Beccy Cole—

The Gardener & The Flower is the third single from Beccy Cole’s much anticipated ninth solo studio album, Through the Haze. The track follows the high performing second single More Cows Than Cowgirls and the ANZAC Day release of Poster Girl 20th Anniversary Version.

The Gardener & The Flower likens a partnership in life and love to tending a garden, and highlights the benefits of a couple taking it in turns being the gardener or the flower. Beccy was inspired by Rosie O’Donnell and Kate Langbroek. “Rosie spoke beautifully about realising that, for a romantic relationship to work, one person needs to be the nurturer, the other needs to allow themselves to be helped. The trick is to swap roles and to know when it’s time to do so. She likened the process to a gardener and a flower, and I picked up the guitar with the chorus fully formed in my head,” says Beccy.

Beccy’s storytelling is powerful, evocative and draws on her memories of her grandparents, both avid gardeners and who, together, shared a life of more than 60 years. “We had Grandma right up until just before her 104th birthday in 2023; she remains my biggest inspiration in life, she’s with me always,” says Beccy of her late grandmother, Gloria.

The Gardener & The Flower highlights the beautiful guitar work of Julz Parker, who also plays harmonica and sings harmony alongside Leesa Gentz, with drummer, Ali Foster, who all feature on Beccy’s recordings as part of Beccy’s touring band, Sisters of Twang.