Floral Gossip

Mercedes is Floral Gossip, a weekly radio program that takes listeners into the inner workings, love life and passion of flowers. 

Mercedes, a trained florist, has been in love with flowers since she was a small girl. Flowers and gardening have seen her through some of life’s most challenging events and given her strength and courage. 

She has presented at the Melbourne International Garden Show, Floriade, Flower Power and Bunnings over many years, sharing her knowledge about cut flowers and flower arranging with thousands of people, as well as the personalities and love life of flowers. 

Floral Gossip is an informative, engaging romp through the stories and lives of some of Australia’s most popular cut flowers and profiles the 100+ most popular and available cut flowers in Australia. While there a hundreds of books about gardening and growing flowers there are not many about what cut flowers are best at what time of year, how to select and care for them and the inner workings.