Grower Direct's annual Giant Egg Hunt is back on Easter Saturday – and while the kids can find sweet treats around the nursery, the big kids can stock up on their essential winter garden supplies.

This Saturday Grower Direct will become a treasure trove with 500 hidden eggs for children to seek out between 10am-2pm at the free family event with a sausage sizzle, and more than 10 different home-made chilli jams and chutneys to try.

Children cashing in fluffy balls for Easter eggs during last year's Giant Egg Hunt at Grower Direct. Photo: Supplied

Owner Paul Nielsen says the event offers fun for all while encouraging people to get stuck into autumn gardening, with many having serious landscape projects on the agenda for the four-day weekend.

'This is because the moisture and warmth allows plants, shrubs and trees to establish healthy roots prior to winter – ensuring the best possible start for spring.”

Grower Direct's home-grown edibles are hugely popular – and Paul invites customers to check out their range of microgreen ready-to-eat seedling bowls.

'After a hot summer vegetable sales have kicked off – so we've extended our seedling range and really cranked our production up,” says Paul.

'Plus we've also got all of our autumn shrubs and hedging lines from feijoas to corokias, and now's a great time to put orders in for winter fruit and ornamental trees.”

'And for residents who are not sure how to create the optimum garden, we offer a landscape design service which includes a visit to see what they want and all of the design-work involved,” says Paul.

'We can do anything from minor, existing makeovers to new homes with a blank canvas –and we can also completely install gardens right from design concept to installation.”

Everyone is invited to enjoy the Easter cheer at Grower Direct, starting 10am Saturday, March 26.