Nursery goes

MAROONDAH Garden Supplies is your one stop shop for all gardening needs.
Wife and husband team Christine and Liam Oliver took over the store just over 12 months ago and say that they have watched the business grow from strength to strength.
“We have watched the business not only grow in profits but it has grown into quite an impressive little nursery,” Mrs Oliver said.
“We have made an effort to make the nursery visually attractive from the street so that passersby notice we are here.”
Maroondah Garden Supplies is not only an impressive looking nursery but it also caters for gardening needs and more.
“We specialise in making the customer feel important,” Mrs Oliver said.
“But we also offer a huge variety of plants, rare and unusual, a slightly larger arrangement of giftware for both men and women than we’ve had before, and landscaping products including rocks, sand, soil, sleepers and pavers.”
With the dry months ahead, Mrs Oliver said that she has stocked the nursery with drought resistant plants.
Mrs Oliver said that native plants grow naturally in the Australian climate and were a perfect way to keep the garden looking colourful during summer.
“There are so many native plants that can survive in the heat, allowing people to still have magnificent gardens, even with the tough water restrictions,” Mrs Oliver said. Mr and Mrs Oliver’s introduction of more drought resistant plants to the nursery follows the trend throughout Australia to move from old English garden varieties to more native style plants the state enters its seventh year of drought.
As well as gardening and landscaping products, Maroondah Garden Supplies also carries all the products you need to keep pools clean over summer.
They offer free pool testing and a range of chemicals that will keep pools in top condition.
“Come in, and we’ll sort out all of your gardening, landscaping and pool needs,” Mrs Oliver said.
Maroondah Garden Supplies is located at 83 Maroondah Highway, Healesville.