When Englishwoman Rebecca Starling landed in Australia in 2019, she'd been to this country once before and unfortunately one experience stood out from that visit – getting mugged in Kings Cross years earlier as a teenager. But here she was, ready to call Australia home – and about to transform a dusty former bull paddock into a new enterprise.

Rebecca was determined to turn a barren patch of land in Wangolina – a 20-minute drive from Robe in the state's South East – into a field of flowers and had spent many years across multiple countries preparing for this very task. The flower farmer reflects on all she's created here on a farm that's been in her husband's family for five generations.

When SALIFE talks with her, we're sitting in the little shearing shed that used to see hundreds and hundreds of sheep entering and exiting through its doors. They've been replaced by hundreds of flowers – dried botanicals hanging from the ceiling and vases of fresh blooms on every available surface.

In terms of garden inspiration, it started early for Rebecca, who grew up in the English town of Rutland, one of the most botanically brilliant places you could find.
 

Source: www.floraldaily.com