Friday, 9 October 2026

What Happened to Spring?

Did anyone else blink and miss Spring? 🌸

It feels like we've gone straight from winter frosts to summer sunshine! One minute we were covering our plants to protect them from those chilly overnight temperatures❄️and the next we're rushing around providing shade for new seedlings so they don't get cooked in the heat! ☀️

Life on a flower farm is never dull, and the changing seasons certainly keep us on our toes!

The bright yellow blooms in today's photo are Craspedia, more commonly known as Billy Buttons. Don't they look like little pops of sunshine? Their cheerful golden spheres bring instant happiness to the garden and are one of those flowers that make people stop and smile.

As we prepare for our 2026 You-Pick Flower Season in Te Puke opening in November, it's exciting to see the farm waking up and bursting into colour. Every warm day helps the flowers grow a little taller and brings us one step closer to welcoming visitors to wander through the rows, fill their buckets, and create their own beautiful bouquets. 💐

The countdown to flower season is officially on, and if these sunny Billy Buttons are anything to go by, we're in for a spectacular summer of blooms.

We can't wait to share it with you.

See you in the flower fields soon!

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