Texture Plants

A fascination with texture, colour and the unusual, coupled with years of experience, make a Christchurch family’s business something special.

By Xanthe White In Gardens

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12th March, 2012

I can happily hang out in any garden centre, but I recently rediscovered one of those horticultural gems for which I would readily travel from Auckland to Christchurch. And, of course, domestic travel makes it possible to request a lap belt and squeeze a plant or two onto the plane home. Texture Plants was started in 1994 by brothers Tim and Hamish Prebble, who had $1000 when they built a greenhouse on family land to grow perennials for the Riccarton market at the height of the reign of country gardens. The flowers were simply a means to get started on a fresh approach to stylish gardens: ...

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