20 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Spooked shoppers target garden centres

From Morning Report, 7:57 am on 20 March 2020

First it was supermarkets being cleaned out of toilet paper and hand sanitiser, but now it seems spooked shoppers have garden supplies in their sights as concerns about the Covid-19 virus grow.

Garden centres say sales of seedlings have gone through the roof while nurseries are scrambling to meet demand.

RNZ Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.