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2024 Rose Catalogue

Available now to pre-order via phone, email or in-store

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Nichol’s annual rose catalogue is hot off the press; you’re invited to pay & pre order now for June 2024 arrival in stores. 

Pinehaven Garden Sheds

High-quality wooden garden sheds, studios & landscape products. proudly made in New Zealand for New Zealand conditions.

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High-quality wooden garden sheds, studios & landscape products. proudly made in New Zealand for New Zealand conditions. 

Ready for a new cat or dog?

Things to consider before you commit

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Owning a pet is a long-term commitment with the average life span of cats and dogs being around 12 years.  Some dogs and cats can even live until 15 or even 20 years of age. Check this guide to see if your as prepared as you need to be...

Cats Meeting Dogs

Introducing your new cat to your family dog

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Despite popular belief that cats and dogs are sworn enemies, if introduced correctly they can actually be great friends. This takes time however, and extreme caution as dogs generally just want to play and chase cats, while cats misinterpret and get defensive and afraid. 

Nichol's Landscaping Services

Landscape Design & Project Management

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Our experience in both residential and commercial landscaping uniquely enables us to be able to carry out all aspects of landscape design and planning as well as deliver the end result. Contact us for an obligation-free quote.

10 Foods Your Pet Shouldn't Eat

Some ordinary everyday foods are toxic to our furry friends

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There are a number of foods that you MUST avoid if you want to reduce potential nutritional and physiological problems with your pets. As a pet owner, its likely you have the customary animal food in your cupboards like a bag of bird pellets or seed for your feathered friends, dog biscuits for dogs or cat biscuits for cats. You'll hopefully also have.... 

Garden Consultation Services

Get advice from the experts!

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Not sure where to start with improving your garden, let alone know what plants would be good where? And, how can you best disguise that awful shady, damp corner? What about dampening the noise from the traffic that runs alongside - what would be best used for this? 

Nichol's Long History

We've been around since 1865, read about our fascinating history...

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From horse and coach to railways and whaling; from seed and grain to poultry and stock food; from garden fertiliser to garden centres, the Nichol’s brand is a proud Otago and Southland tradition spanning over 150 years of enterprise.

Parrot Profiles

Parakeets, Conures, & Cockatiels

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Parrots can make wonderful, entertaining pets.  Large parrots tend to make a lot more noise that smaller parrots like cockatiels and all are known to be more vocal when ignored or bored, Ensure they have things inside their cage for entertainment and also spend time playing with them each as this trains them to be more tame and affectionate. 

Bearded Dragon

How to properly look after these sun-bathing pets

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The bearded dragon’s scientific name is Pogona Vitticeps. They are medium sized lizards generally 30-60cm length from their heads to the tip of their tail.

Bearded dragons are only naturally found in Australian deserts and mostly in the southeastern Northern Territory and the eastern half of South Australia. Their habitats include woodlands, savannahs and deserts.

Red Eared Turtles Care Guide

How to properly look after these long-living pets

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Red Eared Turtles are entertaining and long living pets that can make an excellent addition to your family. To help them be around for as long as possible lets first read up on them to understand more about the care required. 

Rabbit Care Guide

Cages, enclosures & food - everything you need to know

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With frequent handling, rabbits make great social and gentle pets but we need to understand what is required for their proper care and continued health. If you're looking to add a rabbit to your family here's what things you need to know...

Guinea Pigs

Basic Guinea Pig Care Guide

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Guinea pigs are timid creatures but can become social pets with lots of care and low stress frequent handling.  Read up on them to understand a little bit more about them and the care required for your future friend.

Common Fish Problems

Answers to the most common fish keeping issues

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There are the same problems that fish owners have time and time again even if they're the most diligent of carer. Read on to see what these two most common questions/problems are and how they can be fixed.