Petra Cremming is a garden perv. Riding around Melbourne, from her home suburb of Brunswick right over to the other side of the Yarra, gives Petra the perfect vantage point to peer over fences and check out the flowers, vegies, succulents and grapevines that populate the inner city’s front yards. It’s a professional interest as much as a personal passion – Petra has been a florist for well over a decade. For the past two years she has run her own business, Pomp and Splendour, from her backyard studio, creating whimsical arrangements for weddings, other events and local businesses, as well as collaborating with creative Melburnians on photo shoots, pop up shops and other projects.
That first Melbourne bike came from Kmart, and Petra says “it was fantastic for what it was. But then eventually I left it outside, and it took no time to rust.” Her second bike, a hybrid, was stolen. Now she rides “a very girly bike” – a pale blue XDS step-through with a basket on the front, known as the Ice Maiden.