GET TO KNOW ME

Mother, learner, dreamer, flower grower

Becoming a mum does funny things to you. It can make you question your identity, and what you really want to be when you grow up. Well, at least it did for me when I had my daughter in 2018.

I’ve always loved beautiful things and had an immense appreciation for the land around me. My earliest and happiest memories are all related to being on the farm, outside.

I found myself drifting in and out of the garden amongst the sleep deprivation of having a newborn, attempting to grow organic veggies for my newly formed little family.

Flowers were always an afterthought, and I figured ‘what would grow in Canberra?’, a city known for being cold. But after planting a small batch of ranunculus and watching them bloom into stunning flowers that I hadn’t seen locally, I was hooked.

Enter, Twyllo. A flower farm created on our family cattle property. I wanted to grow unique flowers free from chemicals and pay homage to the land we’re so lucky to live on.

With lots of hard work, long days and helping hands from the special people around me, I’ve found my passion that challenges me in every possible way. My happy place, surrounded by gorgeous flowers and great people.

Teigan x

Meet the Farm & the Fam

The farm is home to my little family, wonderful parents, and brother. And there’s a lot going on! When you drive through the front gate you’ll be welcomed by a crew of hyped up dogs, you’ll see the chooks digging up the front garden beds, the kids loitering near Nan’s kitchen (hoping to get an invite in), the boys tinkering in the shed, friends coming and going and there’s always the sound of a motorbike or a mower in the background.

With all of us living on the one property (maybe we are crazy) it is always buzzing with action.

25 years ago, my parents purchased their dream farm, Billa Springs.

There was a house, and nothing else. 

Since then, they’ve created a rambling garden, planted trees that now shade the entire house paddock, and they’ve nurtured their surrounding farmland. There’s been drought, multiple bush fires and a major house fire.  But the garden has survived, thrived and continues to be a beautiful work in progress.

In the last few years, it’s been all about the flowers…

The Flower Paddock

Once barron grazing land, the flower paddock is now full of life, it sits pretty within eye site of the main house and cottage. Our priority has been to rebuild and restore our soils by learning regenerative farming practices such as deep mulching, cover cropping and brewing our own compost teas. We know that the continued time, effort and money will be returned in the long term with thriving soils and an abundance of beautiful flowers.

Our two largest crops are Ranunculus in the Spring and Dahlias in the Summer, however every year we trial new flower varieties that are in line with our goals and our perennial offering is slowly expanding.

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The Orchard

Tired of fighting over fruit with the birds, my dad built a steel frame and installed a net to protect our 20+ fruit trees and veggie patch.

  It housed 300 dahlias in our first year, we now keep this protected space for the larger dinner plate dahlias such as Café au Laits.

The Greenhouse

The greenhouse was our first major investment for the flower farm. 

It was the first step, and felt like a big deal.

The majority of our annuals planted in the flower paddock are sown and raised by us in the greenhouse. We can fit thousands of baby plants in this small but mighty space. It is my favourite spot on the farm, when its bursting with happy plants ready to be planted in the ground.

It’s only the beginning of our flower filled life, but every year we make plans bigger than the last, we gain a little more experience in how we work and what we grow, and we fall in love with flowers and farm life just a little bit more.