Discover the beauty of natural scent and the therapeutic power of essential oils in this hands-on workshop. This beautiful experience will be an invitation to slow down and reconnect with your senses. Learn the art of scent layering and with Melanie’s guidance, design a blend that reflects your own unique energy and intention. You’ll be taken through the process of making your own clean-burning aromatherapy candle, infused with the blend you’ve created. Your candle will serve as a lovely reminder of the day and inspiration to weave the therapeutic benefits of scent into your everyday rituals.

Join us for 2x family-friendly, hands-on workshops that bring the principles of nature-based living to life. Learn how ecosystems thrive, how people can design with the land, and how science meets sustainability - all while enjoying fresh air, community, and connection.

Hatha Yoga is the original form of yoga. True to it's ancient roots, this class is an intro into this potent science. A gentle, grounding practice designed to calm the mind and restore balance. Over 75 minutes, you’ll explore simple postures, focused breathing, and quiet moments of stillness - all of which is aimed at creating a clear, calm, and stable mind.

Join Carlos Riegel and Mangaroa Farms for a collaborative music experience. Whether you love to sing, drum, play an instrument, or simply listen to music, there’s a place for you. Bring a song to share, your favorite instrument (don’t worry if you don’t have one, there’ll be plenty for all), and lets have fun! No musical experience is necessary—just an open heart and a willingness to participate.

It’s that time of year again! Spring is emerging, and we're excited to announce our 2025 Mangaroa Farms Open Day 🎪

Our last event in March 2025 was our biggest yet with over 1500 people coming down - and this time, we’re looking to break that record. Our signature garden tour tickets sell out quickly, so be sure to book through our website to not miss out.

Join Amy Webber and Mangaroa Farms for a journey into your breath, on Wed 29 October 2025 6PM-7:30pm

Somatic Breathwork™ is a full embodiment experience designed to help you release stress, trauma, emotions and stuck energy from the body. This is a modality that utilizes your own breath to help shed the layers of yourself that no longer serve, making room for you to call in what will help facilitate change within your life.

A soulful journey of movement, breath and sound guided by Aroha and curiosity — with singing bowls, sacred instruments, and the heartfelt offerings of Chrissy, Jemma and Maria.

Step into a full-day, hands-on workshop at Mangaroa Farms, just 40 minutes from Wellington. Perfect for those who've attended Wild Botanica's Foraging Workshops, this is the next step: taking your wild plant knowledge into the kitchen.

Join Mangaroa Farms and Doris Zuur for this one-day workshop, where you will learn the theory and practice of baking sourdough bread, including sourdough rye, fermented gluten-free buckwheat bread, yeast wholemeal and special Swiss style plaited bread.

Join Amy & Tamsin this Spring for a nourishing afternoon of connection, breathwork, & botanical crafting. In this seasonal women’s circle, we gather to celebrate the return of the sun, release winter stagnancy, and call upon new intentions to sprout into being. Together, we’ll tend to the wild parts of ourselves through intentional practices that honour growth, beauty, and intuitive wisdom.

Join Mangaroa Farms for our Regenerative Garden Tour.

Experience true regenerative farming in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our Mangaroa Market Garden tours blend education with hands-on experience, leaving you feeling uplifted and inspired with new techniques to try at home.

Learn the Wim Hof Method with Nicholas Corliss, a certified instructor who will guide you through the three pillars of this powerful practice: breathing techniques, cold exposure, and mindset training.

Learn the Wim Hof Method with Nicholas Corliss, a certified instructor who will guide you through the three pillars of this powerful practice: breathing techniques, cold exposure, and mindset training.

Come join me, Neci Monahan, and other community members for a nourishing writing workshop in the Mangaroa Farms yurt! We'll explore Therapeutic Writing as a tool for wellness, helping you clarify and integrate your experiences. Through this practice, you'll develop better understanding of your inner terrain and cultivate self-compassion.

Learn to identify and prepare seasonal infusions of plants growing all around you.

A hands-on introduction to bioregional herbalism and the art of crafting herbal infusions.

Saturday, September 20th

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Mangaroa Farms, Upper Hutt

Join Mangaroa Farms for our Regenerative Garden Tour.

Experience true regenerative farming in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our Mangaroa Market Garden tours blend education with hands-on experience, leaving you feeling uplifted and inspired with new techniques to try at home.

Join us—alongside our friends at Forest & Bird—in restoring native biodiversity along the Mangaroa River and contributing to the future of our Ancestor Grove. Together, we’ll be planting native trees and shrubs as part of our ongoing riparian and ecological restoration efforts. Your time and energy are a powerful gift to this land and to future generations.

Somatic Breathwork™ is a full embodiment experience designed to help you release stress, trauma, emotions and stuck energy from the body. Utilize the breath to help shed inner layers and make room for change within your life. Tap into your body's innate inner intelligence and find the areas that need clearing. Your experience may result in different forms of cathartic emotional releases such as laughing, moving, crying, yelling, and shaking. All forms of expression are encouraged.

Exploring the Five Layers of Self – From Body to Bliss A One-Day Yoga Retreat Take a gentle step inward and reconnect with your whole self in this nourishing day retreat inspired by the ancient wisdom of the Koshas — the five energetic layers that make up your being: body, breath, mind, insight, and bliss. Through movement, reflection, and deep rest, we’ll journey inward from the outermost physical layer to the innermost space of stillness and joy. ✨ What to Expect: Morning Movement Practice Awaken and energize the body with an embodied, grounding yoga flow. Koshas Workshop & Practice Learn about the five Koshas and explore practices to support each layer — including breathwork, meditation, journaling, and self-inquiry. Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra Unwind with long-held postures to release tension, followed by guided Yoga Nidra to access deep states of rest and inner awareness. Space to Pause Quiet time for reflection and simply being.

Planting on a new flat planting near the Mangaroa River, part of the ongoing biodiversity and riparian restoration at Mangaroa. You will be part of a supportive group of volunteers helping put upto 2000 plants in the ground and set this site on its restoration journey - supporting our water quality and bird life.

Somatic Breathwork™ is a full embodiment experience designed to help you release stress, trauma, emotions and stuck energy from the body. Utilize the breath to help shed inner layers and make room for change within your life. Tap into your body's innate inner intelligence and find the areas that need clearing. Your experience may result in different forms of cathartic emotional releases such as laughing, moving, crying, yelling, and shaking. All forms of expression are encouraged.

Somatic Breathwork™ is a full embodiment experience designed to help you release stress, trauma, emotions and stuck energy from the body. Utilize the breath to help shed inner layers and make room for change within your life. Tap into your body's innate inner intelligence and find the areas that need clearing. Your experience may result in different forms of cathartic emotional releases such as laughing, moving, crying, yelling, and shaking. All forms of expression are encouraged.

This is a hands' on workshop where you will learn about the importance of the gut microbiome and be introduced to making sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, kefir, vinegar and sourdough bread.

Make and take home 3 different jars of vegetables, to ferment at home.

Enjoy a shared meal, tasting a variety of fermented foods and sourdough bread; you might like to bring something to contribute, such as toppings for the bread.

Be provided with starters, a detailed handout and recipes. 

Please bring 3 small clean glass jars with lids to take home what you have made. 

This workshop is for adults only.

Contact Hella directly on 0273543273 if you have any questions. 

Join us for a hands-on, practical fruit tree workshop designed to give you the knowledge and skills to grow thriving, productive trees—whether you're planting your first sapling or looking to fine-tune your pruning technique.

This two-hour outdoor workshop is split into two engaging parts, offering both essential information and up-close, in-the-field learning.

Part One: Planting for Success Learn how to select the right fruit trees for your site, choose the best rootstocks, and prepare your soil. We’ll also cover first-year pruning and disease prevention so your trees get off to a strong, healthy start.

Part Two: Pruning in Practice Then we’ll head into an established orchard for a hands-on pruning session. You’ll learn how to manage existing trees, focusing on winter pruning techniques, seasonal maintenance, and how to work with a variety of species. A great opportunity to gain confidence with real tools and real trees.

What to Bring:

• Secateurs (if you have them)

• Gloves

• A drink bottle

Important Notes:

• Dress appropriately for the outdoors – this workshop is fully held outside. Please wear sturdy, closed-toe, water-resistant footwear, and weather-appropriate layers.

• In case of heavy rain, the workshop will be postponed to a backup date. We'll notify you directly if the schedule changes.

• Please meet at the Mangaroa Farm Shop. Overflow parking is available, from there we will meet and caravan to the pruning site.

Tickets: $35 – Spaces are limited, so book early!

Get your hands in the soil, sharpen your secateurs, and walk away with practical skills to help your trees thrive year after year. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Join us for a one-hour, hands-on workshop with Lydia from Pickled Compost! Discover how easy it is to transform all your food scraps — including meat, dairy, and cooked food — into nutrient-rich soil using just a bucket and Pickled Compost Flakes. We’ll explore the benefits of Bokashi fermentation, and how this simple, space-saving system fits easily into everyday life — helping you grow better gardens and supporting a circular food future.

Join Billy Lewis and Mangaroa Farms for an evening of restorative yin yoga & sound, in the beautiful Mangaroa Yurt. Yin Yoga is a “yin” approach to yoga, which means it is slow, calm & gentle. Contrary to popular fast & energetic forms of yoga, yin is specifically designed to relax the body and release tension and stress from the muscles and mind. It is potentially the most simple form of yoga, available for every body, regardless of age, experience or flexibility. Billy’s journeys are focused on rest and introspection, mixed with soothing soundscapes to facilitate an experience of deep nervous system relaxation.

Writing for Wellbeing workshop, Using our Journals for Expression and Reflection.

Join Neci Monahan and the Mangaroa community for another evening of enjoyable writing exercises. We’ll be continuing to explore some of the ways personal writing can enhance our well-being by using it to clarify our experiences and understand ourselves better. With a little practice, we can become better narrators of our own life stories! We will do some prompt writing, sharing will be optional. No previous writing experience necessary. Bring a notebook and writing devices.

ANZAC Day 2025; April 25th
Wallaceville Church will be open from 7- 9pm.

Lest we forget, a candlelight vigil will be hosted to:

- Honor and pay respects
- Remember the sacrifices of war
- Pray for peace in our time

Inside, the vigil will be an open space for anyone to come and pay respect in their own way and time.

To celebrate the abundance of Autumn, join Tamsin of Wildfolk Apothecary for a seasonal foraging & medicine making experience.

Autumn is a powerful time to take notice of the seasonal shifts happening all around us. The leaves once sprouted new, now fall to the ground. Abundant wild & resilient medicinal weeds are all around us! These are the untamed medicines of the Earth.

Somatic Breathwork™ is a full embodiment experience designed to help you release stress, trauma, emotions and stuck energy from the body. Utilize the breath to help shed inner layers and make room for change within your life. Tap into your body's innate inner intelligence and find the areas that need clearing. Your experience may result in different forms of cathartic emotional releases such as laughing, moving, crying, yelling, and shaking. All forms of expression are encouraged.