Millstream Gardens - Natural Herbal Ointments and Skin Care

14/07/2025

Making, labeling, packing, selling - we do it all in the small brick and mortar Millstream Gardens shop in Pukehou. Some of you have noticed that we have recently moved some things around, so here's a quick tour! We're open most days, so you're welcome to come and visit - just give us a ring if making a special trip to check we're around.

30/05/2025

And that's a wrap everyone! The Unpacking the Too hard basket has come to an end after 10 incredible weeks at the Central Hawkes Bay Museum. It's been an incredible experience, and we are so pleased to announce that the exhibition raised over $5.000 to charity.

We want to express our immense gratitude to Jana and the volunteers, and all the artists who put their creative forces and donations towards making New Zealand a beautiful place to live.

The artists who contributed are:
Elle Ryde
Antoinette de Lautour
Eleanor Norris
Coral Hook
Jane McNim
Diane Ryder
Sarah May
Andrea Whittingham
Elsa Ironside
Megan Lee
Belinda Paton
Catherine Brimecombe
John Ruth
Birgitte Hunt
Anne Healy
Jan Speeden
Ian Henderson
Fumie de Boeck
Camille Le Livre
Gillian Receveur
Amy-Grace Jones
Gine Di**le
Joanna A. Joseph
Bridgit Snushall
Jo Lumb
Ani Tylee
Rebecca Wheeler
Margaret-Mary Farr
Jenny Mark
Angie Denby
Sophie Lankowsky
Mary Bousfield
Geoff Speeden
Piers Greenaway
Jodi Ferris
Jenny Dobson
Giles Speeden
Viv Hollings
Rauna Prieser Nielsen
Simon Kinsey
Maria Williams
The Paul Hunter Centre
Martina Magee
Bam Gilbertson
Lynn White
Lily Hansen
Ricks Terstappen
Leontine Rutten
Jesse Harte
Tania Brown
Karen Bowmann
Cheryl Pile
Sacha Horrocks
Katie Pickering

14/05/2025

This is an amazing set up, delivering resources where they are most urgently needed. It's sobering to realise that many people are without basic things like bedding, cooking and kitchen supplies and warm clothes. Not only do the crew at Re source bridge these gaps they, and a broader team recycle and repair many items that would previously have ended up in the landfill.

🧂 Calling all cupboards! 🍴

We’re running low on essential kitchenware — the kind of basics that help turn a house into a home.

We’re especially in need of:

Plates, bowls, cutlery

Pots, pans, baking trays

Cooking utensils

Chopping boards, mugs, glasses

If you’ve got good-condition extras at home or can rally your workplace or friend group for a mini collection, we’d love to hear from you 💛

💬 Drop us a message or email us at admin@re-source.co.nz to arrange drop-off or pickup. Every item you pass on helps set someone up for a fresh start.

Thank you for keeping our shelves — and hearts — full.

14/05/2025

13/05/2025

... And now for some exciting news:
It was an absolute delight to have the good people from BayBuzz, Florence and Lizzie, come out and explore Millstream Gardens and the Unpacking the Too Hard Basket exhibition, which all resulted in a multipage spread with a lovely write-up in the magazine.
Still two whole weeks to go at the Central Hawkes Museum, so there is still time to support local artists and charities.

30/04/2025

Our fantastic friends at Cornucopia Organics in Hastings are doing an online giveaway of our stuff, so have a look and enter to win✨️

18/04/2025

Our little side hustle - the "Unpacking the Too Hard Basket" exhibition at the Central Hawkes Bay Museum - has another few weeks left, and the response so far has been great. We are happy to support the wellbeing of New Zealand through art.

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13/04/2025

If you have been wondering how Millstream Gardens got involved in doing an art exhibition, here is you chance to get some answers. Podcast host and chief Eco-Rabbiter, Emma Passey, interviews Jan and unpacks the "Unpacking the Too Hard Basket" exhibition.
Exhibition runs until the 30th of May at the Central Hawkes Bay Museum.

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16/03/2025

What an amazing opening and support for the "Unpacking the Too Hard Basket" exhibition Friday night - thank you to all the people who made their way to the Central Hawkes Bay Museum ! The exhibition is open til the 30th of May, so if you missed out, there is plenty of time to see it.

25/02/2025

Let's get technical!
This is a quick peek into the process of how we make our products. Well, step one anyways...
Macerated oils, also called infused oils, are carrier oils (in our case sunflower oil) that have been used as a solvent to extract properties of the plants. It's quite a simple process, really, but it takes time, presence, and intention to do. It is yet another amazing part of our job, and seeing all the oils in the sun always looks fantastic.

12/02/2025

09/02/2025

A plant appreciation post. The Kawakawa that is growing on the small block of land where we source it from is looking so beautiful and happy this year, with lots of new growth and good colours. It's always great going up to our "satellite office" to pick it.