HERITAGE DAHLIAS
Growing exceptional dahlias since 1932.
Mystery Boxes
are back.
Hand selected heirloom tubers, bundled and shipped by us. Beginner, Hobby and Addict boxes, paid by bank deposit and locked in for forty eight hours.
Reserve a box
Seasonal Highlights.
Spring
Tubers wake, eyes emerge, beds are prepared.
Summer
The fields bloom. Baskets fill at first light.
Autumn
The last great flush. Bouquets and farewells.
Winter
Tubers rest in the shed. Catalogues are written.
A small family farm, growing dahlias the slow way.
Heritage Dahlias is a family-run flower farm in Aotearoa, growing exceptional dahlias by hand and carrying on the legacy our Nana Jean planted in 1932. A few rows. A little red shed. A lifetime of love for these flowers.
Planted, tended, picked by hand.
From the first eye breaking on a tuber in the shed, to a basket of blooms walking back through the garden gate. The seasons here are slow, deliberate and full of life.
- Planting in spring rows
- Growing through the long summer
- Cutting baskets at first light
- Dividing tubers in the shed
- Packing orders by candlelight
The Heritage
Bloom Club
Seasonal bloom boxes, hand picked by independent flower farms in your own region. Founded by Heritage Dahlias, EST 2026.
Step insideA bed for breeders’ new dahlias.
Each summer the Heritage Garden plays host to dahlia seedlings bred by growers across Aotearoa. Submit yours and we’ll send a NZ Post courier ticket plus credit toward our tubers and Bloom Boxes.
Submit your seedlingHeritage since 1932.
- 1932Nana Jean is born
The story begins on a small Aotearoa farm.
- 1950sFirst dahlia bed
A handful of tubers, planted in a backyard row.
- 1980sThe Mum's Shed
A little red shed becomes the heart of the farm.
- 2020sHeritage Dahlias
Her grandchildren grow the legacy on, by hand.
- TodayCarrying on
Tubers shared a few hundred at a time.