​one of issue 15/2 projects:
Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm Lavender Harvest Festival 2020.

we released the photos before already... I thought Id share the video by Andrew J Liu of PRIDE productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoQkDuld57g
please enjoy! and stay tuned for more sets to be released!

photography: Erkin Kalayci
graphic design: Lucinda Keating
special thanks: Jack Oskar Larm

// Johanna Smith, Olga Kirk, Jesi Faun, Tugba Talia Caglayan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoQkDuld57g

is at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
 · Well while Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is shut down we took advantage of the circle around it as well as 100-s of people who can not access the juicy grass pastures anymore and now walk their dogs, run and exercise everywhere at its surrounding grounds . I was upset at the start but we discovered so many cool places in our 3 hours walk and chatted to so many walkers like us
The reason of closure seems strange as it sounds more like closing the forest for the birds taking in consideration I only met two couples and a lonely teenager there a couple of days ago ... needless to say there are thousands of birds inside , but perhaps they can not read all the warning signs
As usual I talk in images

 is at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
 · Butterfly snaps at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
and I never miss a chance to walk barefoot

please note our new associates
Geelong St Patrick's Cup by Geelong St Patrick's Racing Club / Geelong Racecourse https://country.racing.com/geelong-stpats

KURIOS by Cirque du Soleil by Cirque du Soleil / Flemington Racecourse Melbourne / Cavanagh PR
https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/ and www.cirquedusoleil.com/kurios
https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/australia/sydney/shows

​Fleurs de Lyonville private dahlia gardens and growing flowers

​http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/blue-lotus-water-garden.h…
today on our Butterfly and Fox pages:
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/blue-lotus-water-garden.h…
Blue Lotus Water Garden
filming and limited photos: Ian George
editing: Hakam Soufan
model: Jesi Faun
fashion: Juanita Machado / Juanita Machado Fashion Designer at DINJUAN
photography: Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography
direct video link:
https://youtu.be/w7MEHr7RHTw
special thanks: Neva Weber
special thanks: Anna Giles at Evergreen PR
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/blue-lotus-water-garden.h…
photo below: Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer

direct video link:

http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
today on our Butterfly and Fox pages:
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
2020 Lavender Harvest Festival that was held on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Lavandula Swiss Italian Lavender Farm Daylesford Hepburn, Victoria, Australia
https://www.lavandula.com.au/
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
Olga Kirk review and BTS
Johanna Smith: BTS photos and personal wardrobe collection for Jesi's outfits)
Jesi Faun: model
Andrew J Liu at PRIDE productions: filming
Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography (as. Tugba Talia Caglayan): photography
special thanks: Jack Oskar Larm
direct video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoQkDuld57g
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/

direct video link: 

added 47 new photos to the album: Lavender Harvest Festival 2020 — at Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm.
· Lavender Harvest Festival was held on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm Hepburn, Victoria, Australia https://www.facebook.com/events/597735404363974/
https://www.lavandula.com.au/
model: Jesi Faun
fashion/wardrobe: Johanna Smith Collection
photography: Erkin Kalayci
in the photos: photography assistant Tugba:Cablayan and reviewer Olga Kirk with Anya http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
the selected images will be published in Marquis print
please stay tuned for event photos and film
special thanks: Jack Oskar Larm

​added 69 new photos to the album: BLUE LOTUS WATER GARDEN.
· Blue Lotus Water Garden opened its colorful doors to our media crew on January 24 for the small photo session , video and review https://www.facebook.com/Blue-Lotus-Water-Garden-226071827477091/
photos: Erkin Kalayci:
review: Olga Kirk
fashion dresses on Jesi: Juanita Machado at Dinjuan
special thanks: Neva Weber http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
please stay tuned for the footage
the photos will be printed in Marquis - one of the next issues
special thanks: Anna Giles at evergreen PR evergreenam.com.au

I am very happy to share some selective BTS photos from our yesterday early morning shoot
at the very welcoming Fleurs de Lyonville dahlia farm
featuring gorgeous
Vicoola' Fashionista by Vicki Popovski bright colors designs
Stephanie Browne Australia timeless headpieces all hand made, the only jewellery welder of his kind in Aus
and with the most friendly crew
Jesi Faun who bravely tolerates our early morning wake ups
young and talented Nicola (p. Lynne Whitfield)
our might owl Juan Mey, the photographer / footage creator
one of my fav MUAHs Juedd Mari, the continents carrying gilr
with the special thanks to Janae and Chris , and their lovely kids, the farm owners
the rest of the photos can be viewed on my personal timeline

We just finished filming at the
Fleurs de Lyonville surrounded by huge pines, dahlias and each other

​Call for roles
What: tfp editorial
Where: dahlia private farm in trentham around 1.5 hours from Melbourne
When: 4 March Tuesday from 0600 am
Fashion: high end women’s brand and high end fashion crowns
Calling for:
1. Two muahs open minded for creative ideas
2. Two female models
Please do not comment under this post but rather pm me

​THE ACRE OF ROSES
Meet Sandy Roy and Rob Roy
New Zealand born Floral Artisan Sandy McKinley and Melbournian Rob Roy, Trentham’s own Bob the Builder, are founders and custodians of Acre of Roses. Sandy and Rob’s story is one of deep friendship rooted in their mutual Celtic heritage blossoming into an enduring partnership via a series of serendipitous events and connections that lead them to where they are today.
Sandy left her career as a marketer to pursue her childhood passion for flowers when she moved next door to a renowned and newly retired florist who trained and mentored Sandy to open her own floral studio where she created a successful business growing her own peonies and crafting events and weddings in the region. When the opportunity to purchase 1,000 mature heritage rose bushes arose Sandy & Rob grasped at it to fulfil their vision. Rob, experienced in restoring historic homes and no slouch in the floral arrangement department himself, set about renovating their cosy Miner’s Cottage with the same tenacity he applied many years earlier breaking in horses. He says it’s been kind of the same thing. Hard work but incredibly rewarding to see raw beauty realise its potential.
And just like that An Acre of Roses was born.
An Acre of Stories
Acre of Roses has been brought to life in collaboration with the help of a very talented community of local gardeners and creative souls. More than a beautiful cottage and garden, it’s become an acre of stories narrated by the property and people who have contributed to its growth. Tim Pilgrim, the horticulturalist behind Paul Bangay and The Estate Trentham’s productive gardens, is the resident gardener. Together Sandy and Tim have developed the land to include a potager; fruit trees; herbaceous borders; a wildflower meadow; the roses; and beehives to pollinate it all.
When Rob brought home a windfall of local salvaged bricks local artist and stonemason, Tom Hamlon, was invited to create a folly that was inspired by Sandy’s fascination for ruins, and her family stories of an ancient castle on a clifftop that was the family seat at Rathlin Island in Ireland; and, of the local region’s gold rush ruins. Tom created a folly that is a rustic idyll and gateways the romantic wildflower meadow beyond. The interiors of the Miner’s Cottage have been decorated and styled by Belle Hemming-Bright of Inside Story: @inside_story_
I do not know what is with this amazing location and gorgeous property, The Acre Of Roses - simple name, simple town, simple down to earth people working on the garden...
Our small crew of two models, two media crew members and one make up artist / hair stylist got so inspired by it air and the whole feel around the garden and the grounds... I do not know what to say and how to explain it - while walking in the gardens that very early sunrising morning of our shoot on 31 January I felt the energy that was coming out from the Earth as if someone's soul soaked in through the ground and turned into the liquid gold, natural gems and crystals of cosmic beauty... My mind was boosted with ideas immediately.. .As I was driving back home, thought "Trentham is one magical place.... I will never forget it... " If it was only myself I would understand but he whole crew was feeling pretty much the same... I think I expressed it the right way with the words that I had in my mind...
Recommend everyone to visit.. our photos and the BTS video are coming up...
// biggest thank you: Sandy Roy and Robert Roy
first video: PRIDE productions / Andrew J Liu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfVf_rnc2YQ&t=12s

​https://youtu.be/CoQkDuld57g
IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO RELEASE THIS VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/CoQkDuld57g
Lavender Harvest Festival was held on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm, Hepburn, Victoria, Australia https://www.facebook.com/events/597735404363974/
https://www.lavandula.com.au/
Film by PRIDE productions / Andrew J Liu / Andrew J Liu
https://youtu.be/CoQkDuld57g
please stay tuned for some selective event photos:
special thanks: Jack Oskar Larm
https://youtu.be/CoQkDuld57g

​please note the following associates added to our list:

Zelman Symphony Orchestra with Classic Giants - Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven // Hawthorn Arts Centre http://zelmansymphony.org.au/Concerts/22March2020 / George Deutsch

​Made In Hong Kong by Badiucao www.badiucao.com //
ARTICULATE PR / Can't Do Tomorrow / The Facility, Kensington https://cantdotomorrow.com/artist/badiucao/
facebook.com/cantdotomorrow
Instagram @cantdotomorrow
Twitter@cantdotomorrow

Heide Museum of Modern Art with CAROLYN ESKDALE: MEMORY HORIZON https://www.heide.com.au/exh…/carolyn-eskdale-memory-horizon // ARTICULATE PR

​Midsumma Festival with Confessions of a Mormon Boy - Midsumma Festival 2020! // Make A Difference (MAD) PR) // Chapel Off Chapel https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/…/confessions-of-a-mormon-b…/

​Acre of Roses, house, garden, wedding accommodation https://www.acreofroses.com.au/
Juan Mey photography @uanmeyn Juan Mey Photography

​Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival 2020 with #Artz show by Aron Katona https://vamff.com.au/event/artz/ // The George on Collins

​Alliance Française de Melbourne with Alliance Française French Film Festival 2020 https://www.affrenchfilmfestival.org/ // Annette Smith / Palace Cinemas

​Blue Lotus Water Garden opened its colorful doors to our media crew last Friday January 24 for the small photo session , video and review https://www.facebook.com/Blue-Lotus-Water-Garden-226071827477091/
Olga Kirk shares her opinion: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html please stay tuned for more photos and a footage
photography below: Ian George at Coffee Table Images
special thanks: Anna Giles at evergreen PR evergreenam.com.au

​Evergreen Advertising & Marketing PR invites you to visit
Blue Lotus Water Garden
OPEN: Daily 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
ADDRESS: 2628 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction
WEBSITE: https://www.bluelotusfarm.com.au/
Australia's best water garden attraction and water plant nursery . Only 1.5 hrs from Melbourne. 1km past Yarra Junction on the Warburton Highway. Open 7 days 10 am - 5 pm. Open to PUBLIC 26/12/19 - 13/4/20 Display garden which includes Lotus and Waterlilies.
The gardens have been extensively landscaped with a “tropical theme” featuring dozens of built waterways including lakes, ponds, lagoons, bogs and even a waterfall. All of the waterways contain hundreds of varieties of flowering lotus, waterlily & bog plants. The surrounding gardens feature vast perennial flower beds, creating a kaleidoscope of colour in every direction. While hundreds of trees, palms and shrubs offer shade and add to the vistas.
And we haven’t forgotten about the little ones, they will love visiting the Flower Fairy Garden. Plus the Fairy Queen make appearances on weekends and public holidays with story time in the garden. The kids will also love the Dragon’s Trail to Fantasy Falls, Rainbow Slide, Fairy Dell Wishing Well and Garden Spotto. The grounds contain many Garden Features plus over 3kms of easy-to-walk pathways, numerous ornamental arch bridges, dozens of picnic shelters, BBQ facilities, accessible amenities & parking, group & club pavilions, drinking water bubblers, baby change facilities. Also located within the gardens is the Lily Pond Café & Takeaway and the Ice Cream Kiosk.
please stay tuned as our editorial is coming up featuring the garden wonders (media: Erkin Kalayci, Jesi Faun, Olga Kirk and Ian George)
photos below are from a Monday preview by Ian George . I am very grateful to Ian for doing this...

​please check out our new associates

Stag & Sparrow artworks and graphic design by Kirstie Jones @stagandsparrowco

Blue Lotus Water Garden // Evergreen Advertising & Marketing PR / #AnnaGiles https://www.bluelotusfarm.com.au/

Amazing Grace, New York New York // National Theatre Melbourne / Make A Difference (MAD) PR https://melbournetheatrecalendar.com.au/…/amazing-grac…/all/

​DINJUAN Fashion Designs and Boutique by Juanita Machado Fashion Designer www.dinjuan.com

​Lavender Harvest Festival was held on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm Hepburn, Victoria, Australia https://www.facebook.com/events/597735404363974/
https://www.lavandula.com.au/
please follow Olga Kirk review and some selected BTS photos: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
please stay tuned for event photos and film
special thanks: Jack Oskar Larm

​Madman Films present a documentary called The Biggest Little Farm https://www.madman.com.au/…/v…/47850/the-biggest-little-farm
in cinemas January 12
A testament to the immense complexity of nature, The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and a dog on an odyssey to bring harmony to both their lives and the land. When the barking of their beloved dog leads to an eviction notice from their tiny LA apartment, John and Molly Chester naively make the choice to move to the country to build a sustainable farm. The land they’ve chosen, however, is utterly depleted of nutrients and suffering from a brutal drought. THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM chronicles eight years of daunting work and outsized idealism as they attempt to create an utopia of 10,000 orchard trees, over 200 different crops and animals of every kind – including an unforgettable pig named Emma and her best friend, Greasy the rooster. As their plan to create perfect harmony takes a series of wild turns, they realise that to survive they will have to reach a far greater understanding of the intricacies and wisdom of nature, and of life itself. Beautifully capturing the remarkable scale of the journey and featuring unforgettable characters of both the two and four-legged variety, THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM is an inspiring and educational story for the whole family.
please follow Alex First's review published: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/la-premiere.html

trailer: 

​please note these new associates we are adding to our list:

True Colours Cabaret by True Colours Cabaret / Hares Hyenas https://www.marilynmocktail.com/true-colours-cabaret

​CherryHill Orchard's Lunar New Year Festival // Visit Melbourne, visitvictoria.com,au, CherryHill Orchard's Lunar New Year Festival / Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges https://cherryhill.com.au/ and https://cherryhill.com.au/Lunar-New-Year-Festival~80049

Blue Lotus Water Garden // evergreenam.com.au https://www.facebook.com/Blue-Lotus-Water-Garden-226071827477091/

Animalia In Sand // Sand Sculpting Australia / Boneo Discovery Parkk https://www.sandsculpting.com.au/
https://www.boneodiscoverypark.com.au/

​please note the associates our list has been enriched with:

Lavender Harvest Festival at Lavandula Swiss Italian Lavender Farm Daylesford https://www.facebook.com/events/597735404363974/
https://www.lavandula.com.au/ // #JackOscarLarm

​Wine and Cheese Fest - Port Melbourne 2020 by Williamstown Wine and Cheese Fest at The Timber Yard // Sotir Stojcevski https://www.facebook.com/events/396749987873582/
https://wineandcheesefest.com.au/

Cirque Stratosphere by #TheWorksEntertainment / Make A Difference (MAD) PR at Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall 2020https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2020/circus-and-magic/cirque-stratosphere / #MichaelJWilkie

​let your calendars shine this new 2020 year with these marvelous new releases and must see productions

FRIDAY, January 3
Cirque Stratosphere // #TheWorksEntertainment / Make A Difference (MAD) PR / Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall till 11 January 2020https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2020/circus-and-magic/cirque-stratosphere / #MichaelJWilkie

THURSDAY, January 9
The Palms at Crown: Legends In Concert // Cavanagh PR / till 26 January 2020 https://www.crownmelbourne.com.au/…/conc…/legends-in-concert

1917 movie release // Universal Pictures Australia https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/1917

A Shaun The Sheep Movie FARMAGEDDON national release // STUDIOCANAL / Shaun the Sheep / Annette Smith / Ned & Co Marketing and Publicity https://www.farmageddonmovie.co.uk/

SUNDAY, January 12
Lavender Harvest Festival // Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm https://www.facebook.com/events/597735404363974/
https://www.lavandula.com.au/

​Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm invite you to a unique experience of
Lavender Harvest Festival
DATE: Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm at 350 Hepburn-Newstead Rd, Hepburn, Victoria, Australia 3461
WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/events/597735404363974/
https://www.lavandula.com.au/
THE EVENT
This is the BIG ONE. Come and help celebrate the start of another great year with all things lavender. Music, dance, workshops and demonstrations, puppets shows, artisan stalls, tours of the original farmhouse and great food, including lavender ice cream.
Lavandula's Lavender Harvest festival is a celebration of all things lavender, and it's an opportunity for visitors to discover the many processes and uses of this wonderful plant. The process includes harvesting with hand sickles, bunching for drying, winnowing the flowers and seeds, and distilling for essential oil and floral water. Its uses are many and varied from dried flower arrangements, filling potpourri satchels, culinary lavender used in cooking and lavender oil and water for therapeutic and medicinal use. A lavender harvest is not complete without the festive energy of our local Morris Dancers, Brandragon.
​Special guest, Pepita Emmerichs of Oh Pep!, will be filling the lavender scented air with her dynamic brand of folk music (see description above). A local lass who has made a huge impact on the world stage! Join one of the rural demonstrations from lavender distilling, lavender wand making or wool spinning. Come and say hi to our local artisan blacksmith, who is sure to amaze you with his fine metal constructions.
​For the children there will be pony rides, puppet shows and a face painter. Artisan stallholders will have their amazing products for sale. There will be food from our massive wood-fired oven, an Italian-style BBQ and our festival-sized paella. Plus many more options, including lavender scones and lavender ice cream.
​The original 1860s farmhouse will be open for tours by original descendants, Faye & Boyd.
A great day for the whole family.
Entry fee: $6 per adult / $2 per school-aged child
Dogs welcome on leash.
THE FARM
Ten minutes North of Daylesford, Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm is nestled amongst the rolling hills of Shepherds Flat. One of Victoria's most important rural properties, Lavandula boasts European-style gardens planted out to frame and meander around the original 1850s stone buildings. Productive vegetable and herb gardens supply the cafe, La Trattoria. Lavender provides quality materials for the creation of farm-made body lotions and creams, room mists and insecticides, and essential oil. When you cross the ford, park your car and walk toward the Barn, you're greeted with acres of sprawling gardens and majestic trees. Every season reveals Lavandula in a different light: autumn turns the leaves ruby and gold; winter brings rain that fills the creek; spring delivers an endless chorus of flowers and birdsong; and summer is all about lavender.
The historic Barn is home to our gift shop and history room. We stock a huge range of homewares, quirky gifts and our full range of farm-made products. You can make a purchase by either visiting us, calling us or placing an order via our online shop.
All thanks to our friends at the Lavandula Farm Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the 12 January event (media: Erkin Kalayci, Jesi Faun, Tugba Talia Caglayan, Andrew J Liu and Olga Kirk) . Please stay tuned for more details.

some Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria snaps that saw the light with some funny captions... 
ladybird's perspective
bird's perspective
lady's perspective 

is feeling relaxed at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
 · a stroll in Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria with no camera ... seriously I told Marchev Misha that I will still have lots of photos as I can snap them now even with the absence of the camera ... here we go - no camera eyes :