Akanaka Blooms - The Flower Acre

25/10/2026

18/10/2026

This year, I decided to spend Garden Day differently. Away from my own garden, my home, or an event I’d been invited to, I chose to visit the Johannesburg Garden Club Open Gardening in Inanda.

Oh, what a beautiful afternoon it has been! And having my little sisters and my aunt along made it really special.

Sometimes, it’s lovely to step away from your own little corner of the world and simply enjoy someone else’s garden.

Happy Garden Day, South Africa!

13/10/2026

Seasonal goodness.

12/10/2026

Nothing beats an interview in your mother tongue 😂❤️ Navakoma AL’S FLORA FARM and flower shop on how Akanaka Blooms started!

11/10/2026

The year before I started flower farming, I did a lot of research and discovered dahlia propagation through cuttings. And so my propagation journey began. I started taking cuttings of just about everything, and I have a green thumb, if you will! 😀

This morning, I was taking cuttings while listening to music, and this particular song really spoke to me.

Loosely translated, it says: “Open the way for me, Lord, so I may see Your light. There are things standing in my way. Light the way for me, Lord.”

And isn’t that life sometimes? We keep planting, growing and trying, trusting that the way will become clearer as we go.

As for my dahlia cuttings, I use good old potting mix mixed with perlite to improve drainage. I also use rooting hormone, but if that’s not your thing, skip it!

Some tubers are generous with cuttings, others are not. Some cuttings root quickly, while others take their sweet time. That’s part of the journey, and you learn as you go.

Give it a try! You’ll be surprised how quickly you can build up your dahlia stock from just a few tubers.

08/10/2026

Yesterday was beautiful. ❤️

My sister in every sense of the word, AL’S FLORA FARM and flower shop , came to visit! We met on Instagram five years ago and immediately clicked. We spoke about flowers, bounced ideas off each other, and she was such a pillar of strength during my first flower farm’s water woes.

She is Zimbabwean-born, a non-practising lawyer like me, and a flower farmer in Uganda, so naturally we had A LOT to talk about. 😂🌸

We shared our flower-farming war stories, played, prayed, laughed and had so much fun together.

So grateful for this beautiful sisterhood. ❤️ Thank you for stopping by, vakoma.

04/10/2026

And with the mildew, heat rain and all, our Spring picking season comes to an end.

See you in Summer, with lots of summer beauties to look forward to.

While our Spring picking season is done, you can still order flowers from us.

WhatsApp 071 854 7712 for flower availability and orders.

03/10/2026

Excited for the coming dahlia season. One of my old favourites is already going strong.

30/09/2026

Tune in to kykNET this evening where my flower friends and I are talking about the business of flowers.

27/09/2026

ONE LAST SPRING PICK

Join us one last time to pick the last of our spring blooms.

Foxglove, poppies, stocks, orlaya, agrostemma, good old ranunculus and anemones.

2 October 2026
8:00–12:00
186 2nd Road, Walker Fruit Farms SH, De Deur

15 stems — R160
30 stems — R300

It gets hot, so the earlier you pick, the better.

Bring a bucket or get one from us for R25.