Rose Scents is a small floral business on the hills of Waiuku, run by Louise Paul from her home cutting garden. She makes fresh and dried floral arrangements and custom-made gifts, along with potpourri and rose-scented gifts. Most of the flowers come from her own garden, and the rest from local suppliers. Her roses, dahlias and camellias are dried and turned into potpourri or arrangements, and she says her chickens and sheep feed the soil. The business was renamed Rose Scents when it moved to Waiuku in 2021, after starting in Clevedon in 2019. Arrangements are made for ceremonies, weddings, christenings, naming ceremonies, anniversaries, birthdays and school balls. A corsage with buttonhole for a school ball is $30.00 NZD (as at 2026). Louise also sells her work through two local shops.
The garden gift shop is open on weekdays and by appointment, and garden tours are free of charge over summer. Phone or message 0274 721 124 at any time. Louise's floristry began in 1987 with dried arrangements inspired by Victorian crafts, and she now creates bespoke arrangements to suit each client. Because the flowers come from her own garden on the Waiuku hills, each arrangement is tied to the season it was made in. Our pick in Waiuku for a custom arrangement made from a home garden.