Grow your community with Magic Beans

Connect with home food growers in your neighbourhood and all over New Zealand. Join for free and harvest the magic!

Aotearoa, join us for free today!

We launched our free to use app across New Zealand in July 2023. Join us today to learn about home food growing, and be matched to people near you to swap homegrown produce and gardening supplies.

Not in New Zealand?

Join our waiting list and we will keep you up to date on our progress as we work towards launching the app in your region.

Welcome to our sprouting community!

Magic Beans was formed as a Facebook group in Hawke’s Bay NZ 8 years ago, and founders Anneliese Hough and Sarah Grant launched the Magic Beans app across New Zealand in 2023. Thousands of New Zealanders call themselves ‘Beanies’ and use Magic Beans to swap their home grown and produced food and gardening supplies.Join our mailing list for updates on our future launches in Australia, Canada and USA!

Growing and sharing food means better outcomes for the whole community.

Fresh, healthy food is a basic human right, not a commodity.