About Us
Van Lier Nurseries has two locations in Auckland, our Massey Nursery and main administration being just twenty minutes from downtown Auckland and forty minutes from the Auctions and Auckland Airport. This enables us to achieve distribution of the freshest produce quickly and efficiently through a dedicated Flower Freight service, couriers and air transport. A second nursery located in Riverhead was built when the business was expanded in 2001. A Faber glasshouse of approximately 1 hectare with gas heating and a computer controlled environment is a representation of Van Lier Nurseries’ commitment to the utilisation of modern technology to guarantee reliable production. Our New Zealand produced flowers and plants have not travelled thousands of kilometres, are grown with minimum pesticides and with ethically correct labour practises. We are actively choosing to be environmentally friendly
Initially carnations were the first cut flower product grown. 1974 saw the introduction of roses which became the major focus of our business in the early 80’s. Subsequently we have added Alstroemeria, Gerberas, Limonium, Solidago, Statice and Veronica to our range. A further diversification was made when Van Lier Nurseries expanded into propagation. We now produce a variety of plants and are the sole provider of carnation cuttings in New Zealand.
Van Lier Nurseries is a family owned business that has been producing and selling quality flowers and plants to the New Zealand and International wholesale markets for over forty years. While our range of cut flowers is extensive our trademark flower is the rose. We currently have 1.5 hectares of glasshouse planted with over 35 varieties of roses, ensuring a consistently large supply of an array of quality roses. We are proud to have it place us as the largest rose grower in the North Island of New Zealand and the second largest in the country.