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Birth Flowers

Discover the unique blooms that mark each month of the year, and celebrate birthdays with flowers rich in meaning, beauty, and timeless tradition.

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Care Guides

Enjoy the beauty of your flowers for longer with simple care rituals that keep them fresh and help them look their best at home.

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Seasonal

Celebrate the beauty of each season with flowers that reflect the time of year, from spring’s fresh abundance to winter’s elegant simplicity.

Melbourne Florist holding bunch of pink peony flowers

When are peonies in season?

It won’t be long now until we reach peony season again! But why am I writing about Peony season in June, you might wonder? Peonies are always among everyone’s favourite...

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Weddings

Explore beautiful stories from past weddings and expert advice on choosing flowers, with tips to help make your day seamless, memorable, and uniquely yours.

How To & Style

Find step-by-step guidance and styling inspiration, from pinning a buttonhole with ease to creating graceful arrangements for your home.

My Top 3 Longest Lasting House Flowers

My Top 3 Longest Lasting House Flowers

Do you love filling your home with beautiful fresh flowers but would like some options on longer-lasting blooms? In this blog I am here to help you with some options...

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Helpful tips for making your tulip delivery last longer

Helpful tips for making your tulip delivery last longer

On average, tulips should last at least 7 days, and with proper care, they can often last for 10 days or more. Here are some helpful tips to keep your...

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Our Top 5 Tips for sending flowers to a Hospital

Our Top 5 Tips for sending flowers to a Hospital

You would think that sending flowers to a hospital would be pretty straight forward, right?  There's always someone 'home' to take the delivery. They receive flowers all the time. And they...

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Roses on display for sale in a Melbourne Florist

How to Buy and Care for Roses

Roses are the universal love language. Whether you’re saying “I adore you,” honouring a milestone, or simply elevating your living room, the right bouquet communicates emotion in a way words...

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Couple next to car getting ready to go to a school formal wth the girl wearing a corsage

Corsages for School Formals: A Mother’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Wrist Corsage

You’ve watched your son navigate his teenage years, and now the school formal is suddenly here and it's a milestone every bit as sentimental for you as it is exciting...

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Close up of a yellow pincushion flower

Kate’s Australian October Birth Flower: The Pincushion

October in Melbourne feels like the curtain-up on spring’s main performance. Wisteria drapes heritage verandas, warm breezes carry the scent of freshly cut lawn, and sunset arrives in the saturated...

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Bright yellow wattle growing on tree

Kate’s Australian September Birth Flower: The Wattle

There’s a moment each September when Melbourne seems to inhale sunshine and exhale optimism. Overnight, bare branches blush gold, kookaburras trade fog-muffled calls for bright laughter, and café tables spill...

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Cherry Blossom growing on tree

Kate’s Australian August Birth Flower: Cherry Blossom

August in Melbourne is the precipice: late-winter breath meeting the first promise of spring. It is the season for applauding promotions won through grit, honouring graduates poised for flight, and...

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White orchid flowers displayed in vase on counter top

How to Keep Cut Orchids Fresher for Longer

Cut orchids are the haute-couture gowns of the flower world, with their sleek petals, sculptural stems, and a reputation for lasting weeks if you treat them like VIPs. Yet customers...

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Red winter rose growing in garden

Kate’s Australian July Birth Flower: The Winter Rose

July in Melbourne carries a weight the other months don’t quite relate to. It isn’t the crisp novelty of early autumn or the glittery promise of December, it’s the month...

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5 Thoughtful Ways to Personalise a Birthday Bouquet

5 Thoughtful Ways to Personalise a Birthday Bouquet

At Kate Hill Flowers, we’re known for creating luxurious, one-of-a-kind birthday bouquets that arrive looking just as they do online, and often, even more stunning in person. Our floral designs...

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Freesia and other winter flowers on display in Melbourne Florist Kate Hill Flowers

Winter Flowers in Melbourne: June Blooms & Easy Care Guide

The first week of June signals Melbourne’s true midpoint, with the footy season off and away, café windows fogged, and heaters humming to keep us all toasty. Step inside our...

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Hero close-up of lavender and creamy-white tulip for June birth-flower blog.

Kate’s Australian June Birth Flower: The Tulip

As Melbourne settles into the heart of winter, there’s something profoundly moving about celebrating life’s milestones amid the season’s quiet strength. June birthdays carry a special weight as they’re the...

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Water colour of two human heads

Colour Psychology in Flowers: How to Choose Bouquets with Meaning

Feeling unsure which colour best expresses your message? You are not alone. Many of our clients hesitate over the shade, not the bloom itself. They worry a fiery red bouquet...

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Close up of purple Calla Lily on black background

Calla Lily Care Guide: My Simple, Proven Methods

I have arranged calla lily flowers, a favourite trumpet-shaped bloom for many, for more than thirty years. They are loved for their clean lines and wide range of colours, yet...

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