Join us as we pull back the ivy curtain and join Nadine, in her pretty as a picture, garden studio “ The Ivy Institute” in Thirlmere, NSW. Nadine has been in the industry for 30 years, teaching formally at TAFE for 17 years and now spends her days nurturing the flower community via mentorship, an online greenhouse community membership educational programme and on farm workshops. Nadine has the most open heart and conversation flows so easily with Lara Rose as she shares her knowledge and passion for supporting florists on their entrepreneurial floral pathway to a successful and aligned sustainable business. Nadine also shares fascinating behind the scenes adventures in her recent role as sustainability consultant and educator for Melbourne Flower and Garden Show this year. This included creating an all new “environmental impact & sustainability” section to the flower shows judging criteria. Nadine has also kindly offered 7 days unlimited free access to her “Greenhouse” membership programme which is now available to all our subscribers on Patreon. Jump on over and don't miss this incredible opportunity to delve in and find out what it's all about!

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Reaching across the seas to the Netherlands - Lara Rose & Bec have great pleasure of chatting to Sido Fokkema from Agra Wool International to discuss the 100% Biodegradable floral foam alternative Sideau. It's fascinating hearing about its conception via the agriculture industry and learning about the amazing nature of this product. Soon to be reaching Australian shores, Sideau will be available via Tesselaar this coming month. We are super excited about this product, having had fantastic trials with the demo material recently and really encourage our listeners to give it a go. We have found it to have superior water holding capacity, well beyond that of traditional foam and have been able to use each block 2- 3 times before finally adding it to our gardens to improve the soil. Tesselaar are kindly providing our listeners with a special introductory offer. As soon as it's available in store you will be able to use code: GATHER at checkout to receive a 20% discount to get you started. We hope you love it as much as we do!

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