About Forage + Bloom.
Forage and Bloom is a New Zealand botanical business specialising in herbal tea blending workshops and botanical plant extracts.
Founded in 2014, Forage and Bloom began with a simple idea: to make therapeutic herbal tea more enjoyable to drink. By combining traditional herbal knowledge with carefully balanced flavour, our handcrafted tea blends found their way into homes, cafés, restaurants, wellness spaces, salons, and retail stores throughout New Zealand.
Over more than a decade, tea became the way many people discovered Forage and Bloom - and it remains at the heart of our story.
Today, the business has evolved to focus on two areas that bring together education, creativity, and production herbalism.
Tea Blending Workshops.
Our workshops invite people to explore herbs through taste, aroma, and hands-on blending. They're designed to make herbal medicine approachable, practical, and enjoyable, while giving participants the skills to create beautiful teas of their own.
Botanical Plant Extracts.
Alongside our workshops, we manufacture botanical plant extracts for brands creating topical and cosmetic products. Working with high-quality botanicals and traditional extraction methods, we supply carefully crafted herbal ingredients to businesses throughout New Zealand and Australia.
Our Philosophy.
Everything we do is guided by the same belief that inspired Forage and Bloom from the beginning: herbs can be both effective and enjoyable.
Whether we're sharing the craft of tea blending or producing botanical extracts for another maker's products, our focus is on quality ingredients, thoughtful craftsmanship, and helping people connect with the remarkable qualities of plants.
Founder + Owner Operator.
Hi, I'm Hannah, a qualified naturopath, herbalist, and nutritionist with 17 years of experience in the natural health industry, and a background in hospitality.
In 2014, I created Forage and Bloom so that people could access the benefits of herbs in an easy, delicious, and convenient way.
I formulated our tea blends to enhance both flavour and function. Drinking quality tea every day is one great way to live well.
These days I've moved my focus to workshops and extracts; it's fun to see Forage and Bloom evolving over time.
