It has 12 stores, including three in Auckland, selling a range of plants and gardening equipment.

[1] The head office of Palmers is in Rosedale, Auckland.

[1] Starting from humble beginnings Palmers was originally a family business.

The original site, in Glen Eden, Auckland, was bought by A W Palmer for a plant nursery in 1912.

[2] The new business prospered and grew with New Zealand's first modern style garden centre being built on the Glen Eden site in 1958.