Rooted & Rising Aotearoa

Rooted & Rising Aotearoa Organic, heritage seedlings delivered monthly. Grown for your season, your space, and your journey.

Reconnecting people to land, food, and community through simple, supported growing.

14/10/2026

How to feed your plants & soil 🌱🪱

Long season crops like tomatoes, pumpkins, zucchini, and cucumbers need plenty of nutrients to support months of growth and fruiting.

Add a layer of well matured compost before planting, top with mulch to retain moisture, suppress weeds and build soil, and use a liquid fertiliser throughout the season for an extra boost.

Think of it as a reciprocal exchange. We nourish our soil and plants, and they provide us with nutritious food in return.

Taking the time to prepare your soil now, can give your plants what they need for strong growth and a productive season.

Follow along for more practical gardening advice to help you grow with the seasons.

12/10/2026

Seasonal update 🌱☀️

We’ve reached the six month mark of our seedling boxes, and we’re so incredibly grateful for our community of gardeners who have joined us on this journey of growing healthy kai.

Your support means so much and is an affirmation that our kaupapa is valued by the community. It is what keeps us going!
We’re especially excited for the warmer months ahead, when we’ll be introducing more of the long season fruiting crops into our boxes, where you can grow, share, and enjoy fresh, homegrown food throughout summer.

To celebrate and help our community continue to grow, we’re offering a 10% discount off your first box when you place an order for our November or December send out.

If you’ve been thinking about giving our seedling boxes a try, now is a great time to get started!

Thanks again for all your support. We look forward to continuing to grow alongside you!

To learn more about our seedling boxes and place your order, head over to our website via the link in bio 🌿

When to plant summer crops 🌱It can be tempting to get your heat loving crops into the garden as soon as spring arrives, ...
01/10/2026

When to plant summer crops 🌱

It can be tempting to get your heat loving crops into the garden as soon as spring arrives, but early planting doesn’t always mean early harvests.

Summer crops, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and pumpkins, need consistently warm soil for their roots to function well and for plants to establish strongly.

When planted too early, cool soil can slow growth and leave young plants more vulnerable to pests and disease while they wait for conditions to warm.

Waiting until conditions are right allows your plants to get away to a strong start, and a later planting can often catch up to one that was planted too early.

As a general rule, late October is a good time to start planting out your summer crops, depending on your local and seasonal conditions.

The goal isn’t to plant as early as possible. It’s to get your plants growing strongly as soon as they go into the garden.

A little patience now can mean stronger plants, faster establishment and better harvests throughout the season.

Follow along for more practical, seasonal gardening advice. 🌿

18/09/2026

September in the māra 🌱

This month, we topped up our gardens with the last of the cool season plants, including:

• Snow Peas
• Lettuce
• Mizuna
• Bulbing Onions
• Dill
• Stock

This mix of companion plants will grow through spring, replacing our overwintered crops as they go to seed and provide fresh harvests into summer.

This was the last month for cool-season crops, and next month we’ll begin introducing our first warm loving varieties as the soil and air temperatures start to rise.
October boxes are now open!

If you’d like to receive a selection of seasonal seedlings and guidance to help you grow, head to our website for more information and to place your order. Link in bio 🌱

09/09/2026

Let’s talk about succession planting 🌱

It may seem like your garden is full right now, but as we move into spring, many of the crops that were growing over winter will soon start to go to seed.

That’s where succession planting comes in, which is just a fancy term for planting smaller quantities more often and in rhythm with the natural cycles of your garden.

The best part is that you don’t need to wait for a whole garden bed to become empty, or worry about having a large area to prepare all at once. You can simply plant between existing rows, replace crops as they finish, and stagger your planting so you always have something coming along behind.

And if all of this planning feels a little overwhelming, that’s where we can help with our monthly seedling boxes. We’ve done the succession planning for you, so all you need to do is plant, grow, harvest, and enjoy!

To see our different seedling box options and place an order, head to our website — link in bio.

02/09/2026

Got peas in your garden? 🫛

As the days are getting longer and the weather is starting to warm, our winter-planted peas are just about ready for a burst of spring growth!

A little guidance now can help them find their way onto the trellis, keeping the plants upright and the foliage off the soil as they grow.

In this video, we're showing you how we gently guide and loosely tie our peas to the trellis, helping set them up for healthy growth and good harvests this spring.

And because we want to keep the harvest going, we're also planting our next crop of peas this month, which will be included in our September seedling box 🌱 📦

By staggering our plantings, we can enjoy peas over a longer period rather than having everything ready at once.

Follow along for more practical, seasonal growing tips for a thriving spring garden!

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31/08/2026

Ever noticed how peas climb? 🫛

Those curly little tendrils near their growing tips aren't actually stems, they're modified leaves!

Over time, peas have evolved these specialised leaves that allow them to use other structures for support rather than investing lots of energy into building a strong, self-supporting stem.

By using their surroundings for support, pea plants can put less energy into building a rigid stem and more into leaf growth, flowering, and seed pods.

Pretty genius right!?

With spring just around the corner, our winter-planted peas are about to take off, and their tendrils will be busy reaching out for something nearby to climb.

While they're still young and finding their way, they can benefit from a little guidance towards their trellis and some extra support getting established.

We'll be sharing a how-to video soon showing you how to gently guide and tie your peas onto their trellis, helping them climb towards the light and get ready to produce flowers and pods.

Keep an eye out for the video later this week 👀

28/05/2026

Want to make gardening easier? 🌱

As gardeners ourselves, we know how hard it can be to know what to plant, when to plant it, and how to keep your garden producing throughout the seasons.

That’s why we created our Seedling Subscription Boxes — to make gardening simpler and more accessible for everyone.

Each of our 3 box sizes includes a thoughtful selection of certified organic seedlings designed to support healthy soil, companion planting, and abundant homegrown kai year round.

Once you’ve selected your box, choose the option that suits your lifestyle:
• Ongoing monthly subscriptions — no planning or re-ordering needed
• One-off boxes — perfect for flexibility or garden top-ups

We designed an entire year’s garden plan so that when subscribed, you will receive a wide variety of seedlings, delivered at their ideal planting time across every season.

Whether you choose a subscription or a one-off box, every order also includes a monthly newsletter with seedling info, planting guidance, growing tips, care instructions, and seasonal insights to help your garden thrive.

We still have a few boxes left for our June send-out.
Head to our website to subscribe and start growing with us.

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