Cassandra Hamilton is a creative director, florist and writer with an enduring love for plants. Throughout her career, spanning many industries from conservation to landscaping, floristry, design and media, the Australian bush has been a constant source of inspiration. Australian flowers are her passion and she is a big proponent of sustainable, local floristry co-founding Bush Flowers in Carlton in 2019. Her favourite flower is a flannel flower. Michael Pavlou is a flower grower and retailer. He founded Bush Flowers in Carlton North in 2019. Michael has spent over twenty years working in the flower industry and has a love for Banksias, which he produces on his farm in northern Victoria. His favourite flower is the Australian firewheel tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus.