Tag Archives: Remembrance Poppy

Hi Ho … Hi Ho …

Posted on 24/01/2018 by 5000 Poppies

Happy Wednesday all … Yesterday was our first day back at Poppy Headquarters in Melbourne, and WOW … THE MAIL!!! In short, there was well in excess of 11,000 AWM poppies delivered to PHQ over the break … not quite … Continue reading →

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5000 Poppies at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance

Posted on 09/11/2017 by 5000 Poppies

Good morning team Poppy … It’s a huge day at 5000 Poppies today … this afternoon, we will be installing some 200,000 poppies at Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance in a very moving tribute of love, honour and respect for … Continue reading →

Onwards and Upwards

Posted on 28/07/2017 by 5000 Poppies

Good morning all … This week marks another milestone in our progress towards our goal of 50,000 beautiful handmade poppies for Remembrance Day 2018 for the RSL. It’s quite a journey … for all of us. But in reality, it’s … Continue reading →

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Moving right along …

Posted on 14/06/2017 by 5000 Poppies

The last couple of weeks have seen us still reminiscing about our London visit last year with Facebook bringing up memory after memory … I am still pinching myself … it was such a surreal experience meeting the Queen and … Continue reading →

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2017 … and we are back at at it!!!

Posted on 16/01/2017 by 5000 Poppies

Good afternoon all … and welcome to 2017. So that was Christmas and New Year done and dusted … I hope you had a wonderful break (if you managed) and some special time with family and friends. I can’t quite … Continue reading →

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Our beautiful poppies have had a busy couple of weeks …

Posted on 23/11/2016 by 5000 Poppies

LEST WE FORGET Remembrance is well and truly alive but it is changing … according to this article on Remembrance in the Digital Age by Historian Tom Sear Published in the Conversation. Tom writes about how digital technology has changed … Continue reading →

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We have not been idle …

Posted on 17/10/2016 by 5000 Poppies

So we have had a small break following what has been a massive three years of very hard work, but we have not been idle. There is still so much to do before our grand finale at the Australian War … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Fromelles : 19 July 1916

Posted on 01/07/2016 by 5000 Poppies

LEST WE FORGET This month, 5000 Poppies along with Phillip Johnson Landscapes will be planting approximately 26,500 of our beautiful stemmed poppies in Fromelles at Australian Memorial Park (Cobbers) as part of the Centenary Commemoration of the Battle of the … Continue reading →

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Chelsea

Posted on 20/06/2016 by 5000 Poppies

Well … Chelsea has come and gone. And by any measure of success it was a big one. We managed to chalk up a couple of very big firsts for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with our wonderful display. It’s … Continue reading →

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Milestones …

Posted on 24/04/2016 by 5000 Poppies

Another huge week at PHQ this week. Tada!!!! Despite the fact that our official completion of the poppy nets was back on 17 March …. we found that quite a few of our earlier repairs were not up to the … Continue reading →