Welcome to Nichol's

Otago and Southland's leading independent garden centre shop

Our three modern garden centres are located in Dunedin, Invercargill and Cromwell, each boasting a cafe, florist, pet shop, landscaping supply centre and offering a landscape design and construction service. We stock a comprehensive range of not only plants, seedlings, trees, shrubs and perennials, but also giftware, home wares, gardening hardware and care products, as well as lifestyle products including outdoor furniture and water features. Come and visit us and find out why we are amongst the best in garden retailing!

Renowned as Otago’s Independent outdoor specialists, we’ve got something for everyone, from local garden supplies, dry firewood, and pet essentials to beautiful fresh flowers from our boutique florist and gifts shop. Whatever you’re after, you can find it at Nichol’s Garden Group, contact our gardening store today.

Handy Helpers

Attracting Ladybugs

24 January 2025

Getting ladybugs to come to your garden, and more importantly stay in your garden, is easy once you know a few simple facts and tricks.

Camellias

24 January 2025

Camellias are not only popular with tea drinkers but gardeners also. They are easy care, have wonderful glossy green leaves and beautiful flowers of many shapes and sizes. It...

Carnivorous Plants

24 January 2025

As bog plants, most carnivorous plants require damp, humid conditions to thrive. All plants except butterworts will appreciate a bright sunny position, ideally on a windowsill...

January Gardening

01 January 2025

Summer is here and our sunny warm days are spent outdoors enjoying nature, family BBQs and, of course, tending to the garden. It's now time to be planting our winter greens...

December Gardening

05 December 2024

Aside from getting the garden looking spick and span for when all your relatives come visiting over the Christmas period, there are certain, more mundane, things that need to...

November Gardening

01 November 2024

November is action stations for the seed-sowing vegetable gardeners. So much has to be sown to keep us going through autumn and winter and is a good time to plant your...

September Gardening

10 September 2024

Welcome to Spring! September marks the beginning of Spring and holds the Spring Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. This means, the daffodils start coming out, Spring...

June Gardening

03 June 2024

June is all about new season's roses arriving in store. Most flower gardeners consider it unthinkable to create a garden without roses as they can easily...