About Us

The Native Plant Centre Ltd is a privately owned company that has been operating as a specialist native plant nursery since 1995.

We, Andrew Macnab and Brenda Broeks are the directors of the company and have 20 years experience in growing NZ native plants. We are passionate about NZ native plants.

The nursery is located in Coatesville on the North Shore (5 minutes from Albany) and specialises in growing and selling NZ native plants, for the trade and the public.

Our business success is a result of our focus on quality and continuous improvement. Our pride in our nursery is reflected in the quality of our plants, our professionalism and our commitment to excellent service.

Our business focus is to grow NZ native plants of a consistent high quality and to provide the highest level of professional customer service.

In April 2010 The Native Plant Centre Ltd completed the RNZIH Ecosourcing Audit and was successful. The report stated that the nursery complies with the Waitakere City Council Ecosourcing Code of practice and ethics and incorporates ecosourcing concepts and ethics into its nursery practice i.e.

• Seed collection and production practices
  

• Record keeping and information systems
  

• Consultation and professional relationships
  

• Education for ecosourcing

This audit report gives our business integrity and credibility and we are now committed to supply predominantly ecosourced plants.

We are also 1 of only 2 other nurseries in Auckland to have passed this audit so for a small business, it is a real achievement.

We feel that to provide ecosourced plants for Auckland gives our native nursery a point of difference from other nurseries and will result in more sustainable planting for the environment
We have been collecting and growing plants from the Waitakere, Tamaki and Rodney Ecological Districts.

On request we can provide accurate information about where the seed was collected, by an accession code with the botanical name which follows the plant through the propagation, production and despatch stages.

On request we can provide accurate information about where the seed was collected, by an accession code with the botanical name which follows the plant through the propagation, production and despatch stages.

If you would like to know more please contact us

PRODUCTS

• The nursery has a reputation in the industry for consistent and excellent quality plants.
• We grow a comprehensive range of the popular NZ native trees and shrubs, ferns, flaxes, grasses, groundcovers, in large volume numbers.
• Planter bag sizes are from  1L / PB3/4 to 35L /PB60.
• We offer very competitive wholesale pricing to our trade customer
• Ecosourced plants from the Auckland ecological area for revegetation & restoration planting.
  

SERVICES

• We focus on providing exceptional professional service
• Retail customers are welcome to visit our nursery, view the stock, order and buy direct from the nursery.
• Plant sourcing service to retail customers only. If a plant is out of stock we can order it in for you.
• Experienced and knowledgeable staff to give information and advice about plant selection.
• Invoices to trade customers emailed on the same day as dispatched from nursery.
• Contract growing is an important part of our production business.
• We have an extensive knowledge of the natural distribution of native species. We provide practical planting information about specific plant uses and ecological restoration or revegetation planting, and wherever possible we promote the use of ecosourced plants.
• Delivery service
• Internet payment service, Eftpos and Credit card facilities are available.