Nursery
Backyard bananas in the Buller
A botanist on the West Coast wants locals to start planting growing edible perennials that are growing in his nursery and food forest. Audio
A tree for every woman
Kauri Forno runs a tree nursery in Gisborne which has been donating trees around Te Tai Rāwhiti for the past three decades. The Women's Native Tree Project Trust started with the aim of planting a… Audio
Blooming Better - nursery buoyed by Covid flower sales
The Aromaunga Baxters Flowers nursery in Heathcote, Christchurch sits right above the point where the earthquake struck on 22 February 2011. The greenhouses on the steep slopes of the Port Hills, as… Audio
A Labour of Love at Lavender Fields
Lavender Fields was one of New Zealand's first lavender farms. Jim Curnow started with two plants which gave him hundreds of cuttings. Audio
Time to Bloom
Orchid-grower Eva Yin came to New Zealand as an international student from Weihai in China 14 years ago. She arrived with just a suitcase and a desire to do something different. Now she cultivates… Audio
Native Nursery Supports Local Farmers
A large nursery is flourishing in the old gardens at the back of the meeting house at Takutai o te Titi Marae at Colac Bay in Southland. It was established in 2017 by Riverton man Jade Maguire who… Audio
Nuts about Hazels
Caroline and Mark Eastmond run Hazelnut Nurseries on the hills near Waiau in North Canterbury. Initial planting began in 1993 and now they have about 1,300 established trees producing nuts for the… Audio