For expert advice and lots of new gardening ideas look no further than Pottering About, just outside Kawerau on Military Road. Jim and Sharon Gilchrist have been selling a lovely array of plants here for over 12 years, both to shoppers in person and via the internet through the auction site TRADE-ME. The very competitive prices and wide variety (available or obtainable) make this unique business a garden shopper’s paradise.
However, the specialty of Pottering About, and what Jim and Sharon are most well-known for in the area, are their epiphytes. They are passionate about epiphytes, examples of which can be seen all through the New Zealand bush .Epiphytes are special plants that can be grown on trees or pongas, such as varieties of bromeliads, orchids and staghorn ferns. At Pottering About here are lots of orchids and bromeliads to choose for your very own tree-growing specimens.
There are also tropical and semi-tropical plants which can be grown outside in the Bay of Plenty area, including palms, succulents, bromeliads, trees and a wide variety of native plants. They also stock bark, compost, garden mulch, potting mix, coloured pumice, bromeliad and succulent mix and garden pots
Whether it is sub-tropical plants you are after or some advice on creating your own tropical paradise, Pottering About is definitely the place to go and Jim and Sharon are the people to see.
Below is a photo of a Cattleya intermedia on one of our trees here at Pottering About.
