BLUE PETAL UPCOMING EVENTS
Herbal Support for INFLAMMATION and IMMUNITY
📅 Sunday 27 July,| 🕔 1.00 pm | 📍 Blue Petal HQ
Inflammation is our body’s way of healing — but when it lingers, it can quietly wear us down. In this hands-on, seasonal workshop, we explore how herbs, food, and gentle practices can help calm the fire within and support our natural immunity.
Rooted in the themes of our recent Herbal Wisdom episode, this workshop offers practical tools, time-honoured plant allies, and a nourishing space to reconnect with your body’s rhythms.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify herbs that ease inflammation and build immune resilience
- Understand the role of stress, sleep, and seasonal imbalance
- Prepare simple herbal infusions and blends to take home
- Create daily rituals for healing, warmth, and winter vitality
Leave with a deeper understanding, delicious remedies, and a renewed sense of connection — to self, season, and nature.
Fresh & Simple Cheesemaking – Learn to Make Cheese at Home
📅 Friday 08 August | 🕔4:00pm | 📍 Blue Petal HQ
📅 Sunday 10 August | 🕔1:00pm | 📍 Blue Petal HQ
Join us for a rich, hands-on cheesemaking demo and tasting led by Elizabeth from Drury Church Organic Shop—a passionate advocate for wholesome living and daily cheesemaker on their farm. Together, we’ll create and taste a beautiful variety of cheeses:
✨ What we'll make and taste:
- Colomniere (a creamy Brie-style cheese
- Traditional Feta
- Labneh with unique spiced blends, including charcoal
- Soft cheeses with herbs, olives, nuts, and seeds
- Fermented cottage cheese
🧂 You'll learn about the craft, cultures, and creativity behind making delicious, nourishing cheeses at home. Expect a relaxed, nourishing afternoon filled with flavour, connection, and real food wisdom.
🎟️ Bookings essential. Spaces are limited.
💛 All ingredients included. Tastings provided.
Cost: $80 per person
Hosted at Blue Petal, where we bring together people, plants, and traditions in celebration of natural wellness.
Blue Petal at Feastival Taranaki 2025-edge of WINTER
PANECAKES & PESTO - A Herb Workshop for Young Foodies
We’re delighted to be part of Feastival Taranaki 2025, a celebration of local flavours, creativity, and connection. This September, Blue Petal brings you two unique workshop experiences crafted with herbs, heart, and hands-on fun.
📅 Wednesday 3 September | 🕓 4:00–6:00pm | 📍 Blue Petal HQ
A fun, flavour-filled session designed to spark herb-loving curiosity in younger cooks and food explorers.
This hands-on, herb-packed workshop is ideal for kids aged 9+ and their caregivers. Together, you’ll roll, taste, mix and create:
- Plaited bread with garden-fresh herbs
- Herby hummus & pesto
- Mini pancakes with sweet herbal toppings
- DIY tea infusions from seasonal plants
🫙 All ingredients are provided, and everything made can be tasted or taken home!
🎟️ $55 per ticket — includes one child and a complimentary pass for a parent or caregiver.
🌿 Come hungry, leave inspired. A delicious afternoon of creativity, connection, and seasonal herbal magic.
🍸 INFUSED & DISTILLED - From Fruit Mash to Cocktail Glass
📅 Friday 5 September | 🕔 5:00–8:00pm | 📍 Blue Petal HQ
Join us for an immersive evening exploring the transformation of late-season fruit into something truly spirited.
While the still gently works its magic in the background, we’ll dive into the art of crafting beautiful botanical drinks. Enjoy hands-on fun with:
- Garden-to-glass cocktails & mocktails
- Shrub-style infusions using fresh herbs
- Sips, stories, and seasonal tasting inspiration
This warm, relaxed gathering is perfect for curious palates and herbal enthusiasts who love flavour experimentation. You’ll leave with recipes, ideas, and a deeper understanding of herbal mixology and small-batch distilling.
🎟️ $75 per person — includes all tastings, activities, and take-home inspiration.
🌿 Come curious, leave spirited.
BLUE PETAL previous workshops and events
Wellness from your Pantry: Herbal Support for Cold and Flu
Discover how everyday pantry staples like ginger, garlic, lemon, and honey can become your go-to winter wellness allies.In this hands-on, 2.5-hour workshop, we’ll explore simple, time-honoured herbal remedies for supporting immunity and easing cold and flu symptoms — using ingredients you likely already have at home.You’ll learn how to:
- Create warming herbal infusions and oxymels
- Prepare herbal honeys and syrups for coughs and sore throats
- Use kitchen herbs to soothe the respiratory system and calm inflammation — including for winter allergies and seasonal congestion
- Store and use your remedies safely and effectively through the colder months
You’ll take home your own handcrafted remedy and the confidence to care for yourself and your whānau naturally this winter.
Learn, Taste, Nourish -Herbal Support for Digestion
This hands-on workshop explores how gut health and immune function go hand in hand—and how we can support both with herbs.In this session, we will discuss why digestion changes in autumn and how to keep it strong, as well as the important role the gut plays in supporting the immune system.We will explore herbs such as ginger, turmeric, astragalus, marshmallow and slippery elm, which can help soothe digestion and boost immunity. The workshop will also include practical guidance on making warming herbal tonics, teas, and remedies that nourish the gut.
This interactive session includes tastings, take-home herbal blends, and printed workshop notes.
Fermented Foods with Ruth - Saurkraut Style
Blue Petal is thrilled to host a hands-on fermentation experience with Ruth, Taranaki’s very own fermentation guru! In this fun and interactive workshop, we’ll start with an introductory talk on the basics of fermentation—how it works, why it’s great for gut health, and how to get the best results at home. Then, we’ll roll up our sleeves and ferment together! Each participant will go home with their very own jar of fermenting goodness, plus the confidence to continue experimenting in their own kitchen.🔗 To learn more about Ruth’s work, visit https://thrivewithruth.org/food/
Time Together with Herbs
by appointment
Create your own herbal culinary / medicinal creation in a relaxed rural setting.
Enjoy a fun activity with friends, family, hen party, Christmas get together or even a work event.
Different themes available:
- culinary herbs infused in oil / vinegar / alcohol / honey
- herbal crackers and antipasti
- Christmas herbal gifts
- Honey for health and beauty
- Herbal cocktail, mocktails, shrubs
Perfect for a group of min 6 and max 12 people.
Blue Petal at NZ House & Garden Tours
We are excited to announce that Blue Petal will be showcasing our herbal products at the NZ House and Garden Tours event in New Plymouth! Join us for an inspiring two days out filled with local artisans, beautiful homes, and lifestyle trends.
Details:
- When: Friday 7th and Saturday 8th March, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Where: Plymouth International Hotel, New Plymouth
- What: Explore Blue Petal's range of handcrafted herbal products, including infusions, tinctures, and more!
- Supporting a Cause: A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, supporting this incredible cause.
Come discover our offerings, chat with us about the healing powers of herbs, and enjoy the inspiring atmosphere of the tour.
HONEY for HEALTH and BEAUTY
Lets explore health benefits of honey and practice making beauty products that incorporate healing properties of the honey (and take a sample with you)
* Turmeric milk for cough
* Oxymel for immune boost and low energy
* Honey facial cleanser and exfoliator
* Honey Face oil
* Rich honey lip balm
CULINARY INFUSIONS -in collaboration with Sustainable Farms Taranaki
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will forage for fresh herbs and learn how to infuse them in oil, vinegar, wine, and honey. Connect with nature, enhance your culinary skills, and savour delightful flavours in this unique experience.Including a tour of the expansive Blue Petal Herb Field, herbalist Martina Murray will share her experiences and knowledge in a hands-on, boutique and interactive experience.
Ukrainian Dumplings and Croatian Drinks
BLUE PETAL Workshop collaboration with Olena Williams as a part of: FEASTIVAL Taranaki - SUMMER Edition
Join Olena Williams from Ukraine and Martina Murray from Croatia for a delightful cultural cooking class at the beautiful and sustainable Blue Petal garden. This unique experience brings together culinary traditions from Ukraine and Croatia, offering participants the chance to explore flavors from both countries.Highlights include:
- Learn how to make Ukrainian dumplings, known as Vareniki, with Olena.
- Discover the art of brewing a Croatian Shrub, a refreshing herbal elixir, with Martina.
- Immerse yourself in the serene surroundings of Blue Petal’s lush garden.
Support a Cause: Part of the profits will support a community kitchen in Kharkiv, Ukraine, making your participation even more meaningful.Tickets: $89.66 per person (includes workshop materials and tastings) Transport: Complimentary transport available upon request. Book when reserving tickets.Spaces are limited—reserve your spot now to be part of this enriching cultural experience!
BE REFRESHED
BLUE PETAL Workshop collaboration with Peihana Farm as a part of: FEASTIVAL Taranaki - SUMMER Edition
Join Blue Petal and Peihana Farm for Be Refreshed, a delightful summer foodie event designed to nurture your senses and inspire creativity. This collaboration features a morning of peaceful connection and hands-on workshops in the serene beauty of Okoki Valley.Highlights include:
- A guided ramble through orchards and gardens to harvest herbs and produce.
- Maria’s masterclass on preserving summer flavors through jams, syrups, ferments, and more.
- Martina’s workshop on crafting herbal elixirs, also known as "Shrubs" or drinking vinegars.
- A delicious alfresco lunch served on the scenic verandah.
Tickets: $80 per person (includes workshops, materials, and lunch) Transport: Complimentary transport available upon request. Book when reserving tickets.
Herbal Christmas Gifts
Join us for a festive afternoon of herbal creativity! In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to harvest fresh herbs and craft beautiful, unique gifts such as
- mulled wine spice packs,
- herb-infused honey,
- apricot surprice,
- rosemary wine, and even
- herb-infused feta cheese.
Perfect for the holiday season, these handmade gifts are not only thoughtful but also packed with the natural goodness of herbs.
Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today and get ready to celebrate the season with natural, homemade gifts!
Taranaki Taste and Tales at Blue Petal - trail #4
With the help of diligent bees, Blue Petal grows an assortment of fresh herbs in a dedicated herb field, which are then processed into a range of infused oils, tonics and seasonings. Come and visit Blue Petal herbal workshops, scented drying room and the still room to hear about herbs, remedies, honey and much more!
Blue Petal at "Winter Warmers": Mulled Wine and Herbs For Winter
The Grand Tasting Food Show - The Mayfair 69 Devon St West
Learning to make mulled wine is a delightful journey into the art of blending rich, fruity flavours with the aromatic and flavourful fresh herbs and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, star anis, nutmeg, lemon verbena, lemon balm.... Lets see which herbs and spices we need in winter!
Bread, Crackers and Antipasti
Learn how to make and take home with you
- spiced wine
- plaited bread
- seed crackers
- dukkah
- hummus