Find out how the famous
blooms at Flemington always
look spectacular, and create
the same magic at your placef
orget fashions on the
field this carnival
season and check
out the spectacular
racecourse roses instead!
Flemington is famous
for the Melbourne Cup, the
race that stops the nation,
but the roses on the course
are also renowned for their
amazing colour. Head
gardener Terry Freeman
has worked at Flemington
Racecourse for more than
40 years and is known as
the ‘keeper of the roses’.
In the months leading
up to the spring carnival
Terry and his team of
18 horticulturists and
gardeners are kept busy
pruning and feeding more
than 16,000 plants so
they are in full, beautiful
bloom on the big day – the
perfect backdrop to all the
hats, horses and hoopla.roses
Winning
Pierre de RonsardSTAR BLOOM