Horticulture in Napier
What you'll learn
The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:
- 1. Subject 1 – Horticulture 1
- 2. Subject 2 – Horticulture and Plant Data
Horticulture in and around Napier
Hawke's Bay is the country's largest producer of apples, pears and stone fruit, and much of that crop leaves through Napier Port, where apples were singled out in the 2026 nine-month results. The Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market, held every Sunday morning at the Tōmoana Showgrounds in Hastings, is an easy place to see what local growers have in season.
Within the city, the council's gardens show a range of growing conditions. The Botanical Gardens climb the slopes of Napier Hill, the Kennedy Park rose gardens, opened in 1951 on former lagoon land, now hold around 5000 roses, and the Centennial Gardens at the foot of Bluff Hill were built in 1974 in an old quarry. At EIT's Taradale campus, a horticulture group planted about 350 native species at the Ōtātara Outdoor Learning Centre in 2019.
Horticulture in Napier: questions
Which public gardens in Napier are worth visiting for horticulture study?
Napier City Council looks after the Botanical Gardens on Napier Hill, the Kennedy Park rose gardens (opened in 1951 and now holding around 5000 roses), the Centennial Gardens built in an old quarry in 1974, and the Marine Parade gardens.
What fruit is grown around Napier?
Hawke's Bay is the largest producer of apples, pears and stone fruit in New Zealand and the second-largest wine region after Marlborough. Napier Port's 2026 results named apples among the cargo driving growth.
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