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Handsinthedirt_ Sustainable florist, biodiverse flower farm & cut flower nursery
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Workshop Giveaway! With Spring rapidly approaching our bouquet and bowl arrangement workshops are quickly filling up wit...
10/08/2026

Workshop Giveaway!

With Spring rapidly approaching our bouquet and bowl arrangement workshops are quickly filling up with our October dates almost full! But it felt only right to give back to our Instagram and Facebook community and have a give away for our November hand tied bouquet workshop! So we’re giving away two spaces to one person (for yourself and a friend)!
Our workshops are bespoke and relaxed with a tour through the fields where you can see where and how we grow all our flowers followed by a bouquet making session in our lovely barn which will be filled with freshly harvested flowers. All details for our workshops can be found on our website!

To participate make sure you
- liked this post
- follow us
- comment who you’d like to bring along with you!
The winner will be drawn on Sunday the 23rd of August.
Please note if the winner is drawn outside of Auckland we are unable to facilitate travel expenses but if you are unable to make it you’re welcome to gift your tickets to a friend or family member who lives closer by xx

Winter… it’s been one of the coldest, wettest Winters we’ve ever experienced! -4 frosty mornings and blue skies followed...
09/08/2026

Winter… it’s been one of the coldest, wettest Winters we’ve ever experienced! -4 frosty mornings and blue skies followed by sudden days of rain, it’s been a long slow season but there are signs of life beginning to stir on the farm. Our almond trees are beginning to blossom and the tulips are popping through the soil, although we’ve never had them so late! The perennials are well and truly dormant now in both their pots and the fields, but when you dig down there are small green shoots awaiting warmer days to sprout. We’ve been slowly making our way through the winter check list, cutting back the perennial field and beginning to w**d and plant out other areas and gardens, all ready for Spring. Amongst the short days (although they’re slowly lengthening now) I’ve been sneaking in rides on the ponies and introducing my young horse Nico to life outside of the farm, it fills my cup these moments, working with the most lovely horses I’ve ever met. In the flower fields we have the odd crop flowering from Stock to poppies to rats tail, they’re a welcome sight, hints of Spring appearing!!! All flowers are being used for our lovely weekly business arrangements and the occasional event. Floristry in winter can still be so beautiful and creative when you have beautiful ingredients to work with (it also makes me appreciate the flower abundance of Spring and Summer so much more). And in the nursery we’re all go sowing and potting for Spring, we’re slowly building up the nursery with more and more beautiful varieties in larger quantities, it’s always so exciting! Whilst we’re a little too wet right now to open the nursery we’re aiming to begin to open almost every weekend from early September onwards. I’m really looking forward to this, I miss having people on the farm and seeing the nursery set up! Until then we’ll keep quietly pottering away, getting the farm ready for Spring and for the return of our nursery openings xx

Spring workshops, these days are very special to us! Over the past four years we’ve welcomed hundreds of people through ...
15/07/2026

Spring workshops, these days are very special to us! Over the past four years we’ve welcomed hundreds of people through the farm for workshops and Spring always remains my most beloved time for them. The flowers, fields and just overall fresh greenness of the farm is truly magical. Every workshop has been so intimate and gentle with everyone really taking the time to relax and create with naturalistic flowers. I find it really lovely watching people wander the fields and see where all the flowers are grown before returning to the barn which is always overflowing with blooms. This year we have four workshops over two weekends in October and November to really make the most of my favourite season. Two different types of workshops, a naturalistic hand tied bouquet and a bowl arrangement. Both are as special as one another! Places for our workshops are filling up quickly, if you’d like more info all can be found on our workshop page on our website! I hope to see you this Spring xx

The perennial plant orders have been coming in thick and fast the past year and it’s been difficult to keep plants in st...
12/07/2026

The perennial plant orders have been coming in thick and fast the past year and it’s been difficult to keep plants in stock! The greenhouses can only keep up with so much germinating (and so can I)! But with the nursery currently expanding and us finally having enough stock on hand we’ve opened up pre orders for the first time! Pre order plants are available via our website (they have their own page next to our currently available perennial plants) these will be shipped from September through to November depending on when they wake up in their pots. There’s some really lovely varieties available which we only have in very limited stock as well!
Unfortunately you can’t combine plants that are available now with pre order plants but there is plenty to choose from on both pages. Thank you so much for supporting us, we’re expanding because of you plant lovers, I’m looking forward to offering more varieties this coming season x

I’ve been asked a wee bit recently what actually is Hands in the Dirt, and sometimes I’m not even sure myself!! It’s cer...
07/07/2026

I’ve been asked a wee bit recently what actually is Hands in the Dirt, and sometimes I’m not even sure myself!! It’s certainly expanded over the past few years as new ideas and plans keep popping up in my head…. So as of tonight (I’ll have a new idea tomorrow probably) HITD is a flower farm, florist, and perennial nursery with a side of garden design…. (and the farm is now used for film shoots) Everything is done onsite on our farm from the seed sowing for both the flower fields and nursery to the creating and arranging for weddings and events! It’s always busy and creative with no two days ever looking the same. Sometimes it’s pure field work and sometimes it’s a mix of arranging, delivering, planting, sowing and more… We run workshops on the farm from flower arranging to field tours to how to grow and I’ve also just finished my landscape design courses at university and now do plant consults and designs for gardens (when I can fit it in). It’s not just a business but very much a passion as well, the two are intertwined, any day that I take off I often find myself drifting into the fields, finding a tray of plants that needs to be planted out or a bit of w**ding to be done.
We’re slowly expanding the business as well, moving more of our flower fields to perennials and expanding the nursery (there’s over 9000 plants now!), focusing on growing unusual and wild perennials which grow well in our ever changing and temperamental climate. Hands in the Dirt is a living breathing representation of what goes on in my mind. It’s ever changing but also stays very stable in what it is. I still use my original small greenhouses to germinate everything and the same trays I bought over 5 years ago. The flower fields follow the seasons, we’ve found a rhythm that works for us, never taking too much from the land and making sure we always give back. So this coming season there’s a lot to look forward to. Wonderful weddings and events, film shoots, flower arranging workshops and farm tours, perennial nursery and its expansion, flower fields and new plant varieties blooming and planting design. So HITD is a community and just the way we like it ❤️

TW- Hysterectomy talk!! Well it’s been almost a year since I had my hysterectomy. It’s a common question for me now, how...
17/06/2026

TW- Hysterectomy talk!!

Well it’s been almost a year since I had my hysterectomy. It’s a common question for me now, how I am, am I better, did it work. I’ve always welcomed the curiosity, it’s not very common for 24 years olds to have hysterectomies or have been in menopause!
I’ve never been one to shy away from conversations re woman’s health as these are such important issues and aren’t spoken about enough.
I didn’t realise my life could get any richer post surgery but it has. I truly can’t explain just how much this has positively impacted me . Everything is more vibrant.
To live a life with no pain, what a joy it is. It doesn’t come without its subtle undercurrents of confused emotions which make their appearance every now and then, but every time, these are overshadowed by the sheer relief of living in a body that feels like it can breath for the first time.
13 years of intense medications including 2 years of chemical menopause and I am free of it all. Finally free of the pain I didn’t know I could actually live without. The recovery from the surgery felt like a walk in the park compared to my day to day pain!
I feel so utterly grateful and lucky as I know this isn’t the outcome for all women. Whether it be struggling to be seen or heard, or surgery not being the cure. Throughout this journey I have been supported every step of the way, by family, friends and doctors. But that’s not always the case for everyone.
Check in on the people in your life, whether they’re young or older and starting to go through puberty or menopause. It makes the world of difference if you listen and support. I often felt overwhelmed with menopause and it really did help to be able to talk to others about it, to be heard and understood. I know some people may find me too open but this is my reality and if it’s mine then it will be another persons reality too. Start the conversation, it can really be life changing for those around you.
One year of being pain free and it feels like my life is finally my own. This has by far been the biggest decision of my life, but it has also been my best decision. The future is exciting and pain free, finally ❤️

Winter has officially arrived and so have the first frosts of the season, a necessity as they give the fields a rest and...
10/06/2026

Winter has officially arrived and so have the first frosts of the season, a necessity as they give the fields a rest and reset but it does make me reminiscent of Summer and warmer days!
So through the Summer camera roll I went and I found small snippets from the fields and the farm. Always vibrant and a little chaotic, it’s nice to look back and see everything flowering in all its glory. I had to leave the sound on as I find the cicadas and birds so calming ❤️

Nursery post time…. The weather is looking good and the grounds are a little less wet and muddy which means we’re open t...
09/06/2026

Nursery post time…. The weather is looking good and the grounds are a little less wet and muddy which means we’re open this coming weekend for our Dahlia tuber sale!
We’ll have a wide range of lovely plants available, Perennial plants, many many Dahlia tubers, Ranunculus plants and other hardy annual seedlings, all my favourite things!
Tea and coffee is also available for those buying plants.
Our address is 1030 West Coast Rd, Auckland, Warkworth
0981.
Please note we are a working farm so no dogs are allowed and please bring boxes for your plants! (We really are running very low now...)
See you all this Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2pm x

📸- ❤️

And just like that, Winter is here…. Which means Spring is almost upon us…. I’ve found as a flower farmer that I’m alway...
03/06/2026

And just like that, Winter is here…. Which means Spring is almost upon us…. I’ve found as a flower farmer that I’m always thinking one season ahead, preparing for what’s to come, sowing seeds, planting, harvesting, a constant cycle of looking ahead and asking 1000 times a day what the weather is doing! But right now on the farm things are still ticking along. Our perennial field has put itself to sleep and for the first time in a long time, it isn’t been dug up and moved by me, I’m already noticing the plants are much much bigger and greener now that they’re properly putting down roots! And in the annual flower fields (where the perennials are slowly taking over) huge amounts of hardy Spring seedlings are being planted. The fields always look a little naked at this time of year, but if you look closely it’s quite beautiful all the tiny seedlings tucked up until the warmth of Spring arrives and they flower. I did have a slight mistiming of plantings and have found myself with a perfect, tall flowering crop of Zinnias in the tunnels (which aren’t heated!!) they’re happy as anything so now I’m wanting to test if Zinnias can be grown year round?? Who knows….
On top of the sowing, planting, potting, digging and all the other fun parts of farming I’ve been sneaking away for rides with Duke on the neighbour’s farms. It’s been a long time since I’ve had the opportunity and the horse to do this and it’s honestly been one of the most lovely experiences. Taking the time to slow down and just mooch is so special.
We’re also in the thick of Dahlia dividing, the clumps this year are proving to be quite tricky as they’re just so ridiculously enormous which means that for our sale in two weeks the clumps will be rather large!!
We’re also busy potting up lovely ranunculus seedlings and other hardy annuals for our sale, it’s a busy and exciting time on the farm!!!
Alas here are some small snippets from the past week of the farm, its wintery, wet and a little wild but also quite beautiful x

Once a year we sell a few of our favorite Dahlia tubers, and that time is now upon us….. the Dahlias are slowly being du...
27/05/2026

Once a year we sell a few of our favorite Dahlia tubers, and that time is now upon us….. the Dahlias are slowly being dug up and are beginning to be divided into their clumps, a long and very slow task but so so worth it (they’re incredibly large this year!) And with the Dahlias being divided we’ll be holding our Dahlia sale on the 13th and 14th of June from 10am to 2pm. It’s not just Dahlias that we’ll have either! We’ll have the most beautiful cut flower Ranunculus seedlings, hardy annual seedlings and many perennial plants. We’ll have a large range of my favorite perennial plants on sale, our first and only time they’ll be on sale!!! I always love curating and potting up plants each year for these days, being able to offer some of my all time favorite plants to brighten your Spring and Summer is so fun.
More details will be posted closer to the time but until then I’ll be in the barn with my secateurs and knives dividing up the Dahlias! (Please note we sell our tubers in clumps, when you receive one you can divide it up further or plant it out whole, it’s up to you!!)
Lastly…. We’re keeping our fingers and toes crossed the weather is blue skies and no rain but in the event there is bad rain we will postpone the sale until it dries up (we will give you ample warning!!) x

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