The Definitive Melbourne Seasonal Flower Guide
Melbourne doesn’t just have seasons, it performs them. Sunshine can flip to a southerly change in minutes, and that famous variability influences which flowers thrive, when they’re abundant, how long...
Expert Tips on Using Ice for Orchid Care
Orchids have been one of my best-selling flowers for nearly 30 years. In fact, I have sold thousands of them throughout my career. During this time, I have gained a...
Kate's Australian November Birth Flower: Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)
November is a time when spring is in full swing, and the world around us bursts with life. In many parts of Australia, the air is getting warmer, the days...
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.
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.
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.
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kate’s Australian May Birth Flower: Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
As autumn settles gently over Melbourne, the city is bathed in a soft, golden light. The days are cooler, the nights a touch crisper, and there’s a calm, reflective mood...
How to care for your Peace Lily Spathiphyllum
Few indoor plants tick as many boxes as the humble peace lily (Spathiphyllum). Delivered fresh from our South Melbourne studio, the peace lily brings lush green foliage, elegant white flowers,...
Kate’s Australian April Birth Flower: Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)
As we ease into April, Melbourne begins to shift into a gentler, golden rhythm. The long shadows, cool mornings, and amber-tinted skies invite a slower pace, a moment of pause....