General News
13 May, 2023
Happy Mother's Day
THOUSANDS of chrysanthemums were blooming on time at Serpentine ahead of Mother’s Day today. Helen Garchitorena was joined by daughter Feliz at the weekend picking blooms in The Chrysanthemum Yard’s Loddon Valley Highway patch for her roadside...
THOUSANDS of chrysanthemums were blooming on time at Serpentine ahead of Mother’s Day today.
Helen Garchitorena was joined by daughter Feliz at the weekend picking blooms in The Chrysanthemum Yard’s Loddon Valley Highway patch for her roadside stall and sale to florists across northern and central Victoria.
“It’s always a Mother’s Day gift to help mum pick the flowers ... it’s our family tradition,” said Feliz, a former Pyramid Hill College student now teaching VCE chemistry and biology in Melbourne and studying for her masters in secondary education.
Helen first planted her chrysanthemums seven years ago and hopes this year’s bunches will bring joy to mothers on Sunday when received as gifts of thanks from family for Mother’s Day.