Julie spends every day outside in a beautiful park, and gets paid for it, but she says it is the compliments from those visiting Queens Park Botanic Gardens that give her the most job satisfaction.
Matt Schick and Julie Stoddart are part of the team that curates Toowoomba's botanic gardens.abc.net.au/news/toowoomba-gardeners-keeping-carnival-of-flowers-parks-blooming/102864706Rain, hail or shine Julie Stoddart heads to Toowoomba's Queens Park just after sunrise nearly every day.
Known as Australia's garden city, Toowoomba is home to the Carnival of Flowers, one of the country's largest flower festivals, which brings thousands of bloom-loving visitors to the city each September. This year the team of five gardeners planted more than 35,000 seedlings and 5,000 bulbs for the colourful spring flower display."But we pull it off," added horticulture supervisor Matt Schick.Julie Stoddart is one of five tasked to keep the Queens Park Botanic Gardens blooming marvellous."I think people are surprised that we do everything from sketching, to ordering the seeds, to planting and then maintaining them," Mr Schick said.
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