The race is on to harvest thousands of bunches of flowers in Queensland before Mother’s Day. The colourful crop supports people with disabilities, but also puts a smile of peoples faces.
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00:00 This field of colourful chrysanthemums is in the middle of Bundaberg.
00:07 Every stem grown with love and purpose.
00:11 It's part of our tradition, this is year 33 that we're growing the flowers.
00:15 We provide work for people with a disability, give them the best chance in life.
00:19 50,000 flowers and more than 30 different hues will be picked by workers and volunteers.
00:26 After a wet start to the week, put them behind schedule.
00:30 The sun's shining, flowers out, we're picking, it's all happening.
00:34 The annual Mother's Day crop is part of the Endeavour Foundation's social enterprise.
00:40 A working farm that creates paid employment opportunities for people living with disabilities.
00:46 Like farmhand Rob Cook.
00:48 If you work hard you get noticed and aside from that everyone's mates, staff and employees, really great.
00:54 For the volunteers, it's about giving back to the community and spreading joy.
01:00 I make the posies every year, I've been making them for 8 years.
01:04 And the look on the ladies faces when they get the posies is just wonderful.
01:10 And it's not only new mums who enjoy them.
01:13 I take a bunch home usually for my neighbours that are on their own.
01:19 And they just love them.
01:22 The wet weather and delays to the harvest has meant these beautiful bunches will be for sale beyond Mother's Day
01:28 with all the proceeds going to the Endeavour Foundation.
01:32 A worthy cause, brightening the lives of many.
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