Landscape Essentials Nursery

16/10/2026

💥SPRING SALE – LABOUR WEEKEND💥

Ready to get growing? Come and see us at Landscape Essentials Nursery over Labour Weekend for a wander through the nursery and get your garden ready for summer! Whether you’re planting natives, adding colour, filling gaps in the garden or tackling a bigger landscaping project, we’d love to see you.

Thursday 22nd – Monday 26th October
8.30am – 4.30pm daily
15 Albert Street, Hāwera

Great plants, locally grown, and friendly advice. Check out the event page on Facebook for more details.

Make a date, bring a friend, and pop in to see us this Labour Weekend! 🌱

14/10/2026

💥Normally $25, Now just $15 each!💥
One-off grower surplus — Prunus lusitanica (Portuguese Laurel)
We have surplus Prunus lusitanica ready to go, and are passing the savings on while stocks last.
Limited stock available at a reduced price. Once this batch is gone, no further discounts will apply.
If you’re planning screening, hedging, or a landscaping project, this is an excellent opportunity to secure quality plants at a heavily reduced price.

Prunus lusitanica is a classic favourite for a reason:
• Rich, dark green foliage on striking reddish stems
• Clusters of small cream flowers in spring
• Ideal for hedging, screening, and topiary
• Excellent choice for formal landscapes
• Wind, cold, and drought hardy (not tolerant of wet feet)
Available now from Landscape Essentials Nursery, 15 Albert Street, Hawera
Plants are approx. 700mm tall in PB8 bags (5L equivalent). Around 1,000 plants in this batch

Limited clearance stock — this is our lowest price, and no further discounts will be offered.

We have freight options with a specialist plant freight compan to main centres including Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupō, Te Kuiti, Napier, Hastings, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North & Wellington
Minimum freight charge $150
100 plants $240
Most areas along main highways covered (RD charges may apply)

Smaller quantities, South Island, or other locations – freight quotes available on request

For more about us and other stock, visit our website:
🌐 http://www.landscapeessentialsnursery.co.nz
Message us anytime – happy to help with plant selection or bulk orders 🌱

12/10/2026

🌿 GRISELINIA 'BROADWAY MINT' IS BACK! 🌿

We know many of you have been waiting for these, and we're excited to have our new crop ready and available! 🙌

These plants are 30cm tall with good, healthy root systems, ready to get established at your place 🌱
1.3L pot grade, $9.00 each or bulk 100+ plants $8.00 each

A popular choice for hedging, shelter and landscaping, our last crop sold out completely, so if you've been planning a project, now's a great time to get in touch.

🚚 Nationwide freight available – we can arrange delivery throughout New Zealand.

📍 15 Albert Street, Hāwera
📞 027 2745 765
🌐 landscapeessentialsnursery.co.nz

Open to the public Monday–Friday, 8:30am–4:30pm.

Thanks for supporting our local nursery! 💚🌿

11/09/2026

🌱 Our Spring Newsletter is here!

What a winter it’s been! Three significant wind events have caused plenty of damage to trees, shrubs and garden plants — and our nursery hasn’t escaped either. It’s certainly been a challenging few months for plants!

But spring has arrived, and we’re finally seeing those little signs of recovery🌿
New shoots are appearing, and after such a tough winter, our plants will need a little extra care and support.

In this edition, we’ve put together some Spring Garden Tasks to help your garden bounce back, including:

🌿 Trimming and tidying up wind-damaged plants
🌱 Giving your plants a boost with some extra feeding
✂️ Spring pruning tips
🐌 Getting on top of those hungry slugs and snails
🌱 Getting your vege patch ready for the season ahead
🥔 Getting your potatoes planted in time for Christmas
🌱 A clever idea for starting seedlings using old storage drawers

We also take a look at a project we’ve been proud to be involved with at Rotokare Scenic Reserve, where more than 5,000 locally grown Mānuka have been planted to help create a native bird corridor between the sanctuary and neighbouring predator-trapped areas.

There’s plenty to read, plenty to get you motivated, and hopefully a few ideas you can put to work in your own garden this spring.

👉 Read our Spring Newsletter here: https://landscapeessentialsnursery.co.nz/newslettersandinfosheets/spring-and-sprung-and-so-has-our-spring-newsletter

Happy Spring gardening! 🌱🌸

28/08/2026

🌼 Daffodil Day NZ 💛

Today is Daffodil Day — a day to come together and support the Cancer Society of New Zealand and the incredible work they do supporting people affected by cancer, funding research, and helping create a cancer-free future.

Here at Landscape Essentials, we’re surrounded by signs of spring, and few flowers herald its arrival quite like the cheerful daffodil. 🌼💛

So today, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the simple things that bring colour and hope after winter — and to encourage everyone to get behind Daffodil Day if you can https://www.daffodilday.org.nz/

Every donation, big or small, helps make a difference. 💛

14/08/2026

🌱 Got empty plant pots? We’d love them back! ♻️

There’s been lots of winter planting happening, and we’re already starting to see plenty of empty pots making their way back to us. This is just one of bags full we’ve collected from planting projects! 🙌

As we head into our busy potting season, we’d love to get those pots back so we can reuse them and give them another life rather than sending them to waste.

If you’ve got a stack of empty nursery pots taking up space in the shed, bring them in! 🌿

📍 Drop them into our pot return bin out the front anytime for after-hours drop-offs, or bring them in during our open hours and we’ll happily help you unload.

Plant → Return → Reuse → Plant again. 🌱♻️

09/08/2026

🌱 From nursery to the hills – 5,000+ Mānuka plants on the move!

What a fantastic few days for the Lake Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust - Mānuka project!

This project has been several years in the making, beginning back in 2023 with the goal of establishing a safe bird corridor from the sanctuary into neighbouring predator-controlled areas. Mānuka seed for this project was collected and supplied by the Rotokare team, ensuring the plants were grown from local provenance seed well suited to the site’s unique ecological area. These plants are the first step in a long-term restoration project, providing a nursery crop for future enrichment plantings.

The last few days have been a great example of what can be achieved when everyone pitches in.

A huge thank you to Eltham Building Supplies for helping us with the loading out of more than 5,000 plants, and to the Agribusiness team from ANZ Bank, who braved the cold, miserable weather to help us get the plants packed and ready to go.

Then it was over to Beck’s Helicopters to do the heavy lifting, transporting the bales up into the hills ready for planting. 🚁🌿

And finally, the plants made it into the ground, with a fantastic group of volunteers helping with the planting over the weekend.

There has been a huge amount of planning, growing, organising, lifting, flying and planting behind these 5,000+ plants. It’s pretty special to see a project that started with seed collected by Rotokare back in 2023 now taking root in the landscape.

A massive thank you to everyone who has played a part in getting these Mānuka from our nursery to the hills. 💚

04/08/2026

Yesterday was a big day at the nursery as we loaded out 5,000+ Mānuka plants destined for a planting nearby Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust

This project has been several years in the making, with the goal of establishing a safe bird corridor from the sanctuary into neighbouring predator-controlled areas. Mānuka seed for this project was collected and supplied by the Lake Rotokare team, ensuring the plants were grown from local provenance seed that is well suited to the site's unique ecological area. These plants are the first step in a long-term restoration project, providing a nursery crop for future enrichment plantings

A huge thank you to the local Agribusiness team from ANZ Bank, who braved yesterday's cold, miserable weather, rolled up their sleeves, and spent the day alongside us. Their help packing more than 5,000 plants into helicopter bales was greatly appreciated and ensured everything is ready for transport later this week.

Projects like this don't happen overnight. They take years of planning, growing, coordinating, and teamwork between everyone involved. It's incredibly rewarding to see all that effort come together and know these plants will play an important role in strengthening native biodiversity and expanding habitat for our precious wildlife.

Want to be part of the next step? 🌱

Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust is looking for able body volunteers to help plant these Mānuka this Sunday 9th August, from 9am (Weather contingency day will be the following Sunday 16th). If you'd like to get involved in this fantastic restoration project, please RSVP to Lorella so they have an idea of numbers for catering.

📞 Lorella: 027 424 6695

We'd love to see a great turnout for this special community planting day!

31/07/2026

🌸 1st of August means one thing at Landscape Essentials... it's time to check our 'Felix Jury' Cherry tree! 🌸

Every year we use this tree as our indicator for spring and sap movement. After years of trial and error, we've learnt that once this tree starts showing colour, our cutting strike rates begin to drop dramatically.

This year it's around 2 weeks ahead of where it was at the same time last year! 🌿

Luckily for us, we wrapped up all of our winter cuttings last week, so it's great timing. Now it's exciting to see the first signs that spring isn't too far away.

It's always amazing how nature keeps us on our toes—every season is a little different, and our trusty 'Felix Jury' never fails to remind us that spring is on its way. 🌸🌱

26/07/2026