Our purpose is simple…
to make gardening fun!
Welcome to our garden design revolution! We’re a husband-and-wife team who transitioned from the corporate world of technology to pursue our shared passion for plants and innovation. Our journey began in Sydney, where we built a successful tech business that recommended TV shows based on your preferences and told you exactly where to stream them. This innovative approach earned us a spot in the Australian Financial Review Fast 100 and Smart Company awards.
But as much as we loved technology, we yearned for something that brought beauty and life into everyday spaces. This led us to the Gold Coast, where we embarked on a new adventure—applying the same tech-driven strategies that made streaming easy and enjoyable to the world of garden design.
Our mission is simple yet groundbreaking: to show you which plants belong in which garden styles, just as our previous platform showed you which TV shows were available on which streaming services. In a market saturated with plant-selling websites, it’s easy to get lost in the options without a clear vision. That’s where we come in. We’ve developed a system that guides you through selecting your garden style with engaging quizzes and online consultations. Once you’ve found your style, our calculators quickly determine what you need to bring it to life, from plant quantities to cost estimates.
We’re not just selling plants—we’re leading the industry by creating tools that make it easy, fast, and cost-effective for you to design your dream garden. It’s a bold, controversial approach, but one we believe will transform the way you think about gardening.
Having grown up surrounded by the lush landscapes of Tweed Valley and the Sunshine Coast, we’re now bringing that love of nature to the Gold Coast, where we live with our three boys. Join us on this exciting journey as we innovate the planting and garden design category, making it accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Let’s create something extraordinary together.
We keep it in the family
Growing up in the foothills of Mt Warning, our founder Alana developed a deep connection with nature in her childhood, inspiring her to establish the ‘Local Botanist.’ With a rich family history of fruit farming in the Tweed Valley region, taking advantage of the fertile soils and abundant water in the volcanic caldera, we carry on this legacy. Presently, our nursery in Terranora is lovingly tended to by Alana’s parents, Trevor and Helen. Extending our reach, we also operate from locations in Mermaid Waters and Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast.
Raising happy, healthy plants
on the Gold Coast
We only source high-quality plant stock directly from dedicated Australian growers, prioritising plant health over pot size for our Gold Coast clientele. Where possible, we aim to source our plants from tissue stock growers, who use this advanced plant propagation method of cultivating plant cells in a controlled environment. This technique offers advantages such as disease-free plant production and the ability to propagate plants with ideal traits.
And most importantly, we offer plant coaching, so we know you’re going home with all the knowledge you need to keep your plants thriving in the Gold Coast climate.