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What happens when a horticulturist meets a market gardener? Why, they fall in love and live happily ever after, of course. No, well, yes … eremophila, acacia, grasses, banksia and leucadendron … but there's much more to this green-thumbed couple's story than that.

Horticulturalist Lisa Mack met Paul Roberts about nine years ago down at the pub and the pair quickly realised they had lots in common. “Paul happened to have acreage in Gippsland and as the relationship continued, we spent a bit of time down there,” Lisa says. “It was always my dream to buy a parcel of land and develop everything.”

So in 2017, the couple did just that after purchasing 40 acres

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