Country Dog Garden Centre

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Country Dog Garden Centre is a gardeners paradise with a difference. Situated at 28 Thames Road, Paeroa, it is Locally owned and on site since the early 1950’s. Previously trading as Paeroa Garden Centre, it provides a premium service to the Waikato and Coromandel.

Renamed Country Dog Garden Centre by its current owner Bruce Steele in 2017, it offers a boutique gardening service, with interesting plant of quality. Possessing a wealth of knowledge and experience, the owner and staff will assist you to achieve your desired garden environment.

Bruce is Lincoln College / University of Canterbury trained, with a 4 year degree in Horticultural Science, and a 2 year post graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture. With 19 years experience as the Landscape Regional Parks Service and greater Regional Government, he is qualified to answer your questions. Projects include the site design for Mt Smart Stadium for the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and the new site for the Ellerslie Flower Show when it moved from  the Ellerslie Racecourse to the Regional Botanic Gardens in Manurewa.

He also had 15 years of Olive production on Waiheke Island, quality fruit olive grove development, property management, fruit harvesting, and production of top NZ Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

We look forward to seeing you at our Garden Centre, where you will be greeted and provided with a quality service and selection of plants and garden products.