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Tauriko, Bay of Plenty. PM for inquiries

Find us at Papamoa Community Market
Every Sunday from 8:30am-1pm

& Mon-Friday 7:30am-3pm & Saturdays 9am-2pm
At The Cottage + Little Millie Cafe

Pick up options available.

24/08/2025

Take a look on how i prepare dahlia seeds to germinate (batch after the first round of sprouts)

15/08/2025

Alot of you guys might have already message us on how we prep our dahlia beds and probably we have mentioned this over a hundred times to those who have done our workshops or farm mini tour.

Firstly, know that garden conditions are different from each other, our techniques and tasks will be different but with the same goal of raising beautiful plants.

Some flower farms might do a cover crop over winter to fix nitrogen back to the soil.
Some might prefer a bed that’s very tidy covered with mulching after tubers are lifted.

Well ours are a bit different here’s why:

1. We staggered lift our tubers (late June-July) as we want to get Suberin form on our tubers to prevent them from shrivelling. Thus growing winter crops is not an option for us since most beds are still bearing tubers in the ground.

2. We don’t care if it’s messy, we love messy - twigs, stems, leaves and portions of w**d barrier still left on the ground to provide homes for insects, earthworms and any soil dwellers. Once we lift the tubers, we cover the soil back with all these messy bits as these contributes to a healthy soil. Once we are ready to prep the beds, we lightly cultivate the soil and add a light organic matter and animal manure (horse , chicken, sheep poos) Those will add back some nitrogen to the soil and will keep the worms happy. We don’t leave the soil exposed, we cover it straight away, so that insects and worms get sheltered.

3. We have a limited water supply over summer ( thus we don’t put irrigation lines) The average rainfall is enough for the plants to get watered while growing. We rely on water preservation method by
covering the soil with a recycled surgical wrap, and later on we cover lightly with mulch once tubers are planted.

4. Time, equipments, labour -these are factors that differs in every garden and ours is no exception.
There’re different ways of farming-
One is the traditional (popular) keeping it tidy, using machines, putting fertilisers, watering lines and spraying.
Our way is - having to respect how nature does it. Understanding a balance ecosystem, relying on rainfall, embracing the ugly mess that will save us time, equipments and labour.

04/08/2025

65 days of dahlia tuber activities and events. Most often we see the final result/ product but the work behind the scenes is greater than we could have imagined 5 years ago when we started Bay Dahlias.Me and Alvin +the team are forever grateful for all the love and patronage we received from the past seasons to present. Bay Dahlias would have never been where we are if not for the support from each of you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.On the other end, please bear with us for all those who have messaged privately regarding orders and anything dahlia. Wish there was more hours in a day to finish all the tasks at hand. 65 days past since we started all the dahlia tuber activities, lifting, dividing, conducting workshops, planning, marketing and selling and to add the constant battle with wet cold weather.We are taking a break just for a few days from all of the hustle and bustle of the dahlia world. We will then come fresh and check back all our emails once we regain back our strengths.We are forever grateful for everything and would love to hold the trust that you put on the brand as long we could. Momentarily we will not reply to anything for a few days just so we can come back stronger and better.With all our love,Dee, Alvin & bay dahlias team

02/08/2025

Papamoa Community Market Tuber Sale 2025

01/08/2025

Thank you so much for all the orders for pay and collect at the market. For those wanting to come on Sunday, i will be bringing a little bit of everything from the list below. See you at Papamoa Community Market on Sunday, Aug 3 from 8:30am-1pm.
Note: reservations were only until 8pm tonight.

5 per Tuber:
Glorie van Hemsteede

10 per tuber:
Little Snowdrop
Moor Place
Alloway Candy
Cornel Bronze
Petra’s Wedding
Caitlin’s Joy
Sylvia
Arthur Hambly
Mikayla Miranda

15 per Tuber:
Small World
Zippity Do Da
Silver Years
GH Lammerse
Karma Serena
Dutch Pearl
Chilson’s Pride
Bracken Palomino
Snoho Jojo
Strawberry Cream
Cafe Au Lait Mini
Jowey Paula
Purple Fox
Blyton Softer Gleam
Brown Sugar
Kona
Cafe Au Lait
Elma Elizabeth
Wizard of Oz
Great Hercules
Tartan
Belle of Barmera
Wanda’s Capella
Clanrye Supre

20 Per Tuber:
Winholme Dianne
Isabel
Sylvia Craig Hunter
Crichton Honey
Acacia Emily
Lady Linda
Koko Puff

$40 per Tuber
Brooklyn Peace

31/07/2025

The last batch of reservations for the tuber sale this Sunday is now bagged. If you wanted to secure the varieties you are wanting, we still have until tomorrow night , Friday August 1 at 8 pm is the cut off. Worried that most of the varieties are sold out?Well the good news is that we have prepared well for this season’s sale. We have still good numbers of the sought after varieties- Rosemary Webb, Koko Puff, Crichton Honey, Elma Elizabeth and a few more. Send your orders to [email protected] for those wanting to pay and collect at this Sunday’s tuber sale from 8:30am-1pm at Papamoa Community Market.
We’ll post the final varieties to bring on Sunday. We might have a few tubers to bring that we haven’t posted as part of the tubers to reserve , so that is something to look forward to.

Many thanks,
Bay Dahlias Fam.

29/07/2025

It’s been busy but totally grateful for all the reservations for pay and collect at Papamoa Community Market this Sunday, Aug 3 2025.

For those who missed the previous post. we will be having a Round 2 of tuber selling at Papamoa Community Market on Aug 3 from 8:30am-1pm.

Please browse the previous post for the available varieties and prices. We are near completion for all the reservation to collect, thus send your request to [email protected] for those wanting some.

Update:
Maya, Maxwelton’s Butters, White Wizard, Polka, Kea Magic are all sold out. But there’s still plenty to choose from 🙂

I’ll update on Friday night the varieties we will be bringing to the market.

Have a great day!

28/07/2025

So as promised, here are the varieties that i have on sale for Sunday at Papamoa Community Market.

Here’s the exciting part, we are open to accept reservations to collect on the day.
Based on the varieties posted as available, send us your wishlist to:

[email protected].

We will then send you an invoice on how to pay. As it is linked to Hnry app -which is good as there is a pay by card options for those wanting it to be reserved.
Otherwise cash or bank transfer transactions on Sunday.

Once you receive the invoice please pay it on or before Friday ( Aug 1 before 8pm) any reserved tubers not being paid for will be allocated back to the stock for sunday sale.

Please click the photos below, the caption should have the details of the prices.

Happy shopping 🙂

27/07/2025

We have listened and I know some of you missed the grand tuber sale last weekend. Some wanted to come but for more important reasons of events in the family or being away or probably wasn’t feeling the best last week, here’s a chance to have a day of chat all things dahlia. As a tradition, we always have a round 2 of in person tuber sales. Normally lesser crowd and a chance to skip queues. If you don’t have anything specifics, then there’s plenty to choose from. However if you are wanting Rosemary Webb, or kokopuff, jowey paula or elma Elizabeth then iv got that sorted for you! Yep we have still loads to offer for all you dahlia friends out there.
I haven’t finished doing the inventory but Just wanted to announce we are going to be at the on Sunday, August 3 from 8:30am-1pm. Once things are sorted i’ll post straight away what we have. With an extra hands in the team, i think we are ready for reserve and collect on the day. So please stay tune for update. I promise it will be the soonest!

See you then!
❤️ Dee

24/07/2025

Wohoo!
We are all sorted for Saturday.
The last of the tubers were sorted and I can’t wait to see you all.

Over 1700 tubers were processed!
Not all tubers are the same in each pack, most are “chicken legs”, some are in clumps and a few might be in doubles. Sizes vary as well, some are as tiny as AAA battery and some are as sized as a big vegetable marrow ; but they will all grow as a marvellous plant.

For years, we’ve been serious about the health of our plants and kept high sterile practices in growing and processing our dahlias.
However viruses and bacteria could be present everywhere. We have no control of overwintering these tubers once they go out to your garden as the same time we couldn’t check the growing conditions they are in.
In these instances, we don’t refund or replace tubers.

Once you receive your tubers, please inspect them soonest and notify us within 3 days if you are not happy with our product.

I recommend using vermiculite/ covering them fully or any storing medium you might prefer until planting time. The ideal soil temperature for them to be planted is about 17 degrees Celsius. Some would plant them in September, most in labour weekend. Local micro temperatures might vary and your garden conditions is totally different, thus planting them is situational/ based on average temperature of your location.

I’m so excited to see you all this Saturday and I can’t wait to share these tubers to you all.

19/07/2025

Happy Sunday dahlia friends! Finally a week long sunny forecast ❤️

That means the grand tuber sale event will be even better!

So here’s batch 6 of the varieties we are offering on July 26 from 10am-2pm at Pyes Pa Hall Tauranga. This is for all of those who love the large and dinnerplate size blooms!
This blooms are massive and if you are thinking of floral installations for weddings and events, then this might be just right. They add so much depth and impact to any design and gives you that wow factor.

$10 per tuber
Arthur Hambly
Mikayla Miranda

$15 per tuber
Elma Elizabeth
Belle of Barmera
Tartan
Black Jack
Wanda’s Capella
Kelvin Floodlight
Clanrye Supreme
Kea Magic

$20 per Tuber
Lady Darlene

$40 per tuber
Hapet Champagne

If we have extra time before the sale this weekend, a 7th batch might be feasible. So far that is 72 varieties in total! Wohoo!! So if you have missed the previous post, please check them out to see what we have on offer.

We will post updates midweek.

See you guys over the weekend! ❤️

29/03/2025

Every year seems to have different battles. You loose some , you win some. This year’s summer is no different. We are battling with higher temperatures, drier conditions, more powdery mildew and spider mites . However i am still grateful for all the beautiful harvest this season. We had a good run to start with and it has been the best since we started Bay Dahlias. We are truly grateful for everyone’s patronage and couldn’t grow this business without each and everyone’s support. Thank you .
The flower season is finally over for us. We are still open for a few orders, slim picking the best of the last blooms but I will not be having a stall for tomorrow’s market.
We will have a few bunches to sell and house at the food stall “kusinero”, so leave a message / DM if you need me to reserve market bouquets . We will try our best to serve whatever is left in the farm.

Pictures above are some of the late bloomers for this season.
Polventon Kristobel
Acacia Mark
Sylvia Craig Hunter
Westerton Pearl
Prestige
Avoca Amanda

It has been a great season. Can’t wait to start planning for tuber sale and tuber division workshop.
No specific dates on the latter but we will post the dates once everything is in order.

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