Just off the M1 at Ourimbah, tucked behind Mitre 10, this sprawling nursery has been supplying the Central Coast, Sydney, Newcastle and Hunter regions for decades. It's one of those places where the sheer scale of stock rewards slow browsing: Australian natives sit alongside specimen trees, landscape shrubs, forestry species and fruit trees, while seasonal benches turn over with vegetable seedlings — chillies, leeks, pak choi, snowpeas — and pots of colour bound for someone's front step. Grass trees and Japanese maples come and go as availability allows, and in season the camellias and roses put on their own quiet show. Beyond the plants, there's a substantial yard of pots, statues and fountains, plus the fertilisers, barks and soils that keep a garden actually working rather than just looking good on day one. It's a working nursery rather than a styled destination, the kind of sprawling, practical operation where staff know their stock and where a local gardening radio show finds a natural sponsor. Open every day except Monday, it rewards those willing to wander the aisles rather than shop from a website — some 230 plants are listed online, but the real range only reveals itself on site.