Peter Cave says in 18 months time he’ll be closing his 30 year-old Cave’s Tree Nursery in Hamilton. Nurseryman Hans van Mill is re-opening a garden centre on the site of the failed Petals ‘n’ Pots garden centre in Albany. After 21 years Betsy Sewell and Reg Platt have put their 4ha Christchurch property on the market and will close their Premium Climbers nursery.

FEATURES IN COMM HORT APRIL 2007
NURSERY ROUNDUP
Kerry Johnstone catches up with nurseries around the country

PERSONALITY PROFILE – MURIEL DAVISON
The story of the lady who created Maple Glen Gardens

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA
Australian nurseryman, Russ Higginbotham, reports on a recent trip

TRADE DAY REPORT
There was a good turnout of nurseries at Auckland Autumn Trade Day last month. There’s a full report with pictures on this site – click the button above.

FEATURE NURSERY – GELLERT’S
To call this South Auckland “state-of-the-art” is no exaggeration

FEATURE PLANT – PSEUDOPANAX.  PART 3
Landscapers talk about their experiences with this NZ native

THE NIKAU PALM – Part 1.
Graeme Platt takes an in-depth look at this NZ icon

PLANT BASICS
Fiona Eadie discusses fertilisation in flowering plants

REPORT FROM AUSTRALIA 
There’s too much water in Darwin, too little elsewhere  

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