Do you enjoy a spot of gardening? If so then you can't go past The Conservatory Garden and Home on…read moreUnley Road. This is a high end garden shop supplying quality plants so you will pay a little more but the benefit is your plants are more likely to survive if they have a good start to life. Plants at The Conservatory are all very lush and the staff do everything from selling single plants, to giving advice on making your garden thrive, to designing complete gardens. With flowering plants, climbers, trees, shrubs and a selection of plants guaranteed to survive Adelaide's extreme weather, the guys at The Conservatory know there business and are happy to share their knowledge with customers. Even if you're not buying, just walking through this garden shop is quite an experience - it's like a mini botanic garden in the midst of suburbia. Inside you'll find The Conservatory is more like a house than a shop and the interior is set up with a range of giftwares and books set out in different rooms. Some of the items you can buy there, you just wouldn't expect to see in a garden shop. In addition to everything else, they can deliver your plants if they won't fit in the car, gift wrap your purchases and will always send you on your way with a smile on your face. If its too tricky to find a park on Unley Road (as is often the case) I find their off-street car parking in Irwin Lane very handy.

The Conservatory looks -and is - a wonderful place to decorate your home & garden. The beautiful…read moreshop front on Unley Road looks more like a high class, expensive estate, but houses perfectly manicured plants for the front garden of your upper class home. The inside is filled (not really suitable for kids, too much to touch and break) with homewares, furniture, decor, prints and lots of pillows. However wonderful this place is to look through, it is very expensive - which makes it exclusive to the higher income market. Everything is of the highest quality though, go and have a look through - if not to buy, just to get ideas!

My favourite place to visit for a coffee and to buy another plant. This place is unique and…read moreawesome. They serve great coffee, tea , shakes, toasties and PLANTS. Sometimes we just go there to sit among the beautiful plants and sip coffee, do emails or read a book. It's a rare find and one that will be sure to impress. This is a plant lovers paradise. Check out their insta page - banksandbrown

Lovely little coffee shop with excellent coffee. Love the fact that you are surrounded by plants…read moreand little cosy corners where you can hide and enjoy a good cuppa.

I'm going to start this review by stating that I am *not* a gardener - I like looking at gardens,…read morebut I'm definitely not someone who likes getting my hands dirty ;) My partner, on the other hand, LOVES gardening, and has been a member of the Diggers Club for a few years. After a big night out in the city, I suggested that we swing past the Diggers shop in the Botanic Gardens, since we hadn't visited before. Unfortunately, parking was a bit difficult on Plane Tree Drive, but it was still quite nice to walk across the lawns to get to the shop. And what a shop! Although I don't like gardening, I am an artist, so appreciate the aesthetics of this establishment - all the pretty seeds lining one wall! My partner was in heaven - she loved the fact that they don't stock everything in the catalogue, but only the plants that need to be planted now. The seeds that should be sown now are labelled as such - it's all very practical. The staff are very friendly, and are knowledgeable - I assume they may have some sort of horticultural background. All in all, this is a place that even non-gardeners can appreciate!

I love Diggers. I love their online shop, the newsletters, the various awesome things you get as a…read moremember of the Diggers club, not just the discount on plants and supplies. The store in the Botanic Gardens is a bright, airy space, with beautiful glass overhead and is situated close to the cafe and overlooking the Mediteranean Garden. There's a wide selection of seedlings out the front and various tools as well. Inside is more supplies for the garden and a wall full of seeds, just about every seed you can imagine and then some more! The staff are very friendly and helpful, and there's a coin jar if you want a plastic bag. And if you want to take a look at the beautiful Museum of Botanical History, the door to that is adjacet to the Diggers shop. So you can look at history, then have a coffee, then buy some plants and stuff for the garden! Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in gardening, whatever your knowledge and skill level may be.

I just returned from the Norwood Garden Centre feeling so terrible as the staff openly mocked me…read morefor wearing a face mask. They were sending each other sideways glances and shaking their heads and making snide remarks. I can't imagine in these times why staff would be so rude and sarcastic to customers. Clearly they don't need return business. I will not return to this shop even though it is the closest garden centre to me, I would rather go the extra few km's and go to Heynes on the Parade where the staff are helpful.

There are a number of stalls in the market claiming to be organic and all of that junk. To be…read morehonest I don't really give a crap, but really the only way you can guarentee such things is to grow your own. Therefore, the most organic stall in the Central MArket has to be Prettejohns (Stall 4)! Prettejohns sells.....wait for it......plants! Well, mainly seedlings, but they will grow into plants! You can get Herbs, vege's, fruit and pretty flower plants that will go nicely in you back yard or a pot! They really cram a lot into the stall, so take some time to check it out! More than anything, I actually just like the stall as a break from the other stalls, working out which is more economical 3 mangos for $5 or 6 for $10 confuses me completely!

Prettejohns is a wonderful stall in the Adelaide Markets…read more Specializing in seeds and seedlings, Prettejohns is the only live plant stall in the Adelaide markets. A broad range of herbs, various types of vegetables as well as a few flowers, a wonderful aroma arises from the sea of green which is Prette Johns. The staff here are lovely and helpful, and willing to field enquiries as to ideal growing conditions and planting tips.

Mighty helpful? Mitre 10. I'm not sure if this is still the tag line, but it's certainly still…read moretheir attitude. Mitre 10 on Unley Road is my closest hardware store and while small, it offers most of what I need for jobs around the house and garden. The main thing I come here for is the bags of sandpit sand - 30kgs for $8.50 (I think). The drive through at the back mean I can pull in and they'll put four bags directly in the boot of my car. (Pity they can't carry it to the backyard at the other end). In the garden section there is lots of greenery, herbs and plants suitable for gifts. You'll also find to accessories and other bits and bobs such as things to do with weather, umbrellas and outdoor furniture. This is a small store, but parking is easy and the service is great. I do a lot of my shopping at Bunnings due to the one stop shop nature of the superstore, but when I need helpful advice, I support my local Mitre 10.

This is my local hardware store unfortunately. I pass it on the way to Bunnings. The reason I avoid…read moreit is because almost every time I have been there the staff are more interested in talking amongst themselves rather than asking if they can help me. Whenever I give them another chance I am amazed, it is like I am invisible. When I have approached them and asked for any advice I get blank looks. Besides that the place is soooo expensive, I can find the same product at Bunnings for half the price.

Doesn't look big from the front but once inside it goes all the way back to the end of the garden…read morepath on a gently sloping block. The majority of the shop is plants but they also have a good selection of pots, statues, etc outside and an excellent range of giftware inside the shop. It's worth venturing right down the back of the garden and having a look at their reject or damaged section. I picked up an absolute bargain...a garden angel statue of a little boy sitting with knees up to his chin, resting his head to one side over folded arms, posed looking down eyes closed. These statues look aged and retail for over $250, I found the purchase of the year paying only $50 because he was damaged, to me I didn't care...he's beautiful as he is. This is not to say it'll happen often but when and if it does...you're in luck. The garden centre is well maintained and well stocked for all you need to plant out your garden, patio, etc, also great for garden orientated gifts.