About Us

Mike Haughton established his indigenous plant nursery, Neerim Native Flora, in 2000. The nursery, now run by son Stephen (under the name Baw Baw Native Plants) continues to grow locally-native plants for revegetation and landscaping projects throughout the region.

The Challenge

Whist running Neerim Native Flora, Mike struggled to find affordable plant labelling for his range of plants, mainly because:-

· Label producers generally require orders for stock descriptive labels to be in relatively large minimum quantities, which does not always suit the needs of plant growers who might only grow a small number of a particular plant species.

· Label producers do not hold a comprehensive range of stock labels, particularly for those “more obscure” plants, which are not well known nor extensively grown in cultivation. Paying a set-up charge for a new label to be created did not appeal to Mike (nor to his accountant !), particularly given that Mike grew a large number of these more obscure plants.

It is not uncommon for growers, when faced with these issues, to handwrite a tag - unfortunately, this limits the information available to a customer (as it is often only the name of the plant which is written). This can mean that with the very limited information provided, the plant’s attributes are not fully understood and it may not be planted in the most-appropriate location, nor properly maintained.

The Solution

Mike’s answer to this problem was to purchase the necessary equipment to create his own labels. In time, other nurseries contacted Mike for access to his labels. A back operation in 2008 (nursery work is hard on the back) meant that, in compliance with his surgeon’s instructions to “cease & desist”, Mike decided to hang up his secateurs and establish Tags For Pots.

Specialising in Short-run Custom Plant Tags & Labels