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Our Strength

The continued success of our business is a focus on our core strengths and competencies:

  • Our staff have exceptional expertise and experience, are generally longstanding employees of the company showing loyalty and a desire to exceed customer expectations
  • Eco-sourcing, tracking, verifying, registering, and maintaining seed, collected from around New Zealand
  • Propagating in the most suitable conditions for a very wide selection of native plant species
  • Growing and maintaining our plant specimens to the very best standard aimed at exceeding our customer expectations.
  • Planning and programming our production and delivery to ensure we are on specification and on time.
  • A proven track record for the supply and delivery of large, diverse, and complex projects.
  • We set minimum quality control standards for all aspects of our operations, and these are constantly being monitored, reviewed, and improved.
  • Our reputation as a recognized grower of native plants that will survive when planted in open, harsh, and exposed sites.
  • The diversity of our plant stock, which is suitable for all regions of New Zealand and for all habitats from mountains to the sea.
  • Building long-term mutually beneficial relationships with our customers, based on trust and transparency.
  • We stick to our core strengths and do not compete with our customers at any level.
  • We price to meet the market and our pricing is sustainable and competitive.
  • We offer a professional and flexible service to our customers and are solution driven.

Mission Statement

Totara Glen Nurseries provides hardy ecologically sourced native plants for supply throughout New Zealand. We aim to supply the best quality plants, on time, that exceed our customer’s expectations at all times. We advocate and promote conservation by providing for the rehabilitation of our natural environment through ‘partnering’ with key industry leaders and developing long-term, mutually beneficial relationships.

Philip Smith – (B Hort. Sc.)

Managing Director

Philip is a leader in the industry with more than 35 Years Native Plant Nursery experience. He was Managing Director of Taupo Native Plant Nursery, one of New Zealand’s leading native plant providers, from 1995 to 2014. Philip’s experience is unrivalled in the industry, and he provides significant expertise in, seed collection, propagation, production, planning, customer liaison and Health & Safety. He is also very involved in the day-to-day operations and the strategic direction of The Company.

Philip is and has also been involved in numerous industry associations including but not limited to:

  • Past President and International Director for The New Zealand Region of the International Plant Propagators Society

  • Past chairman of the Indigenous Forest Section of The New Zealand Farm Forestry Association

  • Past Committee member of the Growers Sector of The Nursery and Garden Industry Association of New Zealand

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