Slow Blooms

Come for a stroll through the rows of blooms, borrow snips and a bucket or basket, stop to smell the flowers, and cut your own bouquet! Drop-in at your leisure - no booking needed. You-pick is charged by weight. Just looking? Entrance fees applies.

  • Words by Tourism New Zealand
  • Last updated 13 Apr 2025

Welcome to Slow Blooms! The you-pick garden works on an honesty system - help yourself to flowers and pay for them by weight.

Bank transfer to 06-0483-0164754-00, or pay with cash in the honesty box, or by card inside Charlies Gelato - where you can also find our ready-made fresh and dried bouquets and gift cards.

Slow Blooms name is a play on the Slow Foods/Slow Flowers movement, which values produce grown locally, in their natural season, using sustainable practices - as opposed to flowers grown with harsh chemicals and pesticides or flown in from greenhouses in faraway countries. Keep feet on the grass, and out of the flower beds. Please pay before leaving the premises.

Location Te wāhi
17 Sharp Road, Matakana, Warkworth
Plan your route
Getting there Te huarahi ki reira

Town: 10 minutes drive to Warkworth town, 5 minutes drive to Matakana village, Airport: 1 hours drive to Auckland Airport., Parking: Parking available.

Local tip He tīwhiri mō te rohe

Garden open all year around. Gumboots recommended in winter and sunscreen in summer. In the heat of day, we recommend picking into a bucket of water and bringing the flowers home in a jar of water.

  • Girl picking buckets of dahlias at Slow Blooms pick-your-own garden.
  • Happy customer picking flowers for their wedding at Slow Blooms.
  • Happy girls with flowers picked at Slow Blooms.
  • Friends picking flowers amongst butterflies at Slow Blooms.
  • Pretty dahlias at Slow Blooms.