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“I spent a lot of time trying to persuade my patients to make healthy lifestyle choices but sometimes felt that I wasn’t making those choices for myself.”
mma Scaddan’s family bloodline runs thick with a history of agricultural farming. Word has it that even her great-grandmother used to supply the local florist. And while she’s always had gardens – favouring the romantic, manicured European and English style – it’s the intensive on-the-job learning and specialist knowledge from a supportive, close-knit community that have made Emma’s skills truly bloom since opening the Tamborine Mountain Flower Farm. “I’ve learned a lot by joining the local gardening club,” she says. “Talking to other growers on the mountain to get that local knowledge – it’s something you just can’t get online,” she adds.
