Grown beside the black sallee

Blooming Country grows at 1,150 metres on Guises Range, among ancient basalt outcrops, where cold air settles into the hollows on frosty nights. This is country the black sallee and manna gum call home: hardy eucalypts shaped by frost, the same cold nights that make our flowers grow slowly. We've set aside 200 hectares of this woodland, and we farm to keep it that way.

200 hectares, conserved by choice Two hundred hectares of black sallee and manna gum woodland are left to grow as nature intended: never cleared, never cropped. No one requires us to do this. It's our own conservation plan, developed with support from specialists in conservation and biodiversity.

A 25-metre living buffer Every flower paddock is ringed by a 25-metre buffer zone, a gentle boundary between our flowers and the woodland beyond.

An insectary Inside that buffer we grow an insectary: flowering plants that attract helpful insects, which eat the pests that would otherwise damage our flowers and the woodland. It's pest control the natural way, and it gives our bees and other pollinators plenty to feed on.

Home to 40 hives Our apiary of 40 hives buzzes between the flower paddocks and the eucalypts. The bees pollinate as they go, and the insectary gives them something in flower through the growing season.

85% less water Our irrigation is guided by sensors in the paddocks, so we now use 85% less water than we did five years ago. Each plant gets only what it needs, when it needs it, from our own bore 70 metres down.

What your bunch supports When you choose Blooming Country, you're supporting a farm that looks after 200 hectares of black sallee and manna gum woodland, keeps 40 hives, and grows its flowers with 85% less water.

Grown slow. Grown to give back.