Fawnplants Flowers and Honesty Box is a small garden centre on Pinecrest Drive in Gulf Harbour, Whangaparāoa, trading on the honesty box principle its name promises. Its single reviewer rates it 5.0 and calls the flowers great value — a small bouquet for $10 — alongside small herbs and seedlings. Honesty box plant stalls run on trust: prices are marked, you help yourself, and the money goes in the tin, so it pays to carry cash and a little change. Regulars know to call in often, because stock at small stands turns over quickly and the best cut flowers and seedlings go early. There is a quiet advantage to buying plants grown nearby, too — seedlings raised in the same coastal air tend to settle in fast once they go in the ground. For fresh flowers or a few herbs without leaving the Peninsula, this Pinecrest Drive stop is a handy one to know, with updates shared on its Instagram page.