The Fruitful Potager started 2010 as a regular seasonal stall holder at the Timaru Farmers Market. We are now a retail nursery. Specialising in heirloom or unusual varieties and plants grown from open pollinated seed we supply a wide range of edible plants and perennials for the home gardener who wants quality, hardy plants or something a little different.
We offer herbs, fruit bushes, fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, natives, alpine and rockery, perennials and more. Happy to order hedge plants in when needed. Many are unusual varieties you'll struggle to find anywhere else. With a focus on growing exceptional quality plants that will continue to survive (and hopefully thrive) once they leave our hands.
Many of the vegetable and bedding plants are only available at certain times of the year (usually spring or autumn) depending on variety. Some other plants are also only available in limited numbers and at different times of the year. If you would like to pre-order a plant, please e-mail us thefruitfulpotager@gmail.com
New plants are added often so please come back again. We currently offer a click and collect service from our website with plants by mail order coming soon.
The nursery is open on Friday and Saturday from 10 to 4 from August 28th for the 2026 season and by no obligation appointment all year round. We put lots of specials and plants of interest on our Facebook page.
If we don't have what you're looking for we will always try to find it.