The holidays are rapidly approaching (where has this year gone???!), and here are the cut off dates for freight. All freight to South Island- finished for 2022 Wellington for 2022- finished for 2022 Auckland, Hamilton for 2022- finished for 2022 Hawkes Bay- finished for 2022 Please take note that we will not freight for the…
Read moreWe are closed on Matariki (Friday), but open on Saturday the 25th! Enjoy your inaugural Matariki. A very, very special public holiday day for all New Zealanders. See you the following day, the 25th June, our last Saturday of the month.
Read moreThe 2022 Autumn Sale is finished. March 2nd to March 26th 2021- 4 WHOLE …(part) WEEKS! We are now enjoying the cooler days finally, and it’s time for a long awaited sale.We are in full sale mode from Wednesday 10th March and it’s seriously time to start stocking up funds and giving the trailer a…
Read moreWe will not be having a sale this coming year, I’m sorry to tell you. And there are a number of reasons why, but the primary reason is the state of things to do with Covid. We here at Coast Palms have been unable to keep up with massively increased demand for our plants as…
Read moreIn accordance with government Level 2 Delta guidelines we ask that all visitors to the nursery 12 years or over wear a mask for the duration of their visit. We also ask for compulsory sign in or scanning of our QR code. We are very fortunate to conduct 95% of our service outside in clean…
Read moreOur click and collect protocols will run along similar lines to the March 2020 lockdown. You must make payment for your goods prior to pick up. We will have sent you an invoice to make contactless payment on. You must sign in manually at the pick up point or scan our QR code with your…
Read moreTo all our customers at Coast Palms and Cycads. As you will be aware, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will move to Level 4 lockdown as of midnight tonight, August 17th 2021. At Level 3 or above, the government of New Zealand requires all businesses which are classified as non-essential to…
Read moreTHIS SALE HAS NOW FINISHED This is the Autumn sale to end all autumn sales. March 10th to March 27th 2021- 3 WHOLE …(part) WEEKS! We are now enjoying the cooler days finally, and it’s time for a long awaited sale.We are in full sale mode from Wednesday 10th March and it’s seriously time to…
Read more20-year-old large landscape grade Ponytails are on sale. These are only going to be lifted by a hiab and not one for carting home on the back of a homebuilt trailer. 500kg boxed Ponytails- dimensions for your hole (to dig)- 1.1 metres x 1 metre x 70cm (depth).
Read moreHere is a beautiful image sent to me by a very delighted customer of mine from Omokoroa. We really don’t see enough of these gorgeous creatures anymore. This Green & Gold Bell frog has been happily living in an Alcantarea imperialis bromeliad which she bought from CPAC a while back. Happy Summer. Please remember to…
Read moreThe photos shown on the slider are courtesy of the absolutely fantastic members display of bromeliads at the New Zealand Bromeliad Society Annual Fair and Sale last Sunday at the Mt Eden War Memorial Hall in Auckland. We were lucky enough to attend and the display was chocka full of my dream list of rare…
Read moreAre you open? Our open hours are just below the phone number you found to call us on. Home page- (first page) of website. Is such and such a product you have advertised as available on your website available? No comment. ( I get this phone call about 3 times a day on average) Do…
Read moreThings are chugging along. We have had a full week of no rain and it feels a little bit fantastic. I’m not keen on jinxing it so will say no more about that. Charlie boy, my gentle, frail 14 year old ginger puss has had a tough week. After an overnight stint for him mid-week…
Read moreOver the past 6 weeks during Lockdown, I’ve spent a lot of my time weeding. And thinking. And, like many people I suspect, re-evaluating and reflecting. Weeding is very meditative, it allows my mind to wander and dream up new ways of running my business more efficiently. I enjoyed lockdown for the enforced break it…
Read moreInteresting times indeed, however Coast Palms and Cycads was very well set up for Level 3 with a terrific online presence already. You will find the 3 easy steps to ordering from us online here We will be able to dispatch all purchases and start local deliveries from Tuesday 28 April. Which is really good…
Read moreYep, I do find myself smiling at the telly when that particular Covid advert comes on, because it has completely upended the world in a way which is chaotic, scary and very, very surreal. My beautiful business which has been rolling along steadily for 16 years going through its own set of highs and lows…
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