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The accidental flower farmer
After finishing school, Melissa learned the ropes at a little florist in Benalla before heading to the big smoke, working in a few boutique florists around Melbourne before taking her artistry to the next level.
“I then managed the flower department at the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt Hotel,” said Melissa.
Gazing out across the beds of brightly-colored seasonal blooms at her Moorngag property, Melissa Mounsey never envisaged becoming a flower farmer.
“I do, however, think I was always meant to be a florist,” she said. “I remember picking posies from my family garden as a little girl.”