Left: Rhododendron 'COS' enmass in a vase. Right: Table Centre piece featuring R. maddenii. When you think about cut flowers, I bet you don’t immediately think of Rhododendrons. Here in Dunedin, the Himalayan natives grow so well and have become so much a part of our city's identity, that we have a Rhododendron Festival at our local Botanic Garden. We would be remiss not to include them in our floral design to contribute a scene of place and season. October is the height of

The Journey In 2018 we set about building a flower field in the steep muddy eastern facing field next to our house.  By no means the...