Ellebag | WaiNot Native Nursery

What makes WaiNot Natives different

WaiNot Native Nursery -
Growing New Zealand Native plants in an environmentally friendly system

WaiNot Native nursery is owned and operated by Steve & Steph Carroll.

WaiNot Native Nursery has NZ's sole Ellebag machine, making strong & robust, eco-friendly bags for our plants. Ellebags prevent soil loss, ensuring plant stability during stressful planting times out in the field.

Having been Dairy farmers in Waikite Valley up until 2018, we decided to sell our Dairy farm and develop a new business interest we had.

We built WaiNot Native nursery with the following goals:

growing strong/hardy NZ Native species that are suitable for our district.
providing sustainable

We decided to use the Ellebag system (designed by Ellepot). Ellebags have been used around the world for the past 30 years. It is relatively new in NZ, but has proven science behind it.

Feel free to give us a call, come and see our plants in the Ellebag system at the Nursery.

Discover the Ellebag difference

Have a look at Plants we stock

Why our Ellebag native plants will benefit your project.

Strong Establishment

Ellebag system by Ellepot :

Reduced root disturbance
Reduced plant shock
Reduced plant losses
No rootbound plants
Locally hardened plants
Better survival as grown up in the area they are going to live in

Labour Saving.

No decanting out of plastic
Plant Ellebag straight in the ground
Plants boxed into forestry boxes straight to site.
Use boxes to assist with planting
Can water plants in corflute boxes
Everyone in the team planting
Cleaner site
Less waste handling time
Plants graded for you

Environmental Benefits

Plants are supplied in durable, returnable corflute boxes that are reused for other projects.

This system:

Reduces single-use plastic and packaging waste.
Minimises landfill from planting projects.
Reduces on-site waste handling
Boxes fold down afterwards
Helps contractors and organisations meet sustainability and environmental targets.