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Alouette Nursery
Sandi Leith has been the force behind Alouette for many years, and her collection of special tiny rhododendrons and woodland plants goes back much further still
Alison’s Alpines
A small hobby nursery, situated in Diamond Harbour, specializing in alpines, woodland plants and bulbs. I like the challenge of growing unusual and rare plants and my aim is to offer "something different". Visits are welcome but please ring first. 03 329 3124
Behind the Hedge Garden Co.
Kate & Sue grow an extensive range of alpines, perennials and choice bulbs from imported seed. Check with them for hard-to-source plants. They are also producers of asparagus, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and free range eggs at 108 Coldstream Road, Rangiora
Email: behind.hedge@gmail.com
For a special Botanical Expo entry price of $12.50 a ticket (instead of $20) you can wander through and explore Broadfield Garden for a truly inspiring experience. Broadfield was established over 20 years ago and is a 6-star award-winning garden of international significance.
Address: 250 Selwyn Road,
Rolleston 7678
Buy Broadfield Garden Ticket
A super group of artists who use flowers, all parts of plants and a huge variety of other materials to make thrilling displays. Clubs representing Canterbury Floral Design are Avon Floral Art, Floral Art North Canterbury and Cheviot Floral Group.
The Canterbury Horticultural Society is New Zealand's largest gardening and horticultural organisation and recently celebrated its 160th Anniversary. Their comprehensive programme features walking groups, tours, shows and educational activities. Located in the Kiosk, opposite the Armagh Street footbridge entrance to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, the Canterbury Horticultural Society (CHS) is open seven days a week.
The Canterbury Orchid Society was established in 1951 and is the second oldest Orchid Society in New Zealand.
They meet every first Monday of the month at 7pm (except January) at 110 Waltham Street and our meetings include talks, raffles and members’ plant sales.
Whether you are a beginner and just curious about growing orchids or have a large collection, everyone is welcome!
Casa Rossa is a unique Italian-inspired garden developed over 20 years on a former shingle pit. Formal areas near the house contrast with informal garden rooms in a shaded dell. Highlights include a 60m tapestry beech walk, a pond with a Japanese-style bridge, and diverse plantings of magnolias, sequoias, bamboos, and more. Garden art features throughout, including lions, urns, and striking pieces like an Italian bronze fountain and an Indian gazebo.
Casa Rossa Gardens & Boutique Accommodation is located at 203 Jowers Rd, West Melton, New Zealand 7676. Visit
casarossa.co.nz, or their Instagram page for more details.
The Christchurch Bonsai Society is open to all people interested in bonsai and meets on the second Wednesday of each month (except January) at 7.30 in the Cotswold Preschool on Colesbury St in Bishopdale. We offer beginner’s classes and workshops for those interested in learning about bonsai
Great Little Gardens specializes in cottage perennial plants. Great Little Gardens was the winner of the Harwood Trophy for the Best Trade/Static Display in 2025's Botanical Expo / Alpine Garden Society's Spring Show.
Hamish and Mika’s Plants (Choice Plants)
Overflowing from an incredible botanic garden of unusual plants, spares are sold. All profits go to the NZAGS's Steve Newall Memorial Fund to be used to bring overseas gardening luminaries to NZ. Read more on NZAGS.com.
Located in Maheno (near Oamaru), Island Stream Peonies is home to the largest tree peony collection in the Southern Hemisphere, boasting approximately 4,000 plants. Run by Doug Logan and Toni Robertshaw, the nursery and display garden features over 300 registered varieties. They also grow a wide range of different and colourful perennials and stock their garden full for display.
New sections have been released in Arbor Green, a masterplanned subdivision in Rolleston, Canterbury. Arbor Green is a place of growth, shelter and connection where all walks of life can find everything they need to thrive. Next-generation homes, green spaces, safe streets, shops and amenities intertwine to create a living neighbourhood where bonds are formed and memories are made.
Hughes Developments is a property development company based in Christchurch with a history of over 37 years.
Hughes Developments is a sponsor of the Botanical Expo
Janine Young’s Alpine & Woodland Garden Plants
Selling trilliums, fritillarias, spring bulbs and some woodland-type plants. A hobby grower. I have some very hard-to-get and rare plants available. For the first time, I will have Synnotia Variegata which is quite rare.
Joy and Nancy’s Treasures
Two Ashburton women who are addicted to treasures and other interesting plants. They sell what they love to grow. Trilliums, garden orchids, fritillaria and Erythroniums among other choice plants.
Kusa Bonsai - Bright Side Garden
​Kusa (short for kusamono, Japanese for "grass thing") cultivation is the art of potting wild flowers, grasses, moss, or small plants to evoke a specific season or natural environment, often serving as accent pieces for bonsai. The focus is on natural-looking compositions using native plants, requiring careful attention to soil moisture, seasonal styling, and balancing plant varieties.
Naomi Gotto Garrett is a skilled gardener and artist trained in Japan, Naomi has a passion for bonsai, cloud pruning, Japanese gardens and kokedama.
Contact: Bright Side Garden
Buy Online at Ortel Nursery: Kusa Bonsai
The purpose of the National Daffodil Society is to promote, appreciate and preserve New Zealand’s daffodils.
The National Daffodil Society is open to everyone from professionals to amateurs, experienced botanists and beginning gardeners, adults and children.
Marge Hurst’s Botanical/Gardening Books
Selection from 50+ years of collecting gardening book. A wide assortment of bulb books, Christopher Lloyd, Beth Chatto, single subject perennials and more. I will have well over 100 books for sale. Contact email: margehurst@gmail.com
Bonsai, indoor plants, dish gardens, terrariums, succulents and cacti. An enthusiast whose hobby has meant that some need to be sold, you can be the winner here
We are a plant nursery specialising in plants native to New Zealand, with an emphasis on the less commonly available. We offer a wide variety, from coastal and inland mountain plants ranging from wet to dry conditions, whatever plant you are looking for we can help.
The New Zealand Alpine Garden Society, is a dynamic club aimed at horticultural excellence, sharing skills and a love of alpine, woodland and bulbous plants. Monthly talks, Seed list, Bulletins, Field trips, Newsletters and more.
To join or for more information visit NZAGS.com or email info@NZAGS.com
​From rare collector favourites to tissue culture releases, waitlists, and fresh drops — Nelson Plant Guy is a community-focused space for plant lovers across New Zealand. Carefully grown, transparently sourced, and shared with the people who love them most.
Plants from the Hokonui collection. Ortel is a small plant nursery keeping Hokonui Alpine plants and other favourites in circulation. Check out Suzanne Pickford’s www.ortel.nz
Developed over 30 years, with an emphasis on design and a variety of planting schemes this huge
garden has an amazing collection of plants, vistas and garden rooms. A winter garden, rose and
peony garden, walled vegetable garden, mediterranean garden, ponds as well as rock and trough
gardens.
Paper Gardens buys and sells fine books about plants and gardens. Buy books on botanical and natural history publishing and the history of botanical art and artists, including engraving, lithography, drawing and painting. Categories also include books on botanical science, botanical exploration, botanical history, botanists, plant hunting, botanic gardens, gardeners and the history of popular garden plants.
Plant Blankets are landscaping mats made from a mixture of crushed dag wool and sphagnum moss and then compressed together into a square sheet. Plant blankets keep root balls cool in summer and warm in winter, suppress weeds and release nutrients into the soil as they decompose. Contact John Chamberlain at Greendesignnz@gmail.com to purchase or for more details.
Rhodo Direct
Finest quality Rhododendrons for every budget, delivered around New Zealand daily. Use rhododendrons to create a beautiful outside space to relax in. These low-maintenance plants have transformed thousands of gardens for New Zealand homes. Demonstration and talk by Lisa Williams at the stall. There will be a lovely Rhododendron + plant food to be won at the NZAGS raffle each day of the Expo.
Nestled on the boundary of Oxford in North Canterbury is this beautiful garden surrounding self-contained accommodation, wedding venue and plant nursery.
Ribblesdale Gardens will be selling garden treasures at the Botanical Expo.
NZ's largest selection of Carnivorous Plants. Based in Christchurch 🌱. Shipping nationwide.
Specialising in Venus Fly Traps (Dionaea), Sundews (Drosera), Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia, Nepenthes, Heliamphora, Cephalotus), Butterwort (Pinguicula), Bladderwort (Utricularia) and many more like Darlingtonia and Brocchinia.
Southern Woods is one of the South Island’s largest and most progressive nurseries, producing a wide range of plants for projects large and small. They supply healthy, hardy plants to retail and wholesale customers across New Zealand. Their range includes New Zealand natives, specimen trees, landscape shrubs, specialist forestry species, fruit trees and plenty more.
Tai Tapu Garden Club
A group of friendly gardening enthusiasts.
Tania's Gardening and Landscaping
Indoor and outdoor plants, and daffodil flowers for sale. Also chat to Tania about garden concept plans, planting and garden maintenance, and pruning of roses and fruit trees
Templeton Daffodils
Run by David and Leitha Adams. A lifetime of love and care has gone into daffodil breeding and cultivation. Make an order after looking at the blooms on show.
This homestead and garden date from the late 1850s and are now cared for and loved by Kate Foster. There is a lovely collection of historic trees cleverly underplanted with woodland perennials. Masses of snowdrops, hellebores, primulas and violets, to name a few, romp in vast drifts. The Hutch, a 1938 summerhouse, displays old gardening tools and has information about the property. Run by a charitable trust, the charge is $15 per head for a guided tour of the garden. www.terracestation.org.nz
​Custom, plant-centric metal-and-wood garden supports and loops for gardeners made by a gardener at an affordable price!
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