Motukarara Conservation Nursery
Introduction
Motukarara Conservation Nursery grows Canterbury native plants exclusively. Plants are propagated from seed collected from native remnants throughout the Canterbury region.
At the nursery you can both buy plants and get information about them and how to grow them.
Features
Visitors at an open day, Motukarara
Nursery
The display garden in front of the nursery is open 24 hours and is planted with representative plantings of local plant associations found in wetlands, coastal areas and Banks Peninsula. It also has a collection of threatened plants and plants of cultural significance.
There is an ethno-botanical garden - Nga Tipu Whakaoranga o Tutekawa - that has been developed at Motukarara Conservation Nursery as a living learning toolkit. From the time they first arrived in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Māori people depended on native plants for the necessities of life - food, firewood, shelter, clothing, and medicine. Nga Tipu Whakaoranga o Tutekawa celebrates the bonds between people and plants.
Location
The nursery is situated within the Waihora Domain at Motukarara.
Getting there
Take the Christchurch-Akaroa Highway (SH 75). Motukarara is 30 kilometres from the city centre.
Plan and prepare
Hours
The nursery is open Monday to Friday 8.00 am - 4.00 pm.
It is also open on Saturdays from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm during the key planting seasons of autumn (May - June) and spring (September - October).
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