At The Herb Farm, we don’t just talk about natural skincare – we grow it, extract it, and bottle it right here on our farm in the heart of New Zealand.
Our herbs are grown co-creatively with nature. While we plant them with care, the plants themselves decide where they thrive best – sometimes surprising us by popping up somewhere entirely new in the garden. They grow not in perfectly uniform rows, but woven into our gardens and beds, mingling with other herbs, native plants, and flowers in a vibrant ecosystem.
We don’t pamper them either; they build strength and resilience by thriving through frosts, rain, wind, and drought, becoming more potent and powerful for your skin. All of this happens organically, without chemical sprays or weedkillers – just as nature intended.
But what happens once we handpick these herbs at their peak? How does a calendula flower, a rosehip, or a sprig of thyme become the nourishing serum in your bathroom cabinet?
Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on our fresh herbal extract process – a journey that starts in the soil and ends in a bottle, ready to love your skin.
STEP 1: PICKING AT PEAK POTENCY
Our garden is our ‘skincare lab’. We harvest herbs at the exact moment when their active constituents are at their most potent - often early in the morning. This timing, combined with the plant’s natural resilience from growing in the elements, ensures the extracts we create are rich in vitality. Our team works with the rhythms of the seasons and nature, guided by decades of herbal knowledge.
STEP 2: EXTRACTING THE FRESH GOODNESS
Unlike many skincare brands that use dried herbs imported from overseas, we extract the herbal actives while they’re still fresh – often within hours of picking. This allows us to capture their full vitality and potency, something that can be lost in dried alternatives. Using our in-house extraction methods, we gently pull out the plant’s nutrients, vitamins, and antioxidants, resulting in extracts that deliver maximum efficacy for your skin.
STEP 3: CRAFTING THE SKINCARE
Once the herbs are ready, they head straight to our onsite manufacturing operation to create our herbal extracts. Here, our expert team blends them into skincare formulas designed to nurture, protect, and restore. We work in small batches to maintain quality, precision, and freshness. Every cream, serum, and balm is made with intention – and a deep respect for the synergy between science and nature.
STEP 4: BOTTLED WITH CARE
From there, our skincare is bottled and labelled with love and attention. We use recyclable packaging and natural preservation systems – no parabens, no hormone-disruptors, no nasties, just the good stuff.
Because we’ve grown and extracted the ingredients ourselves, we know exactly what’s inside each product. That’s the beauty of being a true farm-to-face skincare brand.
WHY THIS MATTERS
When you use The Herb Farm, you’re not just buying NZ-made natural skincare – you’re nourishing your skin with the freshest herbal actives, grown in harmony with nature, organically, and bottled at their peak. This means better results, more vitality, and the kind of integrity you can feel.
Let your skin experience the power of real, fresh herbs – just as nature intended.