centre founded glen eden new zealand 1912 founder a. w. palmer products plants garden tools potting mix compost fertilizer weed control garden ornaments website http www.palmers.co.nz palmers gardenworld also known as palmers is new zealand s foremost garden retail chain with stores throughout the north island . history edit starting from humble beginnings palmers was originally a family business . the original site now palmers glen eden was bought by mr a w palmer for a plant nursery in 1912 . the new business prospered and grew with new zealand s first modern style garden centre being built on the glen eden site in 1958 . this success was followed by rapid expansion . 1 palmers now have 16 stores throughout the north island new zealand including three of the larger format stores palmers planet which include spa pools bbqs giftware and more . references edit palmers garden centres the history and future of palmers external links edit palmers garden centre official website palmers planet official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title palmers gardenworld & oldid 723070222 categories garden centresretail companies of new zealand navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 may 2016 at 20 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view