Lavender Magic is a lavender flower farm at 61 Blakes Road, Mt Holdsworth, near Carterton in the Wairarapa, with a small shop selling its natural skincare. Visitors can pick their own bunch of lavender and, as the season allows, lilies, sunflowers and dahlias, or buy a ready-made bouquet. Picnics are welcome, and the garden has seasonal flowers among rows of lavender.
The farm is about 90 minutes' drive from Wellington or Palmerston North, and 20 minutes from Carterton or Masterton. Its skincare range of balms, creams, soaps and sprays is handcrafted at Mt Holdsworth using vegetable oils, essential oils, herbs and natural micas, with no mineral oils, parabens, dyes or artificial colours. The farm says its essential oil has won more than 10 national awards. We hear the flower farm is closed for the season and will reopen in December 2026.