Specialist Growing Partner

Grow with confidence

We combine large-scale growing capability, practical expertise and reliable planning to help New Zealand's most important planting projects succeed.

Why Choose Riverside

  • Multiple potted small plants in black containers with a white label displaying plant information, including a QR code, seed type, and expiration date.

    Growing Expertise

    With more than 185 years of growing knowledge and deep native plant expertise. We provide practical advice grounded in real-world experience.

  • Multiple trays of young green seedlings growing in a greenhouse or nursery.

    Scale with Certainty

    We combine production capacity, planning, systems and accountability to deliver plants at the scale clients need, when and where they need them.

  • Partners in Sucess

    Partners in Sucess

    Through early involvement and a collaborative approach, we help clients shape their projects from initial objectives through to establishment.

Projects We Support

  • Grown for lasting restoration

    Native restoration projects depend on getting the early decisions right. The right species, seed source, growing standard and timing all influence how well plants establish once they leave the nursery.

  • Enhancing landscape outcomes

    Landscape and commercial projects benefit from plant supply being considered early. The right planning can improve availability, simplify selections and give project teams greater confidence before planting begins.

  • We support landowners undertaking large-scale restoration, carbon forestry plantings, and biodiversity projects on farms and land around the country.

  • Every seedling is a strong investment

    Forestry planting programmes depend on consistency, timing and field performance. Seedlings need to be grown to specification, ready when conditions are right and reliable across large orders.

  • Supply that fits the programme

    Infrastructure planting needs supply that works within the wider programme. Timelines are often fixed, stakeholders are varied and planting needs to happen within defined seasonal windows.

  • Growing partnerships that endure

    We work alongside iwi and rūnanga to support restoration, carbon and environmental planting projects through trusted relationships, eco-sourcing expertise and long-term collaboration.

A Partner You Can Count On

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    Catchment Restoration

    80,000 eco-sourced natives supplied and planted across a priority regional catchment over three seasons, including floodplain, wetland and riparian zones.

  • A freeway overpass with a metal railing, supported by concrete pillars, with dry grass and plants in the foreground and streetlights on the bridge.

    Mitigation Planting

    Multi-site delivery under tight construction programmes. 600,000+ plants grown and staged for key roading systems.

  • A small stream running through healthy native planting with tall, green plants and trees, and a metal footbridge crossing over the stream.

    Wetland Restoration

    Long-term contract growing partnerships supporting whenua restoration and economic development.

  • Tray of consistent Eucalyptus, green and reddish seedlings growing in black plastic containers.

    Commercial Forestry

    Millions of forestry seedlings grown for carbon and harvest programmes nationwide — from Eucalyptus to Giant Redwoods.

  • Mountain landscape with green hills, wild shrubs, and trees, with snow-capped peaks in the background, and a person walking along a distant trail. High altitude native planting.

    Carbon Planting

    Partnering with high country stations to diversify revenue streams and regenerate landscapes — supplying both native and forestry species to New Zealand’s largest farms.

  • A landscaped street view with palm trees, ornamental grasses, a stone retaining wall, a sidewalk, and crosswalk, overcast sky

    Commercial Landscapes

    Working alongside landscape architects at specification stage for large-scale developments, ensuring plant selection responds to site ecology, build scale, and programme timelines.

  • A open cast mine, planting to acheive native regeneration. A rocky quarry with machinery and a small pond, surrounded by hills and greenery.

    Mine Rehabilitation

    Providing plant supply for quarry and mineral extraction rehabilitation — supporting staged restoration, erosion control, and long-term landscape recovery.

  • Aerial view of a solar panel farm with rows of solar panels on green grass, casting shadows.

    Consent Compliance

    Supplying large volumes of native plant stock for solar farm screening, biodiversity corridors, and site stabilisation across utility-scale renewable energy projects.

  • Coastal Protection

    Protecting coastlines with resilient plant supply for dune stabilisation, erosion control and coastal restoration projects.

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Need Plants Sooner?

While we specialise in contract growing, we also have selected stock available for immediate supply.

Browse our current stocklist for plants ready to order.

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185 Years of Growing Expertise

For more than 185 years, Riverside has been helping shape New Zealand's landscapes through practical growing knowledge, innovation and long-term relationships.

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