Tanglewood Farm NZ

05/03/2026

10/12/2025

Growing Sweetpea seed a labour of love 💛



Varieties Coquette
Route 66
Hiro
Coldsteel
Shell Pink
Triple G
Mahogany
Lunar Sea

29/05/2025

I would never call myself a but it kinda fits.
I live in Wairau Valley rural Marlborough with a short growing season.
I started growing 3years ago with a ute load of peonies and planted them in the front paddock.
I have slowly expanded over the years with annuals and some perenials.
The scholarship would mean so much, it would strengthen the business side of things as well as continual learning with like minded people.

15/05/2025

Production of Sweet Pea seed in New Zealand had proven very difficult in recent seasons, as older established growers retired. As a consequence, I have been able to offer just a few of my cultivars. I only display cultivars that are available. No irritating “Sold Out” notices.

The season just past has been different. Lisa Lasenby in Marlborough was successful as has been John McCullough in New Plymouth. John has made a major commitment to the long-term production of Sweet Pea seed. So much so that he has formed the stand-alone company Egmont Sweet Peas Ltd.

Yvonne Baker of “Garden on the Hill” who works closely with me here, produces and sells seed on her own account. In addition to some of my cultivars she offers cultivars bred overseas.

Check out my website: www.drkeithhammett.co.nz to see around 70 cultivars now available

26/07/2024

Sweet peas ❤

Here's what I'm growing,

For cut flowers, Castlewellon
Kings Ransom
White Mammoth

For seed, Dorothy Eckford
Big Blue
Burlesque

For the garden Mollie Rillstone
Bix
High scent

Thats the plan, hopefully it works out.

22/11/2023

Sweet peas and roses ❤

12/11/2023

Ammobium ❤

On its way to .