"This garden is my still place. After a big year, I needed something that was just mine — something slow, something outside, something that grows without a compliance document."
Growing, learning, sharing
A real-time account of building a hobby flower garden from scratch — what's working, what's not, and what bloomed this week.
Fresh blooms & garden finds
Order bunches for local pickup from the front gate stand, or browse our favourite growing tools and garden accessories.
Online orders are available for front gate pickup only. Order by Thursday, collect Friday–Sunday. We'll text when your bunch is cut and ready. 🌿
A garden grown for the love of it
My name is Donna. I live on about two acres in Jimboomba with my partner Mark, and after a big couple of years I decided I needed something that was just mine — outside, slow, and completely free of performance reviews.
Front Gate Flowers started with a packet of zinnia seeds and an idea to put a tin at the front gate. It's not a business. It's a hobby that happens to make a little extra spending money and a lot of sense for my nervous system.
The journal is a real account of building this garden from scratch — the mistakes, the wins, the weeks where nothing bloomed and the weeks where I had more flowers than I knew what to do with.
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