Quiet work, quietly noticed.
My work has been featured in print, online, and on-screen—celebrated by those who value seasonality, simplicity, and beauty made by hand.
From garden-led floral design to her writing and photography, each feature has been rooted in the same thing: a love for nature, rhythm, and thoughtful living..
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It’s a beautiful life for flower farmer Helen Leighton
Growing flowers seems like an idyllic occupation, especially when it’s combined with a country garden, pinot noir vineyard and writing.
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A Florist + Doctor’s Albany Garden, Created Together Over 20 Years
Florist and flower farmer Helen Leighton has been a passionate gardener for over 30 years. This pursuit was taken to the next level in 2004, when Helen and her husband, GP Jim Leighton, purchased a 100 acre property — now known as Riverdale Farm — near Albany, Western Australia comprising beautiful bushland, granite outcrops, Stirling Range views, and pasture adjacent to the Kalgan
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Grow and Gather
Garden Designer turned Flower Farmer, Helen Leighton takes a dreamy approach to floristry in Albany, WA.
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Autumn Garden Floral Workshop in Western Australia
Ok get ready for an absolute overload of floral beauty and inspiration! These bouquets and centrepieces from the Garden Garthered Workshop held in Western Australia are so pretty they'll hurt your eyeballs! And the images by JEMMA KEECH are simply stunning!
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Capture Beauty in Still Life
Turn gatherings from your garden and treasured bits of your life into a living work of art!
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Garden Gathered: Floral design & rural life at Riverdale Farm
Garden Gathered, captures a year on a sustainable flower farm with floral and garden designer Helen Leighton of Riverdale Farm, on the south coast of Western Australia.
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Issue 9 of ele Magazine! Australian based food, travel and lifestyle magazine.
Be inspired by the very best in travel destinations and experiences, food and recipes, fashion, beauty, wellness, health and home.
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Floral Design
“We were so lucky to get such a magical afternoon filled with golden light, a soft breeze, and of course when you are in the company of family – lots of laughs."
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Blooms with a View
What began as a lockdown journal for flower farmer and florist Helen Leighton has evolved into a book celebrating rural living and floral design. Here is a snapshot of her life on Riverdale Farm near Albany, Western Australia.
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A Behind the Scenes Look at an Autumn Floral Workshop
Helen Leighton of Riverdale Farm share a behind-the-scenes insight into preparing for autumn florals and designing with the best floral material the season has to offer. Be inspired for your autumn wedding flowers...
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A Spring Garden Editorial Filled with Femininity and Blush Fleurs
If you're looking for Spring wedding inspiration that encompasses the delicate romance of the Spring season - look no further! This stunning style shoot from Aravella Event Design couldn't be more perfect. From the bride's hand beaded gown to the soft palette of blush tones with subtle hints of yellow to the feminine fleurs by Riverdale Farm Albany & Abbey Lou Flowers...
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Floral Design
Sasha + Will's Wedding by Holii and Ash