Highland Dahlias

05/03/2026

While we love when the rain 🌧️ comes having it arrive this fierce & with the wind like this only a few days before a show it doesn’t make us happy.

05/03/2026

Today we have another florist pick with bunches headed to bloomsofbowral. We’re also picking for the Horticultural Society of Canberra Inc. autumn show being held on Saturday at EPIC in the Fitzroy pavilion.
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04/03/2026

Some of what is currently blooming & being supplied to our local florists. We regularly supply flowers to and . We also offer supply of flowers for special order to specialty florists and these can be organised by contacting Gerard directly.

26/02/2026

This morning’s beautiful offerings that went to bloomsofbowral

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26/02/2026

It’s a busy week at Highland Dahlias this week.
Along with our regular florist orders we’ve been getting ready for the NSW&ACT dahlia society state Championship being held in Bega this Friday.
Here’s a few varieties that are flowering at the moment.
Kylie
Alpine
Dream
Bloom
Hood
Joy
Joy
Pearl
Faye
Toby
Beryl
O
Conference
Robot
Fantasy
Millennium
A
White

22/02/2026

It’s happening!!!! 🌸

We’re officially returning to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2026.

Last year we were invited to deliver an informative display of garden-grown dahlias and public education — and the response completely blew us away. The stories, the conversations, the connection… it was a resounding success. What it proved is that dahlias aren’t just “back in town” — they’re here to stay.

And this year… we’ve been invited back. Amazing!

For 2026, we’ll be creating a larger, floral-first dahlia installation inside the Royal Exhibition Building. The concept centres on something we heard again and again last year — the memories people associate with dahlias.

Parents. Grandparents. A neighbour’s garden. A childhood moment.
We know so many of you will resonate with that too.

The installation will evolve across the week. Visitors will be invited to write their dahlia memories and hang them within the structure. Children will colour in dahlia illustrations and add theirs too. By the end of the Show, it becomes a living record of how people connect to this remarkable flower.

And if that’s not WOW enough — the main stage is locked in!

🗓 Wednesday 25 March 2026 – 4:15pm
🌸 Dahlias: From Tuber to Bloom

Whether you’re planting your very first tuber or looking to improve your results, this practical session for home gardeners will guide you step-by-step from tuber to bloom — covering soil, sunlight, feeding, pests and picking — helping you grow dahlias successfully and create a few memories of your own.

Now you know why we were asking for your input recently!

Now here’s where you come in.

We’d love to involve growers of all levels — because that mix of experience resonated so strongly with the public last year.

There are several ways you could be involved:

• Remote input to help shape the main stage content — key themes, common questions, simple, clear advice
• On-site help during install or a mid-week refresh
• Spending a few hours at the display engaging with visitors (the Show runs Wed 25 – Sun 29, 10am–6pm most days). Last year we consistently had 20–30 people at the stall at any one time asking questions. Whilst not a commercial stall, it’s a fantastic way for farms to connect personally with garden growers.
• For those comfortable presenting — joining Jamie on the main stage
• Bloom donations — to keep the display popping each day we’ll need fresh flowers. Our farm is 3 hours away, so daily refresh isn’t viable. If you’re a farm or home gardener willing to donate blooms, we’d love to hear from you.

There’s no expectation to commit to everything. Involvement can be as light or hands-on as suits you.

If this feels like something you’d enjoy being part of, we’d genuinely love to hear from you.

Finally — thank you to KSG Fuels, Home Hardware Numurkah, Highland Dahlias, those already working with us on this project, and of course MIFGS for entrusting “the boys” with delivering this concept.

Small farm. Big dreams. MIFGS 2026.

Jamie & Gareth 🌸

21/02/2026

We’re excited to have been invited by the boys to join them in Melbourne for this amazing event. We’re looking forward to helping them bring their vision to life.
Thank you Jamie & Gareth for including us

25th March - 29th March 2026

19/02/2026

‘That’s a pretty passenger you have there Gerard’.
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16/02/2026

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09/02/2026

Plenty of colour starting to come through now. The show season is in full swing as is the supply for local florists.
We’ll continue exhibiting all the way through to Easter with Sydney Royal concluding the show season in April.
Our supply to our local florists will continue until the plants stop giving us top quality blooms (usually late April, weather dependent).
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07/02/2026

This week was Nowra Show. For us it was a very successful outing.
We walked away with a win in the championship along with grand champion dahlia, champion decorative, champion Collette, champion any other type & best bloom under 160mm, along with a number of first & seconds throughout the classes.
We’d like to congratulate all the competitors and say how pleased we were to see a large number of blooms in the novice & intermediate classes.
We were also very impressed with the skill level shown in the crowd participation ‘staging competition’ put on by the Dahlia Society of NSW & ACT.
Our next challenge is going to be kangaroovalleyshow where we’re very excited to see dahlias back in the show.
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31/01/2026

We’ve done a small tuber restock on our website. Our email subscribers have had a few hours head start but there are still some beautiful cultivars available.
For anyone who is looking for something from our catalogue that is marked as sold out there could be cuttings available for pickup from our location in Mittagong, please email us & we can see if we can offer this option to you.
To make navigating the available cultivars easier once on the website set the filter to in stock.
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