Pongakawa Hilltop Nursery

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About Pongakawa Hilltop Nursery

A native plant nursery on a rural property at 50 Pugh Road, Pongakawa, with over 110 New Zealand native species and no shop front. The business is family owned and run by mother and daughter Esther and Katrina Williams, and it started in 2018. The range runs from groundcovers and grasses to shrubs and large trees, suited to home gardens, farm planting and riparian planting. The nursery grows its own stock from seed and cuttings where it can, avoids unnecessary spraying, and sells direct to the public.

The website says plants are grown outdoors in the Bay of Plenty so they handle local conditions, and each one has roots showing at the base of its pot. The nursery is open seven days a week by appointment only. It offers site visits, or photos of a planting area with advice on the right number and mix of plants, and it can hand-select plants and deliver them, and plant them on site. Delivery reaches Waikato, Auckland, Taupō and Hawke's Bay. The nursery's owner holds a certificate in landscape design and horticulture.