Country Style

DOWN TO BUSINESS

WHEN JANE CAY purchased a small clothing store in Cooma 14 years ago and renamed it Birdsnest, little did she know her fledgling business of five people would grow into a team of 140. Her dream was to launch it online, build it to be the same size as the store in the Snowy Mountains town, 114 kilometres south of Canberra, then replicate it in other country towns. However, the online store quickly

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Country Style

Country Style2 min read
Masthead
Editor KYLIE IMESON Creative director SARAH FARAGO Deputy editor HANNAH JAMES Queensland contributing editor CLAIRE MACTAGGART Art director BERNHARD SCHMITZ Stylist KATE LINCOLN Features writer REBECCA HOOTON Featureswriter RACHEL WHITE Juniorwriter
Country Style4 min read
Field Of Dreams
Phe and Ken Viljoen, owners of Ashburton Lavender Farm in the Central West region of NSW, grow rows of Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ and Lavandula x intermedia ‘Super’. SOMETIMES LIFE HANDS you a curveball. For Phe and Ken Viljoen, it was a sweet-s
Country Style5 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Book Club
The way we eat today is not remotely similar to what was on the table 20 years ago. This being the case, a swathe of old favourites now seem like ‘discoveries’. Hansen’s theme is sharing. A potluck, picnic or street party opens a door to creativity.

Related Books & Audiobooks