ABOUT US

Welcome! Chris & Laura here - founders of The Dread Shed. We began our journey into the world of making and maintaining dreadlocks in Christchurch in 2005. We started working out of our ‘shed’ (a single garage) at a residential address on Cranford St. We were looking for a change of lifestyle, and that’s exactly what we got.

We painted up a footpath sign and set our shed up with the basic neccesities for dreading – a chair, a mirror, good music and a couch for friends and spectators. It was all go from there.

Since the shed on Cranford, The Dread Shed has moved to a few different premises in Christchurch, and are now based in Somerfield at our home studio.

The people we meet through doing dreads are such easygoing, down to earth people, that it hardly feels like work having this great business where we get to help people start their journey of having dreadlocks, and learn the many different reasons that having dreads means to so many different people.

In 2017 we noticed an absence of NZ made, specialised dreadlock care. We had previously imported a range from USA, and noticed other locticians and our own clients were buying from overseas and paying a small fortune after exchange rates and shipping were added! So we decided to create our own range of residue free, natural and organic dreadlock care products.

We feel our Dread Shed shampoos, sprays, gels and balms are right up there with the best you can get in dread care. And made right here in Aotearoa! 

We thank everyone who has supported us over the years, and here’s to many more exciting years ahead!

Chris and Laura
The Dread Shed NZ.