Great place. A true hidden gem. Staff are knowledgeable, helpful & friendly. Very well priced…read more Always worth a visit. Simply great quality products.

There is a really lovely saleslady at this Palmers who is super friendly, very funny and has a…read moresidekick, her personable Jack Russell dog. Together they take care of the client's queries, mine included, and tend to the garden centre. I really love them and wish I too could bring my pooch to work. This is a well-stocked Palmers garden centre with a huge nursery with seedlings, trees and pot plants for your home garden. Their vegetable seedling trays are in great condition, not spindly and over the mark as you will find in some establishments. I particularly like their gifts in the show room and have picked up a thing or two for friends and family here. Yes, they do gift wrapping.

Palm trees palm trees palm trees! So many palm trees! Everywhere you look there are palm trees!…read more As the name suggests, Danny's palms specialises in both growing and selling palm trees. Danny himself sells his palms out of a little caravan-type stall located on the edge of his palm tree paddocks off Hobsonville Road in West Harbour. Although I've never bought one of his palms, nor do I really plan to - I have to admit it is pretty cool seeing that many of them in one place. What jumps out at me the most about Danny's palms is how cute and country it is. You just wouldn't find something like it in central Auckland. Paddocks of trees, a tiny yellow caravan, the farmer actually selling his babies - it all has a really friendly, local, community vibe, and it's great. Danny's palms also offer free landscaping advice, so if you're planning on purchasing his trees, you may as well get his help with growing them and learn about what other plants and trees compliment the palms.

From the owner: Landscapers, we also are a wholesale palm nursery, better pricing than standard landscapers, plus…read moreFREE Landscape Design advice

A new garden centre based on Universal Drive in Henderson. It's got a great range of plants and…read morestuff for the garden but probably the best thing about it is the cafe. It's got a light airy feel to it and green decor gives it a funky vibe. As regards the food, it is excellent and I quite surprised how good it was as I wasn't expecting all that much to be perfectly frank. I got a the 'Big West Fest' which was as hearty and filling as the name implies. My other half went for the baked eggs which she too thought were really good. I was further pleasantly surprised by the coffee which was also very good. We sat outside and though it was Saturday afternoon, there was a relaxed vibe there. I reckon this place would be more popular if more people knew about it. Personally, I think this cafe is a bit of a hidden gem and I am looking forward to having brunch there again at some stage.