-flower-farm-100063906313346
and https://www.instagram.com/mangrove_creek
Thanks to NZ Bloom for organising my expedition:
https://www.nzbloom.com
https://www.instagram.com/newzealandbloom
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