Australian native garden landscape

Awabakal Country · Central Coast & Lake Macquarie

We plant it. We maintain it. You harvest it.

A native nursery with a difference — every plant we sell can arrive professionally planted and cared for. From a single fruit tree to a full garden bed, your plants don't just survive. They thrive.

The Awabakal Difference

A plant isn't a purchase. It's an investment.

A fruit tree is an asset that appreciates. Every year it grows, it produces more — more fruit, more shade, more value. The only way to lose is to let it struggle. That's why every plant we sell can come professionally planted and maintained: the care costs a fraction of what a thriving tree gives back.

The maths of one lemon tree

Take a single Eureka lemon. Once established, a healthy backyard tree can produce hundreds of lemons a year — for decades. At store prices, that's hundreds of dollars of organic fruit, every single year, from one tree.

Compare that to the cost of keeping it thriving: professional care from under $5 a day. Miss out, and the tree limps along. Invest, and it pays you back every season for the rest of your life.

$79

One tree, once

100s

Of lemons a year, once mature

20+

Harvest years ahead

<$5

A day for professional care

Care plan pricing from $149/month for up to 3 plants — less than the fruit is worth.

01

We plant it

Choose your plants and we install them properly — right soil, right position, right season.

02

We maintain it

Scheduled professional care visits keep everything fed, pruned, and thriving through every season.

03

You harvest it

Fruit, herbs and vegetables from your own garden — healthier than store-bought, and it only gets better.

What We Do

Gardens that honor Country.

01

Nursery

Curated native species, fruit trees and edibles — every plant available with professional planting.

Shipped Australia-wide
02

Care Plans

The heart of what we do. Scheduled professional care so your plants don't just survive — they thrive.

From $149/month
03

Garden Beds

Design your own raised bed online — size, depth, seasonal edibles — installed with care built in.

Build yours online
04

Landscaping

Garden design, installation, and native makeovers — we remove struggling exotics and replace them with thriving natives.

Central Coast & Lake Macquarie
Our Name

Awabakal

Ah-wah-bah-kal. The people of the plain surface. "Awaba" describes Lake Macquarie — a place of flat, still water. "Ba" denotes place of. "Kal" speaks to the people.

We operate on the traditional lands of the Awabakal people, spanning modern-day Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, and the Central Coast.

Their sophisticated understanding of native plants, fire management, and sustainable land practices maintained this Country for millennia.

Today, we strive to incorporate Awabakal plant knowledge into every garden we touch. Working with Country, not against it.

Awabakal Logo

The black cockatoo, boomerang, and native flora — symbols of Awabakal Country

"We pay our respects to the Awabakal people, their Elders past and present, and their ongoing custodianship of the plants and knowledge we work with today."

Acknowledgment of Country
Contact

Begin your garden journey.

Contact Us

Kieran Meagher

21 Mimosa Rd, Budgewoi NSW 2262

Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm · Sat: 9am–4pm · Sun: 10am–3pm

0488 684 150hello@awabakalnursery.com.au

Service Area

Local: Central Coast · Lake Macquarie · Newcastle
Nursery: Australia-wide shipping
Landscaping: Partner network in all states

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