On a mild autumn night on the outskirts of Sydney, the house lights flick on while most of the city sleeps. In the dark, among neat rows of poppies, chrysanthemums and native blooms, a fourth-generation flower family begins its Mother’s Day shift. For more than 20 years, the Padovano family have coaxed colour from the soil in Yanderra in Sydney’s south-west, growing, cutting and arranging the blooms that will go on mum’s kitchen table. A normal day for the Padovanos starts in the dead of night. The family leaves for the Sydney Flower Market at midnight, trading long before sunrise, so bundles of florals can be in homes by morning. Mother’s Day is one of the biggest trading days of the year. The market estimates 300,000 people will buy flowers in the week leading to the special day. Growers prepare for months. But this year, things have been a little slower. Ingrid (left) doesn’t need flowers on Mother’s Day as she is surrounded by them.…