A Special Place

A magical garden and subtropical nursery set around a lake in a hidden coastal valley behind Matapouri Bay, Northland New Zealand.
We are specialists in new and unusual subtropical plants for NZ conditions.
We also specialise in olives and all aspects of their cultivation. Wholesale and retail from the nursery as well as mail order and delivery to gardeners and landscapers throughout New Zealand.

I've had 30 years of experience as a nurseryman and designer so you get down-to-earth, no nonsense advice about growing and design.

We have a sales site at the Plant Wholesalers' Trade Plant Market at 160 State Highway 16 at Whenuapai where we have a wide selection of our plants available for sale to landscapers and retailers.

Check it out on-line: www.plantwholesalers.co.nz for details. It's a great idea for one-stop-plant-sourcing for the Auckland trade.

You can visit Subtropical Gardens and Matapouri Bay

Visitors are very welcome to explore both the garden and the nursery every weekend and public holiday, 9am - 3pm and by arrangement during the week.
Make a day-trip to Matapouri when you visit us. Stop off at beautiful Matapouri beach, also visit Tawapou Coastal Natives Nursery (Guy and Sandra Bowden; www.tawapou.co.nz and email)

We are experiencing problems with some emails not reaching us, so if you get no reply within 2 or 3 days please either phone us on 09-4343980 or email me on my hotmail address: russellfransham@hotmail.com

NEWS FLASH! NEWS FLASH! NEWS FLASH!

THE NURSERY WILL BE CLOSED FOR ONE WEEK FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO 7TH while we take a brief trip to Tonga for snorkelling R 'n R

AND TO CELEBRATE END OF WINTER!

YAAYY!!

Newest plants in the catalogue:

Stunning new perfumed gingers; Hedychiums "Pink V" and "Orange Hybrid "

Also Tropical Swamp Paperbark, Melaleuca leucadendra.

The "Rainbow Valley Pawpaw"

And Brugmansia "Matapouri Virgo".