Te Rito Gardens is a native plant nursery in Elsdon, Porirua, that grows and sells eco-sourced native plants for restoration planting across the Wellington catchment. The plants are sold to local bodies, schools, community groups and members of the public. The collection includes native sedges and rushes such as Carex buchananii, Carex secta and oioi, with the website saying native plants shelter birds, insects and lizards and help protect waterways. Prices are given on request, so the website says to contact the nursery for a price.
The nursery is run by a network of volunteers and also trains people with learning and health challenges, giving them skills and confidence for a career in horticulture. It is building a reserve where anyone can learn to grow native plants, and it says it is looking for volunteers. Native plant growing in Porirua is the centre of the work, which the website says makes the city greener.