NZTCA - Links

Enduring Tree Cropping Suppliers
Allied Organisations
Special Interest including anti-cancer apples
Cropping Now - including small orchards
Treecrop-associated
Tourism
Reference resources

Enduring Tree Cropping Suppliers

Appletons Tree Nursery - supply a comprehensive range of quality deciduous, broadleaf and conifer seedlings in bundles of 10 or 25. Excellent detailed catalog available.
Copperfield Nurseries - the NZ Citrus specialists
Diacks Nursery
Edible Garden - Tree and plants, including the Retail Catalogue ex Harrisons Trees. TCA members discount of 5 % on all trees. Edible Garden, 107 James Line, RD 10, Palmerston North. Phone 06 353 8987 Fax 06 353 8986.
Harrisons Trees - Long time Tree Crops supporters - for Retail Catalogue see Edible Garden above
Gaia Trees and Permaculture - a design and planting service for tree crops and farm improvement using trees. Our organic tree nursery on the West Coast of NZ produces hardy seedlings as listed in the free catalogue.
Incredible Edibles Tharfield Nursery's products, (wholesale only) valued Bay of Plenty Branch supporters and suppliers to all your good local retail garden stores.
Landsendt Exotics - A stunning tropical utopia, Landsendt is nestled in the foothills of the Waitakere Ranges.
Nestlebrae Exotics Ever-changing display of mostly warm-climate edibles and ornamentals. Only small numbers available. A particular emphasis on bananas, casimiroas, papaya relatives and many other minor fruits. For late 2002-2003, seedlings of exotics like lychees, longans, jaboticabas, black sapotes, mangos and grafted jujubes should be ready. Guided tours available by prior arrangement - for fees see web site. Also a 345 species (in 2002) seed list, with a separate tree crops section. John Prince & Rosemary Steele 219 South Head Road, Parkhurst, R.D.1 Helensville. Ph 09-420-7312.
Productive Trees (Peele's Plant Propagation) - Wholesale Tree Nursery, Waihou RD3, Te Aroha
Southern Woods Nursery; on-line tree buying, and helpful on-line data on many aspects of planning your tree cropping.
Touchwood Books - Gardening, tree and horticulture books
Truffles and Mushrooms - Dr Ian Hall
Waimea Nurseries, Nelson. Fruit, Nut and Ornamental Trees for Gardens, Orchards and Groves. We can send nationwide.
2001 Hazelnut Nurseries Ltd - Mark and Caroline Eastmond

Top

Allied Organisations

Southern Nut Growers Assn.
An independent co-operative of nut growers marketing under one label.
Secretary: Marcus King, Christchurch.

Hazelnut Growers Association of New Zealand Inc.
Objectives include:

To promote research and encourage a domestic and overseas trade in hazelnuts.
To promote an active liaison with other research organisations and Nut and Tree Associations.

Hazelnut growers are encouraged to share pollination data online

Hazelnut Identification NZ - a new web site, December 2010

Walnut Industry Group - web site

New Zealand Macadamia Society

NZ Chestnut Council Inc.

Olives New Zealand

Top

Special Interest:

Monty's Surprise - The Anti-Cancer Apple - its all here - Central Tree Crops Research Trust from Mark Christensen and team
The home of Monty's Surprise Apple Trees is TreeLife Nursery Whanganui New Zealand - For Information and Ordering contact the growers Murray Jones & Melinda Hatherly
Apple Reference - Nev Dawkins (Waikato Branch) shares his amazing apple growing and identification project
Kitchen Gardeners International article, Wanganui apple tree project
Apple research by NZTCA
National Beekeepers' Association of NZ - http://www.nba.org.nz/
BUILDING OUR FUTURE IN WOOD - Our Most Renewable Raw Material - www.nzwood.co.nz
Agroforestry Net, Inc. (Holualoa, Hawaii) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational resources about agroforestry, trees, and sustainable stewardship of land and water.
Bush Vitality Assessment, Growing Common Futures
The BVA is a self-assessment design tool for revitalising native bush and rural communities; tree cropping and agroforestry; and for establishing farm-scale sustainability capital
Envirostakes from growingthings.co.nz – Chemical-free wooden products and stakes. Made from sustainably managed southland beech. FSC certified. This is a NZ hardwood with a good ground life, strong as well!
Fodder Tree Useage: Poplars and willows for environmental action and fodder - [HortResearch merged with Crop & Food Research in December 2008] try www.plantandfood.co.nz
Forest Needs - growers learning environment silvaculture. You?
A wealth of forestry insights and some interesting viewpoints on timber crops.
New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZAA), a national body to represent professional and non-professional people involved in New Zealand tree care, joined the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) to become its 32nd Chapter
New Zealand Notable Trees Trust - A unique record of the Notable Trees of New Zealand
Nut harvester - rolling wire whisk picker-up back-saving thingy on a handle -
http://www.lourdangrove.co.nz/nutharvester.htm
Ooooby - Out of our own back yards - Ooooby is for you if you either like to grow food (on a farm, in your backyard, in a community garden or where ever) or if you just like to eat locally grown food - www.ooooby.org
organicfacts.net - Source of factual information on different aspects of Organic Living
Truffles and Mushrooms - Dr Ian Hall
WWOOF - the basics of WWOOF, its aims, benefits, etc.
Woodlots, coppicing and wood turning - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NZgreenwood/
Zonda Resources Ltd - Producers of bumble bees and biological control agents

Top

Cropping Now:

Chineka Macadamia Nuts
MacNut Macadamia Nuts
The Nutt Ranch Hazelnuts - Waihopai Valley, Marlborough
New Zealand Lavender Grower's Association Incorporated
NZ Nut Producers Ltd - 222 Pearson Road RD2, Cromwell New Zealand.

Top

Treecrop-associated:

AsureQuality is a commercial company 100% owned by the New Zealand Government. Formed in 2007 from the merger of Asure New Zealand Limited and AgriQuality Limited, it provides food safety and biosecurity services to the food and primary production sectors.
Bluelab Corporation Limited hydroponic and irrigation supplies - forestry seedling propagation - growing without soil can be very revealing about how plants live...
Enterprise Russell; Environmental Expo in Russell - Gathering of ecological ideas and minds
Evergreen Soil Conservation Limited : Soil Conservation New Zealand
Description: 'Evergreen Soil Conservation Limited is New Zealand's foremost hydroseeding re-vegetation company. Our hydroseeding services assist with soil dust suppression and we offer a straw mulch service for sediment control. Our erosion control mat (the Evergreen Bio Mat) is suitable for difficult sites and along with conventional grass seeding we also provide a native plant landscaping service. For sites with underlying structural issues we can work in conjunction with consultants to provide an engineered environmental solution.'
Lifestyleblock.co.nz - small block farming in NZ, with a Crime page, and Hollis olives.
Farmers' Markets NZ Inc - A Farmers' market is a food market where local growers, farmers' and artisian food producers sell their wares directly to the consumer. Vendors may only sell what they grow, farm, pickle, preserve, bake, smoke or catch themselves from a defined area.
SUPPORT LOCAL - BUY LOCAL
Lifestyle Farmer magazine with an interest in commercial ventures achieved on small farm blocks.
New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
New Zealand Forestry - the Industry Information Centre
New Zealand Forest Owners' Association
plantandfood.co.nz [was Horticulture NZ was New Zealand Fruitgrowers Federation]
New Zealand Plant Finder is a plant search tool for gardeners, growers, nurseries, landscapers and tree croppers in NZ. Half of NZ's nurseries now list their stock on the where-to-buy-it database. PO Box 2237, Gisborne, NZ. Ph 06 863 1594, Fax 06 862 3111
NZ Wood - Building our future in wood
Permaculture: New Zealand; Virtual Conference
The Natural Food Hub The Far North Environmental Newsletter

Top

Tourism:

Eastwoodhill Aboretum Most comprehensive collection of Northern Hemisphere plants south of Equator.
Purangi enterprises in an interesting village.
Pottsbury Farm pleasant Homestay in orchard environment, with wormfarming.