This flower farm in QLD supports employment for people with disabilities, and are now busy preparing thousands of bouquets in time for Mother’s Day

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The race is on to harvest thousands of bunches of flowers in Queensland before Mother’s Day. The colourful crop supports people with disabilities, but also puts a smile of peoples faces.

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00:00 This field of colourful chrysanthemums is in the middle of Bundaberg.

00:07 Every stem grown with love and purpose.

00:11 It's part of our tradition, this is year 33 that we're growing the flowers.

00:15 We provide work for people with a disability, give them the best chance in life.

00:19 50,000 flowers and more than 30 different hues will be picked by workers and volunteers.

00:26 After a wet start to the week, put them behind schedule.

00:30 The sun's shining, flowers out, we're picking, it's all happening.

00:34 The annual Mother's Day crop is part of the Endeavour Foundation's social enterprise.

00:40 A working farm that creates paid employment opportunities for people living with disabilities.

00:46 Like farmhand Rob Cook.

00:48 If you work hard you get noticed and aside from that everyone's mates, staff and employees, really great.

00:54 For the volunteers, it's about giving back to the community and spreading joy.

01:00 I make the posies every year, I've been making them for 8 years.

01:04 And the look on the ladies faces when they get the posies is just wonderful.

01:10 And it's not only new mums who enjoy them.

01:13 I take a bunch home usually for my neighbours that are on their own.

01:19 And they just love them.

01:22 The wet weather and delays to the harvest has meant these beautiful bunches will be for sale beyond Mother's Day

01:28 with all the proceeds going to the Endeavour Foundation.

01:32 A worthy cause, brightening the lives of many.

01:36 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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