A cut above
It sounds like a dream job to be surrounded by flowers day in and day out. Dahlias, ranunculi and anemones. Delphiniums, cockâs combs, lace flowers, cornflowers, cosmos, hydrangeas, snapdragons, Iceland poppies. Foxgloves, carnations, phlox, stocks, zinnias, nigellaâŚ
Adene Nieuwoudt nods, laughing. âJaaaa, thatâs the kind of romantic idea I had in my head once upon a time,â she says, sitting at the kitchen table on the Nieuwoudt fruit farm, Platvlei, where her husband, Andrew, and his brother, Guy, farm with pears, plums and citrus.
âI am crazy about my work and it is a privilege to have so much beauty around me, but itâs not all moonshine and roses. Working with flowers is much harder and more labour-intensive than fruit â and believe me, thatâs not just me feeling sorry for myself. Andrew says even if I paid him he wouldnât swop places with me!â
