Sowing seeds of restoration

“Growing native plants, especially for restoration purposes, is my passion. It’s amazing how quickly an area can be transformed by planting. The birds will arrive as soon as there is a tree for them to perch on and feed from,” Rhonda shares.

Her nursery, ReForest Native Plants, is a wholesale nursery based on Jones Road, Omaha, and is renowned for its healthy, strong and locally-suited specimens. “My focus is selling to others in the plant industry and to private customers requiring over 50 native plants,” Rhonda says.

“Restoring and enriching our local habitat through planting starts at the very beginning. Seeds are eco sourced, meaning they are collected from wild plants growing naturally in the area. I can trace each plant in the nursery back to its source,” Rhonda explains. “Eco sourcing our seeds helps ensure the cultivation of a vigorous plant that is well adapted to thrive locally.”

After three decades in the horticulture industry, Rhonda established ReForest Native Plants in 2019, enabling her to cover all aspects of the plant growing process, from seed collection, potting, plant care, dispatch, and deliveries.

Plants from ReForest are suited to a range of applications, including boundary and privacy plantings, streams and wetlands, drainage fields for sewage systems and large-scale land revegetation projects. “I love that by replanting these areas they can be transformed from degraded and broken land into beautiful areas and quickly these spaces become home to native birds, fungi, and insects,” Rhonda notes.

Rhonda specialises in growing smaller ready to plant sizes for quicker establishment and higher survival rates. “The benefits of a smaller plant are reduced costs and better adaptation,” she emphasises. As a commercial nursery Rhonda welcomes enquiries via email, extending her expertise to all plant enthusiasts.

www.ReforestNativePlants.com | RhondaFW@yahoo.co.nz