Landscaping Resources

"I know, why don't we buy the garden centre?"

 

It was late 2019 and after years of working in the corporate world including three years in Bangkok. Tinbeerwah locals David Callachor and Sarah Hansen were looking for the next chapter. By mid 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, the deal was signed and they committed to purchase the Doonan Valley Garden Centre, which had been operating at the same site for over 30 years.

 

They weren't the only ones wondering what they were taking on in such uncertain times, but within a short time the garden centre was injected with Sarah's vision.... to create the type of garden centre that was sorely lacking at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast.

It was quickly filled with an extensive range of plants suitable for both acreage and suburban gardens, as well as becoming the place to go for a unique range of pots, planters and other garden ornaments, as Sarah drew on contacts made during their time in Asia.

This part of the garden centre is known as 'Seadragon Style' and is the only source of these handcrafted and hand painted pots in Australia.

As a veracious self-taught gardener and 'hort', who spent much of her time in Thailand wandering the plant markets, parks and gardens, Sarah also eagerly shared her knowledge with newcomers to the Coast, many of whom were unfamiliar with gardening in our subtropical climate and from this, a consultancy service also began to evolve.

With momentum gathering, 18 months later the opportunity to purchase 'The Yard' came along. It just made sense - the synergies were obvious and so David and Sarah jumped at the opportunity and as a result have created the largest landscaping yard and garden centre in the region and the one stop shop for home gardeners, landscapers and other construction trades.