Meadowbrook Flower Farm - Brookes story.

About this episode

Brooke Stewart shares her journey of building Meadowbrook Flower Farm amidst the challenges of motherhood and life during COVID.

We’re closing out 2025 with a soulful, grounded, and beautifully honest conversation with Brooke Stewart of Meadowbrook Flower Farm . Set between Port Fairy and Warrnambool, Brooke’s six-acre farm is shaped by wind, weather, family, and the deep desire to build something meaningful from home. Brooke shares how flower farming became the anchor she needed during motherhood, a FIFO lifestyle, raising a child with Williams Syndrome, and the isolation of early COVID. What started with a handful of Aldi dahlias, a cottage garden, and a suggestion to “go for a walk and listen to a podcast” has grown into a thriving, seasonal farm that reflects her resilience, curiosity, and huge heart. This episode is rich with learning, laughter, and the kind of honesty that reminds us why Dish the Dirt exists: to celebrate the growers, the stories, and the small everyday triumphs happening on farms across Australia. As the final episode of the year, it feels fitting, grounding, and full of hope. Thank you to every listener who has tuned in, shared an episode, spread the word, and supported local flower farmers in 2025. This community is a gift. 🌿 What We Talk About How Brooke discovered flower…

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Noble

Guest: Brooke Stewart

Topics covered

• flower farming
• motherhood
• family life
• resilience
• local farming
• COVID impact

Keywords

• flower farming
• Meadowbrook Flower Farm
• Brooke Stewart
• motherhood
• Williams Syndrome
• FIFO lifestyle
• local flower farmers
• COVID
• resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dish the Dirt

Places: Meadowbrook Flower Farm, Port Fairy, Warrnambool

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