Where to buy native plants
We hold a number of Native Plants Markets each year which feature a huge variety of native plants from a range of growers. Click below to find out about our next market & sign up to receive email updates.
If you can’t make it to one of our markets and you’re looking for native plants for your garden, below are links to community nurseries around Queensland along with details for some of the growers who attend the markets.
Community Nurseries in Queensland
Are you looking for reasonably priced native plants for your garden, property, or regeneration project? Visit your local community nursery for suitable plants and expert advice.
- In many of these nurseries, plants on offer can be quite unique and rarely available through other sources.
- They are staffed wholly or largely by volunteers with specialised knowledge, providing advice on choosing plants, planting, and care of native plant species.
- Most of the plants are grown onsite from seed or cuttings obtained from the surrounding region or elsewhere in Queensland, with most nurseries specialising in plants with local provenance.
- Native plants sourced locally are better adapted to local weather patterns and soil types, and will provide food, habitat, and shelter for wildlife in the area.
- The nurseries generally receive support from the local council and/or organisations such as Landcare, and may offer opportunities to join in seed collecting, growing, and care of native plant species.
Because most nurseries are staffed by volunteers, contact details change occasionally. If you have any problems contacting any of these nurseries, check these details on their websites. Also, the plant prices, while correct at the time of compiling this information, can change.
The nurseries have been grouped into regions. Click the links below to discover the nurseries in each region.
If you are aware of any community nurseries not listed here or details that have changed, please email us via webmanager@npq.org.au so that the list can be updated.
Some of the growers who attend our Native Plant Markets
Heather Knowles
Ebenezer
Opens most days by appointment only.
269 Ebenezer Road
Ebenezer 4340
0419 779 530
Stock includes native plants suitable for SE Qld, in 100mm pots priced from $5. Also native and exotic cycads, from $10.
Phone or email for further details and availability.
Michelle’s Native Plants
Tallebudgera – Gold Coast
michellesnativeplants@bigpond.com
A vast range of local species from grasses to trees. Specialising in SEQ species.
By appointment only thanks.
(Please note certain species by order only)
Please email for a current descriptive species list.
Click here to visit Michelle’s Native Plants Facebook page for info on events & markets.
Chris Nikolic, Smarty Plants
Tallegalla
424a Tallegalla Road
Tallegalla 4340
Ph: 0419 716441
Open Week Ends 10 am- 4 pm.
Specialising in Australian Natives, sun hardened plants at competitive prices
Visits by appointment only.
Click here to visit the Smarty Plants Facebook page.
Soul-Lee Native Flora
Bundamba
Ph. 0422452132 (Thursday to Sunday only)
Website: http://soul-lee.org
Open Thursday to Sunday 9:00 to 4:00, visits by appointment only.
Stock includes native plants mainly from SE Qld, but some of the hardier Northern plants as well. Plants are sun hardened in tubes, 90mm and 140mm pots and prices start from $3.50.
Stock list is available on the website.
Nightjar Ridge Natives
Guanaba – Gold Coast Hinterland
Ph. 0497 559 546
nightjarnatives@hotmail.com
Appointment only thanks, deliveries available upon application to South-East Qld/Northern NSW area.
Can contact us 6 days a week
Monday-Saturday 7am-5pm.
Pick-up available anytime.
We specialise in grafted standard Grevilleas at generally 1.8m high in 200mm pots. Price range from $100-$175. Wholesale/distributors contact us for a bulk discount or looking to sell our product.
Pete’s Hobby Nursery
Lowood
Ph. 07 5426 1690 or 0412 243 740
peteshobbynursery@iprimus.com.au
We are open 7 days a week 8am-4pm other times by appointment at 10 Patrick Street in Lowood. EFTPOS available
Website: https://www.peteshobbynursery.com.au/
We are a family owned and operated small native plant nursery in Lowood serving the greater Brisbane region. We specialize in rare and endangered species as well as offer a huge selection of shrubs, trees and flowering plants.
Graham & Beth McDonald
Range: Specialising in mostly Gold Coast indigenous plants. A very large range available, including rare and threatened species, ferns, rainforest plants, plants for wildlife, bush foods and butterfly host plants.
