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WE ARE ARTISAN GROWERS, GROWING YOU THE FRESHEST BEAUTIFULLY HANDCRAFTED FLOWERS & PLANTS

Hi my name is Angelique and I have two hugely creative sisters who work with me; Monique and Mieke, whom share my love and passion for natural fresh flowers and plants the way nature intended.

2015 

I had the opportunity to start growing on a Farm in Kumeu. I am a Qualified Landscape Architect by trade and was looking for growing houses to grow many of my plants I had collected over the years while landscaping! This farm wasn't quite what I was looking for..'just a small little greenhouse tucked away somewhere was just fine for me'! I never dreamed I would be growing on a farm of this size (but its still quite small in the scale of things!), It was a big leap to take, and I was a bit nervous, (nothing that a glass of bubbles couldn't fix!) so, after much convincing (a lot actually) I decided to take this challenge on.

Well it was a few years down the track and Boy what a learning curve it had been! I had been used to growing outside and growing tough, hardy Native Plants, but what I was taking over included cut flower roses, that were grown hydroponically in a very old outdated and expensive system that unbeknown to me was not going to be maintained by the landowner even though the lease agreement said it was his responsibility. In came my son (the budding engineer - actually a talented gifted engineer!) I was so lucky to have him by my side. My son is a great fixer of anything! His eyes gleamed when he saw a run down old greenhouse with mud pits for drainage! And that was just the start, and boy did I need his help and he saved me many times!

Some of the changes to the crops we made were to move some of the roses from the old (but costly to run) hydroponic systems back into soil beds, and also increased the varieties of flowers. We trialed different fruit and vege crops with varying successes, but the most successful change of all was being the first grower in New Zealand to introduce a U-Pick to the Farm. We quickly became "World Famous" and the number one flower farm for U-Pick in New Zealand. This has been my happiest times at the Farm. I just love seeing people have fun with flowers :-)

A lot of our energy and sleepless nights went majorly into fixing up the grading and packing machines, the greenhouse structure, the environmental, heating and irrigation systems. Plus major drainage and many other ongoing maintenance tasks around the property which became unsustainable for a small business. For 9 years the land owner refused to upgrade or maintain his property and assets so we took our losses (my life's savings) and left for good. 

2024

After Nine (Wonderful, Amazing, Heartfelt, Sad, Glad and all those emotions), years at Station Road it all came to a very sad end so we started to relocate to my home on Herald Island. The picturesque Herald Island is in Auckland's Upper Waitemata Harbour just 15 minutes away. We could not move everything to my home as we were downsizing from a 1.3 Hectare farm to an 840sqm section!. However we continue to grow a small number of our beautiful floribunda roses at my sisters farm in the far north while growing, many of the seasonal flowers at Herald Island where we have re-opened our World Famous U-Pick, but now with a twist; "A Boutique style, size and experience"!. Here, I am now focusing on growing and breeding new and improved flower varieties for now and the future. We continue growing with nature, not against it just the way that nature intended. 

A Little history of Herald Island! It was once known as Wood's Island after its first European owner, from the 1840s until the late 1880s, and from the late 1880s until the early 1950s, as Pine Island. The first fruit trees in the Upper Waitemata Harbour area were planted at Herald Island in 1847, and by 1922 the island had become a popular location for picnickers and day-trippers to visit by ferry. The island was linked to the mainland by a causeway in 1957, (so you dont have to swim across to us lol!) for which Waitemata County Council charged residents a special rate of 5·878d.(Don't worry though there's no charge to cross the causeway today) There are 275 houses on the island, which has a walkway around its perimeter, a beach and a number of reserves. The island is almost entirely residential, with no shops but some small home-based businesses like Kumeu Flower Farm.

We are continually trialing new flower crops in our Boutique Gardens, to see what grows well so we can offer a special and unique range of cut flowers to the local community. We are not about what is growing in the latest fad or what is popular, we just want to grow what nature will let us (or tell us!) to grow!  We are adding to our collection as we create more beds, and as time allows.