Category: nursery news

Summer Sale – 15 till 25 November 2023

14 November 2023, nursery news

This sale has finished. Green up for a tropical haven this summer.25% Off Almost Everything.Our Summer Sale starts on 15 November and will end on 25 November. Get your good selves sorted, and come on out for our Summer Sale. There will be 25% off almost everything. Please look at the individual species pages for…

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Staying strong in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle

16 February 2023, nursery news

With the unfolding horror and devastation becoming more evident in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle , our awhi, aroha and massive ‘virtual hugs’ go out to our friends, whanau and fellow kiwis across the motu who have been affected by this catastrophe. I have no doubt, that many customers of CPAC have been severely impacted,…

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Welcome to 2023 Sale-40% off almost everything

2 January 2023, nursery news, sale

THE WELCOME TO 2023 SALE HAS NOW FINISHED Summer has kicked in finally, it’s a new year and we have far too much stock.We’re in full sale mode from here at the nursery from Wednesday 11th January and it’s seriously time to start stocking up funds and giving the trailer a good maintenance overhaul and…

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Cut off freight dates for 2022.

13 December 2022, nursery news

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…

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⚠ ATTENTION ⚠ Level 3 Click and Collect protocols

30 August 2021, nursery news

Our 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…

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Keeping Cool & in the Shade

28 January 2021, nursery news

Here 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…

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Bring out the Broms!!

23 October 2020, nursery news

The 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…

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Silly question examples

28 August 2020, nursery news

Are 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…

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Chugging Along

30 July 2020, nursery news , 2 comments

Things 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…

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New Hours for Coast Palms and Cycads

12 May 2020, nursery news , 1 comment

Over 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…

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The sale is now online and we are processing orders.

21 April 2020, nursery news, sale

Interesting 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…

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Happy holidays and safe travels

19 December 2019, grow & maintenance, nursery news

We here at Coast Palms and Cycads are amping for our summer break. By the end of these ridiculously hot days we all feel like barbequed prawns and we get a little fractious with each other. Working in 30deg celcius heat with high humidity is fairly taxing so I am more than likely going to…

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