Stems of Wonder

27/09/2026

21/09/2026

So exciting to see Everyday Wonders on the shelves at HAPA’s gorgeous new Westfield Riccarton store. 🌱✨
Thank you HAPA for your lovely introduction here talking through the range! 💚

15/09/2026

You can now find The Sensory Box at Terra Viva and Portstone in Christchurch! 🌱

Four unusual plants to grow from seed: one folds when touched, one moves to sound waves, one smells like buttered popcorn, and one makes your tongue buzz.

If you’ve been curious to see the box in person, you can now take a closer look while you’re browsing either garden centre. With seeds, growing supplies and illustrated guides inside, it’s a spring growing project with some rather fun and unexpected results.

I’m so pleased to have these two lovely local nurseries stocking Stems of Wonder.

🌱 The Sensory Box is available at Terra Viva and Portstone Garden Centre & Cafe
🌸 You’ll also find all eight Everyday Wonders personality-inspired flower seed gifts at Portstone.

Outside Christchurch? Order online for NZ-wide delivery via the link up in bio.

05/09/2026

It was so lovely hearing Suzy talk about Stems of Wonder on the radio this morning, and now one lucky family will get to grow a box of sensory surprises for themselves.

Head over to ’s giveaway post to enter.

Thanks so much, Suzy, for your lovely mention! 🌱😊

30/08/2026

Stems of Wonder’s ‘Everyday Wonders’ range is at the Auckland Gift & Homeware trade Fair! 🌱
All eight personality-inspired seed kits are on show, both on stand KS24 and in the fair’s New Product Showcase.

If you’re a retailer or buyer attending, come and say hello! 😊

26/08/2026

Spring Wonder Boxes start heading out next week! 🤗🌱

Ten unusual plants, across five fortnightly deliveries from September to November. Each one chosen for something a little unexpected, from movement and disguise to unusual scents, shapes and botanical surprises.

There’s still time to get in for next week’s first delivery. 🌱

19/08/2026

EVERYDAY WONDERS is a brand new range of personality-inspired flower seed gifts, celebrating recognisable people, in plant form.
While the other Stems of Wonder collections show off plants with unusual behaviours and botanical party tricks, Everyday Wonders finds the wonder in familiar flowers and familiar people in our lives who are anything but ordinary, matching the character of each flower with the sort of person you instantly recognise.

From the cheerfully distractible to the quietly unshakeable, you may find someone you know rather well.

Beautifully packaged and ready to gift, with seeds, a growing pod, bamboo label and simple growing instructions inside.

Available now for NZ-wide delivery. Check out the full range via link in bio. 😊🌸

17/08/2026

Something completely new has been growing behind the scenes - so excited to finally share it!

EVERYDAY WONDERS is a new range of personality-inspired flower seed gifts.
Eight much-loved flowers have been matched with eight wonderfully recognisable personalities, with each pairing taking its cue from the flower’s own character.

This time, the wonders aren’t unusual plants with botanical party tricks. They’re the familiar flowers and familiar people in our everyday lives who are anything but ordinary.
There’s the dependable one who quietly holds everything together. The distractible one whose enthusiasm has a habit of spreading. The unmistakably individual one who is never particularly concerned with blending in. And five more characters who may remind you of someone you know - swipe through to meet all eight.

Each kit contains flower seeds, a self-contained seed-raising pellet, a bamboo plant label and simple growing instructions, beautifully presented in a textured linen-finish box with tissue-wrapped contents, ready to gift.

Available now for NZ-wide delivery.

https://www.thestemsproject.co.nz/products/everyday-wonders

07/08/2026

Pre-orders now open!
Looking for a whole season of unusual growing?
The Sensory Box is our one-off spring experience (see previous posts), but for those who want to keep discovering, there is the full Spring Wonder Box subscription.
Across five fortnightly deliveries from September to November, you’ll grow ten intriguing plants, each selected for its unusual appearance, behaviour or botanical surprise.

The plants pictured are a glimpse of what’s to come. Expect moving leaves, colour-changing blooms, plants in disguise, curious seed pods, glistening carnivores and plenty of plants you’re unlikely to find in an ordinary seed rack.
Each delivery includes seeds, illustrated growing guides, seed-raising mix, a mini spritzer, plant labels and any extra supplies needed for the particular seeds in that box. Your first box also includes a heat mat to help get those warmth-loving seeds started.

Available for yourself or as a wonderfully unexpected gift. All five NZ-wide deliveries are included in the subscription price (surcharge for rural delivery).

✨ Pre-orders are now open for spring ✨

https://www.thestemsproject.co.nz/products/spring-wonder-boxes