Kingsville · Melbourne’s inner west

Growing gardens that grow community.

An urban farm on a Kingsville corner, growing cut flowers, gardens and gardeners across the west.

< 3 km
Flower miles
10–14
Days vase life
1,150
Seedlings grown on site
Nil
Pesticides, at any stage
Figures as at 27 Aug 26 Vase life with regular water changes and positioning

Flower miles refers to the total distance cut flowers travel from the farm to the final customer. Metric versus imperial units aside, it is adapted from ‘food miles’, and is useful in the environmental impact assessments of the cut flower industry.

What we do Flowers Gardening Schools

Three ways to grow

Flowers, gardens and teaching, all grown from the corner. Underpinned by care for our community, science-led, and delivered with rigour and kindness for our people and environment.

01 · Slow Flowers

Cut flowers, grown
just around the corner

Seasonal arrangements and seasonal subscriptions, cut the morning they go out.

Cutting season
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Shop flowers
02 · Fine Gardening

Gardens cared for
from the roots up.

Garden design, soil rehabilitation and pesticide-free maintenance across the inner west.

Booking availability
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03 · Growing Gardeners

Growing the next
generation of gardeners

Free schools growing program, small group school holiday workshops, and 1:1 growing sessions for neurodivergent kids.

School terms & holidays
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Kingsville grown, not flown. Updated 27 August 2026 · Monthly

The Cut from The Corner

Ranunculus
Ranunculus asiaticus ‘Picasso Romantic’
Raised bed 4
Daffodil
Narcissus ‘Double Safina’
Raised bed 2
Anemone
Anemone coronaria ‘Poppy Pink’
Raised bed 3
Calendula
Calendula officinalis ‘Greenheart Orange’
Bed 12
School holiday workshops

Something to grow these holidays.

Two small workshops in a working flower farm in Melbourne’s inner west, where children spend a morning making things with their hands and go home calmer than they arrived.

Bees need three things

Monday 21, Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 September

Hammered Flowers

Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 September, and Friday 2 October

Ages 5 to 10 · 2.5 hours · $69 per child

Places are limited to four children per session, so they go quickly.

Spotlight

Limited Founding Slow Flowers Share

A Founding Slow Flowers share will give you a weekly arrangement of Kingsville-grown flowers for 12 weeks. This is released under a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model, creates a direct relationship between you and the people growing your flowers (me!). You buy a share of the season’s harvest upfront, and in return you get stems that were cut within the last 24 hours from a garden that is quite literally, just around the corner!

Spring palette

Ranunculus ‘Picasso Burgundy’ · Ranunculus ‘Picasso Romantic’ · Anemone ‘De Caen Blue’ · Daffodil ‘Golden Lion’ · Freesia ‘Morning Sun’ · Carnation ‘Green Trick’

Founding shares also receive

Priority access to the summer release, at spring pricing · a complimentary vase, your choice of orange, rose pink, green or clear · one 72-cell tray of seedlings donated to your local school of choice. All arrangements are harvested in the last 24 hours and plastic free.

From the community

“Francesca transformed our overgrown nature strip — the edging looks fantastic. She was a pleasure to deal with: responsive, professional, and friendly. Highly recommend!”