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Kōrero: Market gardens and production nurseries

Cut flowers

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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, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/20025/cut-flowers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.