The sound of chatter and the smell of flowers drifts out the door of a small studio in Brunswick East in Melbourne. Inside, a world away from war-torn Gaza, five Palestinian women work arranging fresh blooms from the Thursday morning market into bunches.
Each bouquet is sold via a subscription service that directly pays their wage. It’s part of a training initiative by social enterprise florist the Beautiful Bunch to help women fleeing Gaza access the Australian workforce.
