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Topic: Flower Gardens

Sunday, 14 June 2026, at 10:01 am

A South Coast Donkey Orchid is seen in the Stirling Range National Park in June.

Terry Dunham likes to find wildflowers in Western Australia's south.

Terry says you can find flowers if you look closely.

Western Australia's wildflower season starts in June in the north and later in the south.

You can find beautiful flowers all year in the Great Southern area.

Terry Dunham points out a flower in the Gull Rock National Park.

Mr. Dunham gives wildflower tours in the region.

He says you can find wildflowers all year in Western Australia.

Many beautiful flowers are starting to bloom now.

The Queen of Sheba orchid is a rare plant found in the Great Southern region.

People looking for orchids must be very careful.

The Queen of Sheba orchid has a small leaf that is easy to miss.

If you step on the leaf, you might hurt the plant.

Summer is a great time to see flowers.

There are about 5,000 types of wildflowers in the Great Southern area.

Some flowers are very beautiful and can't be found anywhere else.

The Hibbertia selkii is a flower that blooms in the area.

January and February are great months to see flowers.

The flowers bloom more in the summer because they use special water.

Terry Dunham gives wildflower tours in southern Western Australia.

Wildflower communities are important.

Many people visit the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show every year.

The show is run by volunteers and has many types of flowers.

There is a display at the Ravensthorpe Wildflower show.

Volunteers do many jobs to help with the show.

The Ravensthorpe Herbarium has many types of flowers.

The Blue Hakea is a flower found in the Great Southern region.

Chris Lewis loves wildflowers and started a herbarium.

She helped create a wildflower display and named the flowers.

It was hard to name the flowers, but they did it.

Chris Lewis started a herbarium in Kojonup.

The project worked with Greening Australia.

Chris has found and named over 800 types of flowers.

There are still many more flowers to find.

For each flower found, one is sent to the WA Herbarium.

It's essential to have a statewide herbarium.

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Sunday, 14 June 2026, at 10:01 am

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