Yates is a horticultural supply company primarily for the home gardening market in

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and Australia.

History

Yates was founded in

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, New Zealand by

Arthur Yates Arthur Yates (10 May 1861 – 30 July 1926) was an Australian horticulturist and seedsman who founded the horticultural supply company Yates. Early life Yates was born on 10 May 1861 in Stretford, Lancashire, England, one of the six sons of see ...

in 1883. In 1887, he opened a branch in Sussex St, Sydney, and left his brother, Ernest, in charge of the New Zealand store. They came to an agreement to run the stores separately until the 1980s, when the two companies joined together again. By 1893, Arthur started selling his seed packets for home gardeners. Yates began to sell other gardening items apart from seeds, and the range soon included fertiliser, sprays, pots, potting mix and tools. In 1895, the ''Yates Garden Guide'' was published, a basic gardening guide. The guide is still published today, after 110 years. Yates is now a subsidiary of

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Group, an Australian listed company on the S&P/ASX 200.

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Home improvement companies of New Zealand Gardening in Australia Retail companies established in 1883 Companies based in Auckland Horticultural companies of Australia New Zealand companies established in 1883