Palms grown in Matakana, from Pitt Island nikau and kentia to bamboo and sugar cane palms, are the draw at this nursery on Omaha Flats Road, north of Auckland. Many are started from specially imported seed and grown for years before sale, so the trees you buy are established.
The nursery also sells subtropical plants, clivia and grasses, and planting products such as garden mix, forest floor, woodchips and peat soil. Palms can be ordered online for click and collect, or picked out in person, and visitors can bring a trailer. It is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm. Owners Nicola and Craig took over in September 2023. The subtropical garden, with a waterfall, pond and palms, can be hired for wedding and commercial photo shoots, and plants can be hired for events, with pricing on enquiry.