Yearly Archive: 2009
Mothers day Market news from Stems Flower Market Ballarat
Busy, Busy Busy is what the team at Stems are at the moment gearing up and preparing for Mothers day Sunday May 10th. Flower supply is unprecedently tight this year due to a few factors. Firstly flower supply always tightens up around this time of the year due to the shorter days and cooler weather …
Read moreMarket report thurs 23rd April
The cold nights have certainly taken their toll on the quantity of flowers in the market, however the quality from our preferred growers is high. A lot of the field grown crops are affected as soon as the cold April nights set in, however having said that the field chrysy begin to flush naturally in…
Read moreMarket report 16th April 2009
Market supply has tightened in recent weeks with the cooler Autumn weather upon us. Cooler nights means slower flower growth and consequently supply of all Ballarat and locally grown flowers has slowed. With a hint of winter in the air the thoughts of Tulips come to the for. Current quality of Tulips is excellent. With…
Read moreMarket Report Thursday 2nd April
With Easter almost upon us, the market this week was abundant with Easter Daisy. The weather has been kind for this field grown crop, so the quality is good this year. We have had the purple Easter Daisy now for a couple of weeks, but the white has only just begun, so we are now have the white in…
Read moreMarket Report 19th March
Another busy flower market today with a large variety of great quality products for sale. The main theme for the day was Oriental lillies, tulips and the beautiful gladdies. We have managed to do a deal with our suppliers and have bought large numbers of each of these and are featuring these lines on our television…
Read moreMarket Specials Thursday 12th March 2009
Autumn conditions have returned full quality levels to most lines and the market was brimming with a large variety of quality stock. Gladi’s from our grower Deon Podger of camperdown are of excellent quality and supply at the moment. His colours are excellent coming in mauves, apricots, red and the very popular wedding colour white. …
Read moreMarket report Thursday 5th March
It was once again a busy market today with the complete range of flowers on display, although some lines are beginning to be more difficult to obtain. After the incredibly hot and dry start to the year the cheaper lines grown outdoors have really struggled for quality, which means demand for the better quality increases…
Read moreMarket Report Thursday Feb 26th 2009
Our Ballarat grown Green trick was launched in store today. The first customer to buy this world award winning flower was Kate and her son James and to reward her for this special milestone for us we gave her the bunch for free!! Green trick is a green golf ball like flower that has a…
Read moreMarket Report for Thursday February 19th
Life does continue after the madness of valentines day. The market although being very quiet on Tuesday kicked into full gear again on Thursday, as the florists restock their shops after the busy Valentines period. Rose prices fell dramatically this week as their demand has been drastically reduced. The quality is brilliant as is the bright colour…
Read moreMarket specials Thursday 5th Feb
Today’s flower market was brimming with variety and colour. The first sedum bunches appeared from The Tulip garden nursery today. These old fashioned favourites are long lasting and start their flowering season in a green colour and move to the red autumn tones over the next 10 weeks. They make an excellent bunch of flowers…
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