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Hi, my name is Lorelie Merton and I'm a small scale flower farmer.Together with the help of my family we grow specialty cut flowers here at Florelie Seasonal Flowers in Bungaree, Victoria, Australia.

I hope you enjoy reading what I've shared here in my farm journal. I've decided to organise things into the following main categories for ease of finding what you are most interested in:
- education (e.g. dahlia virus)
- flower feature (e.g. sweet peas)
- farm life (e.g. planting)
- guest gardens (e.g. other flower farms)

I would LOVE if you took the time to leave me a comment. Maybe you learnt something new, appreciated something I shared or have a question about what I wrote? Please let me know so that I can improve the content available for you. Maybe you even have a suggestion for a future blog topic - I'm always open to suggestions!

Thank you for following along with our farm and for supporting locally grown flowers. I hope you enjoy exploring our website and getting to know more about our family and our farm.

Lorelie

Storing dahlias

Not sure how to store your new dahlia tubers? Here...

Lorelie / FlorelieSeptember 20, 2021

New release 2021 dahlias

Highlighting the 2021 new release dahlia varieties from Florelie Seasonal...

Lorelie / FlorelieJuly 15, 2021

Dahlia Flat Lay 2021

A dahlia flat lay with a number of different varieties...

Lorelie / FlorelieJuly 15, 2021

dahlia tubers

Dahlia Tuber Sale. Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions about our dahlia tuber sale.

Lorelie / FlorelieJuly 9, 2021

Services

Cut Flowers

Flowers direct to florists and to the public.
Mixed bunches, straight bunches or bulk buckets available

Plant Sales

We currently offer a range of dahlia tubers and sweet pea seeds for sale. Please check out our shop for the latest availability

Farm visits

Stay tuned for opportunities to visit the farm or participate in workshops using our gorgeous blooms in the future

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🌱Microfarm - cut flowers
🌸 Wholesale & to public.
👂 handmade polymer clay earrings
🌼 Dahlia grower #dahliabreeding
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We are digging the last row of dahlias today! Yay!

We are digging the last row of dahlias today! Yay! It’s been a big job and I will be relieved when they are all out of the ground. We are rotating to a new patch of soil for next year so will sow this one back to grass.
I’m hanging out for that vanilla slice when we are done digging today 😉
#florelie #diggingdahlias #dahlia

The end is in sight! We will finish digging the da

The end is in sight! We will finish digging the dahlias early next week. Either Mon or Tues depending on how efficient we are.
It’s a huge job and I will be glad when it is finished. I’m thinking a reward is sounding good when we are finished 😁
What do you do to treat yourself for getting something big done? I was the thinking my favourite vanilla slice from our local bakery but they will be shut with the current restrictions so I’ll have to hold that thought until they open again. What are your favourite treats?
Dahlia: Florelie Kindness. Love this one. 💗
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Dahlia digging is going well and we’ve made good

Dahlia digging is going well and we’ve made good progress this week. I’m grateful for the help of @hannahmorley__ who also helped me to dig and divide last year. Working outside in the weather is not always pleasant and it really makes such a difference to work alongside someone who doesn’t complain when it’s drizzling, we’re covered in mud or have soggy and wet hands. 💗
If you do a lot of outdoor gardening I’d definitely recommend you invest in a pair of waterproof overalls. They may not be glamorous but they really do make the messy jobs so much better. 🌧
This beautiful dahlia is Florelie Morello 🍒
#florelie #farmjobs #flowerfarmer #floreliedahlias #dahliasinaustralia #australiangarden #aussiegarden #gardening #flowergarden #growflowers

Pretty in pink. This lovely variety is called Jenn

Pretty in pink. This lovely variety is called Jenny’s Treasure and has beautiful stems for picking. Flowers sit more upward facing on stems than a lot of varieties which I find appealing as it works really well in bunches. Petals have tiny gold tips.
Have you grown this one before?
Pink is always a popular choice fit cut flowers and this one is in my top pink varieties for sure. 💗
#florelie #pinkflower #pinkdahlia #australiangarden #dahlia #prettyinpink #dahlialove #dahliaobsession #dahliaaddict #growninaustralia #australiangrown #ballaratgarden #growdahlias #melbournegarden #gardeningaustralia #melbournegardener #aussiegardener #aussiegarden #countryvictoria #countryvic

I finished lifting these beauties yesterday (tropi

I finished lifting these beauties yesterday (tropical dream).
It’s so interesting to me how tubers can vary so much in shape and size. If you scroll across you can see some really long and skinny tubers I dug yesterday too (not tropical dream tubers, they’re from a seedling),
Sometimes tubers are long and thin, other times they’re short and fat. Each has their own characteristics and even within a clump they can vary a lot.
We grew around 2,700 dahlias this year and I’ve got another 1,293 left to dig... not that I’m counting 😝
Enjoy your Sunday! I think my afternoon will see me digging some more of these.... have you started digging yet?
#florelie #dahlia #dahliatubers #tropicaldream #australiandahlias

Hooray for the weekend and for passing the half wa

Hooray for the weekend and for passing the half way point with digging dahlia tubers! ✨
#florelie #dahliafarm #australianflowerfarm #ballaratbusiness #flowersaustralia

Another fun seedling (first year) from this season

Another fun seedling (first year) from this season. If you’ve been following along this season you’ll probably have noticed how much I’ve enjoyed the streaky/flecked ones this year. 🥰
All the new seedlings are dug up and their clumps stored in the shed ready for dividing once I finish digging up the rest of the patch. I’m not even half way through digging yet 😅 we’re making good progress but have around a week or two left of digging.
I like listening to podcasts while I work, especially anything business, flower farming and marketing related.
Any favourites you’d recommend I check out? Do you want to know some of the ones I listen to as well?
#florelie #flowerfarm #podcastsforfarmers

The warm glow from this photo of a bucket of Brack

The warm glow from this photo of a bucket of Bracken Glenda is definitely not a reflection of today’s cold weather 😅
I’m out digging up dahlia tubers again today and it’s been drizzling for a fair bit of that time.
Last week we lifted 700 tuber clumps which means around 2000 to go. I’ll be a bit slower working by myself as Ethan helped me last week (we only dug 2 days) but I’m aiming to get all the cafe au lait lifted in the next couple of days. We planted 405 this year.
When I’m out working by myself I often listen to podcasts. I’m been listening to #mydigitalfarmer a fair bit lately and been learning more about marketing and the customer journey. I popped a question box in my stories today but I’d really appreciate if you would share with me some of the reasons why you follow my page? Or what you have learnt from me? I’d be so grateful if you took the time to leave me a comment. 💞
I’d love to develop some more blog posts and resources around areas that are helpful on your journey to growing beautiful dahlias too. 🙂🌱
Dahlias pictured: Bracken Glenda and florelie fruit tingle
My digital farmer podcast produced by @slfarms2
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