Slow Blooms

29/09/2026

Lovely ladies picked this beautiful spring bouquet today 💐 Iris, Canterbury Bells, Freesias, Orlaya White Lace, Everlasting Whites and other bits and pieces from around the garden 🦋

27/09/2026

Snapdragons, Dianthus Sweet Williams, Campanula Canterbury Bells, Iris, Orlaya white lace, Phacelia purple lace, and much more ready to pick in the garden - or buy one of our ready made bouquets inside Charlies Gelato 💐

23/09/2026

Dahlias for sale! Peaches n’ Cream and other beauties live on TradeMe now under username rebeckak, see link in bio 💫 Four years of selling dahlias and 100% positive feedback so far. This is NOT a presale, these tubers are divided and ready to sell, so you can be sure that you will get what you order. All starting at $35 each and $5 shipping. Yes you can get some of them for less at our outlets Charlies Gelato and Village & Farmers’ Market farmers market, but this is the price I need to charge to make the it worth the extra work of listing, packing and posting.

Happy to combine shipping, or pick up from Warkworth or Matakana.
Listed on TradeMe are Pink Pearl, Peaches n Cream
Sebastian, Karma Serena, Cornel Bronze/Jomanda, Linda’s Baby, Hamari Gold, Ivanetti, Sylvia/Maarn, Pink Runner, Salmon Runner, Jowey Nicky, Creme de Cognac, Mirella and Rocco.

I also have the following tubers for sale at a set price:

$25 Crème de Cassis, Preference, Edinburgh, Maxime, Slow Burn (a burnt orange informal decorative).
$15 Sunny Boy, Copper Boy, Orfeo, Nuit D’Ete, Golden Sceptre, Heather (a purple medium sized ball).

Note that the size of a tuber can vary and is largely irrelevant - a tuber the size of a finger will grow as healthy a plant as one the size of a carrot. The main thing is we only sell tubers that clearly have visible eyes. Anything I’m unsure about I keep until later in spring when the eyes are swelling and becoming more visible. Hence I will keep adding new listings through spring.

The tubers are packed in sawdust and you might also see a fine dusting of cinnamon or flower of sulphur, a natural substance approved for organic production to help stop rot and other fungus-related diseases.

Please handle your bags/tubers with care. Don’t squeeze or shake the tuber, as you might break the neck which connects the tuber to the crown and eyes. Let me know of any issues with tubers within 5 days of receiving them. Recommend potting up immediately and plant out when soil is warm enough.

22/09/2026

Spring in the you-pick! Loved having this chic group of girls through the garden for their day out on the beautiful Matakana Coast 💫 Flowering now is masses of Orlaya White Lace, Phacelia Purple Lace, Sweet Williams (Dianthus) in pink and white, first of the Snapdragons in all sorts of colours, White Everlasting and Strawflowers - both great for drying - and a few other bits and bobs in smaller amounts like Cornflowers, Campanula (bellflowers), Stock, Freesias, Statice, and all the blue Irises 🦋 Come pick your own, or grab a ready made bouquet at Charlies Gelato or Village & Farmers’ Market farmers market! 🌸🌸🌸

27/08/2026

A spring wedding but make it autumnal? Challenge accepted! 🍂 Check out our website if you want your own Slow Blooms wedding!

23/06/2026

Feverfew - you can never have too many of these! Loved for bouquets, weddings and herbal medicine. This year we are doubling up and putting in a second lot of this perennial superstar 💫

These should be planted in full-sun and can be grown in any soil. Cut back to the ground in autumn and it will re-sprout from the base in spring.

Stratify: Chilling seeds in the fridge for 2-3 weeks prior to sowing will promote germination by breaking seed dormancy.

Surface Sow: Requires light to germinate. Scatter seed on the surface. Press seed down into the soil. Keep moist.

Growing tips and third pic from Kings Seeds ✨

27/05/2026

Want to learn how to dig and divide your dahlia tubers? This is what people have said about these hands-on workshops at Slow Blooms. On 6 and 11 June, cost is $99 which includes morning or afternoon tea and 10 free tubers to take home.

100% recommend Rebecka's Dahlia workshop! I was nervous on the day splitting her tubers but I found that I learnt a lot and when I came home to split my tubers I felt really confident! I love her workshops, highly recommend. Rachel

It was wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed the class. Rebecka did a wonderful job of explaining + demonstrating each of the steps of dividing, as well as all the steps to prepare the tubers for digging up. She also covered lots of questions about growing, when to plant, etc. I have lots of really good information rattling around in my head now. Thanks so much! Victoria

I found the workshop very helpful. It was good to find that as an amateur grower, I had been doing everything right without doing any research on how best to look after the plants. I also now feel more confident splitting the tubers and can't wait for the weather to get warmer so I can start planting. Trish

With our gardens slowing down over autumn and winter, now is the time to dig and divide your dahlias to make sure they keep safe from frost and rot, and to take the opportunity to multiply your plants for next year. Come along to this practical workshop where we demonstrate how we dig, divide and st...

28/04/2026

Hope to see you there over a virtual cup of tea 🦋

Organic Week Events coming up during the first week of May...
Online Organic Café a chance to connect our Soil & Health Team and others in the organics community around the country.
Click the link to register to join us on Saturday May 2nd... for an organic cuppa and a catch up 💚🌻
Also, check out the full list of webinars and interviews over the course of the week. https://organicnz.org.nz/organic-week/

REGISTER
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28/04/2026

Hope to see you at this webinar on the magic work of dung beetles! 😍

Organic Week Events coming up during the first week of May...

DUNG BEETLE WEBINAR
Join us for a FREE webinar where we learn from experienced pastoral farmers, including Stephen Newman, Paul Candy and others about the incredible benefits of dung beetles. These amazing beetles provide huge 'ecosystem services' in managing animal waste, recycling it efficiently back into the natural system increasing fertility and reducing nutrient run off.

Click the link to register to join us on Monday May 4th for the Dung Beetle Webinar 💚🌻
Also, check out the full list of webinars and interviews over the course of the week. https://organicnz.org.nz/organic-week/

REGISTER
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