“Flo” Back To Nature — organic landscaping, Busselton

European-Style Rose Care — French craft for WA rose gardens

Roses are Flo's signature. Trained in the French horticultural tradition — where rose craft passes down through generations — he prunes, feeds and restores roses for structure, health and abundant, repeat flowering.

Why WA roses underperform

Most roses in Western Australia are lightly sheared rather than properly pruned, fed on synthetic fertilisers that weaken them over time, and left to battle black spot and aphids with harsh sprays. The result: leggy bushes, sparse flushes, and beds that decline a little more each summer.

The European approach

French rose care is structural. Each bush is pruned to an open, balanced framework that drives strong basal growth and repeat flowering — a technique that looks dramatic in winter and spectacular in spring. Climbers, standards, shrub roses and heritage varieties each get their correct treatment.

Feeding and protection are fully organic: soil rebuilt beneath the beds, nutrition matched to the flowering cycle, and disease pressure — black spot, mildew, aphids — managed with certified-organic treatments that protect the blooms, the bees and your family.

What you get with the organic way

Generational technique

French pruning craft passed down through generations — rare in Australia.

More flowers, longer

Structural pruning drives repeat flushes from spring through autumn.

Organic disease control

Black spot and pests handled without harsh chemical sprays.

Old roses revived

Neglected and overgrown roses restored rather than removed.

Common questions

European-Style Rose Care, answered

When should roses be pruned in Western Australia?

Main structural pruning happens in winter (July–August in the South West), with lighter summer deadheading and shaping between flushes. Flo schedules visits around the flowering cycle so your roses are always set up for the next bloom.

Can you bring a neglected rose garden back?

Almost always. Roses are remarkably resilient — even badly overgrown or diseased bushes usually respond to correct structural pruning, soil restoration and organic disease management within one season. Removal is a last resort.

Do you treat black spot and aphids organically?

Yes. Every treatment is certified organic. We combine soil health (strong roses resist disease), airflow-focused pruning and organic controls — no synthetic fungicides or pesticides near your garden, pets or produce.

Do you maintain rose gardens on an ongoing schedule?

Yes — many clients have Flo return through the season for feeding, deadheading and health checks, from single heritage climbers in Busselton to full formal rose beds in Perth's western suburbs.

Free quote

Ready for european-style rose care, the organic way?

Tell us about your garden and Flo will personally reply within one business day — servicing everywhere from Augusta to Perth.

Prefer to talk? 0449 879 416

No obligation, no pressure.