Beautiful blooms, pretty petals, and eye-catching arrangements have been Liz Flaherty's life for 39 years.
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Ms Flaherty, owner of Kings Meadows Florist, celebrated 30 years of her business on April 1.
Her passion for the industry starting a long time ago.
"My dad was a keen gardener and I used to exhibit in the little flower shows [and help him]," she said.
"I've been doing it since I was five.
"It's just in the blood. I love it."
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From there, Ms Flaherty's passion only grew, and she completed four years of specialised school.
She went on to work at a floral boutique in Charles Street, Launceston, for about ten years before she bought Kings Meadows Florist.
Ms Flaherty said the reason she had stayed in Kings Meadows for so long was because of the people.
"The people are fabulous and they will always support local," she said.
The florist's biggest career achievement was a competition she entered in Melbourne in which she came third place.
However, she said one of the biggest issues she had faced in her industry was people supplying her with the wrong address to send flowers to.
"It's a horror story to have to get them picked up, bring them back to shop [and check them], then send them back out again," she said.
But regardless of those moments, the florist said she couldn't imagine doing anything else.
"I'm happy where I am at," she said.
Kings Meadows Florist stayed open during the COVID-19 pandemic, and though they were unable to get flowers from the mainland, it didn't make too much of an impact.
"The thing is with me, 90 per cent of my stock is Tasmanian grown. It's only little bits and pieces that I have to get from the mainland," Ms Flaherty said.
She said she had taken the locally sourced approach because when buying stock from the mainland, she was unsure of where it had originated and whether the flowers had been fumigated.
"I don't like handling fumigated flowers," she said.
Ms Flaherty said she loved all commercially grown flowers and did not have a preference or favourite, but she did enjoy making corporate arrangements.
The florist has a V8 Super Cars event coming up that she will be making the arrangements for, and has catered for plenty of weddings and other events previously.
Ms Flaherty also shared that though Valentine's Day was popular, Mother's Day was the busiest day of the year for her business.