Hi, I’m Nerida—plant nerd, dahlia lover, and founder of Petal & Bee flower farm.

My love for flowers began in my grandparents’ gardens—one a manicured English cottage garden, the other a wild Aussie bush block with snakes in the grass and grapevines over the dunny. Both were magical.

Fast forward to 2020: a cancer diagnosis, a pandemic, and a wake-up call. I swapped my desk job for dirt and enrolled in horticulture at TAFE. That’s when the dream of becoming a flower farmer finally took root.

We started in the Hawkesbury, lost everything in the floods, and made the bold move to Jervis Bay in 2022. With the help of my husband Dan (resident beekeeper and master builder), we now have a custom-built flower stand where you can find our farm-fresh bouquets, DIY bloom buckets, and soon, dahlia tubers too.

Life on the farm is never dull—with three wild kidlings, our boof-headed dog Axel (whose schedule consists of sleeping, rolling in duck poop, and demanding pats), a bunch of chooks, and our very vocal Runner Duck, Sticky Beak, whose honks demand your attention (and your peas). Together, we grow seasonal blooms from seed to vase and share them with our local community. My hope is that our flowers bring a little bit of beauty and wonder to your day.