Story: Market gardens and production nurseries

Cut flowers

Watch footage of gerberas and carnations being grown in Frank Sherman’s glasshouse in Henderson, West Auckland in 1981. At that time carnations were the most popular cut flowers in New Zealand and gerberas were growing in popularity.

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Maggy Wassilieff, 'Market gardens and production nurseries - Production nurseries and cut flowers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/20025/cut-flowers (accessed 28 April 2024)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 24 Nov 2008