![]() I find it easier if I get myself sorted in the mornings, then organise the children. What kind of work do you need to do in a day?Īn average day for me is always an early start, 5am. When he is here, what needs to happen for the business happens! Whether that is early starts or late finishes, it just means some weeks (especially in busy times) the family dont see me much. Those weeks are tough, but I juggle work around the children and their needs. He owns a sheep station in South Australia and travels there once a month or so. I am very fortunate that my husband is around a lot to help with the day-to-day drop offs and pick-ups. How do you juggle your work commitments with being a mother? So my balance is children, work and home come first and unfortunately I come last. As I am a control freak, I do not have help at home. Its extremely hard to achieve a balance between family and work. What are your tips for achieving balance? Flowers as I see it are an extension of any other form of art, fashion, sculpture etc. Growing up in my mothers workroom (milliner Wendy Mead). I guess I have always been interested in colour, form, shape and texture. Also the clients and the spaces we work in for different events. ![]() When my children started school, I reopened a retail florist where my studio is now, this was five years ago and the rest is history. While they were young, I continued with floristry and designing for private clients (while my husband and I designed and built three houses). This closed when I met my husband and had the children. I launched my own shop in Toorak Road, South Yarra. I was launched into flowers here, and was famously remembered for only stocking white flowers! After Georges, many opportunities followed. Steve Bennett saw what I was doing and approached me to have the flower shop in the entrance of The Georges Department Store in Collins St (that he opened with Terrence Conran). This led to also doing the Como Gaslight Gardens for four years. After painting for a number of years, I started working on the Christmas decorations for the Como centre in South Yarra. ![]() When I left school 24 years ago, I worked on a solo painting exhibition at 101 Collins St and successfully had a sell out! My art folio for the HSC was in the top six of the state. ![]() We do not own them! Our job is to make sure they are able to make the right decisions when the time comes.Ĭan you tell us about your background and how you came to launch The Studio by Fleur? The best advice was from my father, we are purely the caretakers of our children and we are here to teach and steer them in the right direction. Whats the best advice youve been given about motherhood? It also taught me to be a doctor, counsellor, physiologist, army major. “Patience, sleep is not overrated, compromise, flexibility, LOVE and only really important things matter. We loved spending the afternoon in McHarg spectacular studio surrounded by beautiful blooms Shes also a mother to Milly, 11, and Archie, 9. Passion makes hard work easy, says McHarg, who has been in the industry for over two decades and says success comes from 99% hard work and 1% talent. Shes got it all: creativity, talent and a hard working nature, which is why shes running one of Melbournes most renowned floral studios. I also adore passionate, hard working people, which is why I am so excited to have Melbourne based floral artist Fleur McHarg on the site. Anyone who knows me will tell you Im completely obsessed with flowers. Is there anything better than a fresh bunch of flowers on your dining room table? Not for me.
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