You run your business from home AND are also mum to three young, gorgeous kids. How do you juggle work with other areas of your life? A lot of the work I need to do in order to prepare my flowers for the day actually occurs before my little ones are awake, and therefore it doesn’t impact too much on their day-to-day life. On occasions they have joined me at the flower markets, and my youngest daughter has been known to ‘steal’ the odd flower for her fairy rings, but other than that they simply think ‘Mummy likes to play with flowers’.
You are obviously a very creative person. Where do you get your inspiration from? I was an early childhood teacher in my previous life, and pre-children I was constantly thinking of ways to design my classroom to inspire my students to love learning and engage in their environment. Since becoming a parent that creativity has been focussed on my home, and having beautiful flowers on the table has often helped create calm in the chaos that 3 children create. I am constantly looking at Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest for inspiration and I love strolling through the Prahran Markets on the weekend, with a coffee
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