Our story

Our wee farm in the beautiful Wairarapa started as 10 bare acres, without a single tree. In the past eight years, we’ve moved and renovated two homes, an 1890’s kauri cottage from Taranaki, and a 1906 former rectory, complete with turret, from Christchurch (yes, it came across the sea!).

We are very lucky to have paddock puppies in the form of Valais Blacknose sheep, and have planted hundreds of trees, including over 130 heritage fruit and nut trees. And we started a dahlia farm (roselilies too, but that’s another story). We also have about 150 roses and other plantings in our very rocky soil.

We have security in the form of three small terriers (Nessa, Lulu and Lilibet Dolly Parton aka Wub wub), who ‘help’ on the farm, and there’s also some beautiful chickens. Who mostly do nothing but provide cuteness and the occasional egg :)

Our name is an homage to our love of roses, and naturally the provenance of our home, as a former rectory. And of course, the delicious Albertine rose features heavily in our garden.