Mānuka Farming offers a range of high-performance UMF cultivars that are proven to deliver more and better-quality honey.
This means better economic returns for landowners and beekeepers.
We are the only independent provider of our best-in-class mānuka seedling lines, as well as the know-how developed as part of the Ministry of Primary Industries’ 7-year research programme designed to enhance the productivity of mānuka plantations. Our range of cultivars are designed to extend your land’s overall flowering window and increase your honey yields.
No other independent seller of mānuka seedlings can claim to have undertaken the same rigour and degree of monitoring and testing that ensures their mānuka plants consistently deliver high-DHA levels, hardiness, improved flowering density, and attractiveness to bees.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services and can advise landowners on all aspects of mānuka plantation, from site selection to cultivar choices to establishment practices. Our advice is always objective and science-driven.
Mānuka Farming delivers increased and better quality honey in the box.
Tree Grower - August 2024
New Zealand Farm Forestry magazine
Find out why land owners over pay
for native planting…
The Tīmata Method
With funding from Our Land and Water Science Challenge, Alison Dewes and John Burke from the Bay of Plenty, wanted to demonstrate the state of the art in-habitat regeneration. Together, we were able to devise ways to establish native bush/ngahere at a far lower cost than conventional methods to achieve a highly successful outcome.
This video shares best-practice methods for low-cost, broad-scale land retirement into ngahere (native forest), covering important factors including: weed and pest control before planting
Retiring Farmland into Ngahere
The purpose of this report, and information video is to introduce successful low-cost native planting methods which can be used as an educational resource for landowners, agribusiness and forestry advisors, regional councils and native forest restoration projects.
We invite you to discuss your goals and circumstances with us, for planting in winter 2023 and beyond.