WHY GROW HOPS AT HOME?

● SAVE MONEY: A hop plant will pay for itself in hop cones in the first season. Subsequent seasons will supply all your brewing hops free of charge.

● SELF SUFFICIENCY:  With 21 hop varieties to choose from and more added each season, hop plants will provide you with high quality hops for the rest of your life. 

● SUSTAINABILITY: Growing your own hops harmonizes the 3 principles of sustainability: Economic - reduces purchasing costs, travel costs and transport miles. Social - helps us to live within the means of our natural resources. Environmental - NZ is hop disease free so hops can be grown organically & spray free.

●ECOLOGY & BIO-DIVERSITY: Creating dynamically interacting systems of organisms with diverse varieties of species, genes and ecosystems.

● FRESH HOP BEER: Just like adding fresh herbs to food is different from adding dried herbs, so making a beer from freshly picked hops maximises flavour in a way that can only be experienced by having the hops growing nearby.  

● GUARANTEED TO GROW: We sell spray-free hop plants that are guaranteed to grow for you with a better first year harvest compared to rhizomes.

● TRUE TO TYPE: Our large range of hop varieties are true to type, analysed and verified by Plant & Food Research, which may not be the case with most of the hop plants bought on auction sites.

● GET A CROP YEAR ONE: Most of our hop plants have already grown for one year in their pots so they are established, easy to transplant and will provide you with a first year crop in March. If we sell out of a variety we may substitute a current season propagation.

● PRESERVE GENETIC DIVERSITY: Several of our hop varieties are in danger of becoming extinct. By planting a Colegate™, Hokitika®, or Halla® you are preserving part of nature's genetic diversity.

● AFTER SALES  SUPPORT: We have a vested interest in you being a successful grower of hops and brewer of beer. We offer you guides and recipes to ensure your success. We are always available for advice by phone & email.