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Welcome to the
Digger's Garden
We have Australia's largest range of vegetables, flowers and fruit, plants and seeds that can be delivered
DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR.
You may not have heard of us because we don't want to sell the ordinary sort of plants, like Bunnings, nurseries or supermarkets. We began 28 years ago, offering seeds and plants in our mail order catalogues. We pack your order at our warehouse and Australia Post delivers direct to your garden, whether it's in Darwin or Hobart. It's cheaper that way and saves you driving hundreds of miles to pick up our sort of plants, that aren't available at your local nursery.
We have specialised in growing hard to find, non-mainstream seeds and plants for mail order customers, who are passionate gardeners.
Our plants are trialled for hardiness and drought tolerance under the hot Australian sun. They're also displayed in our gardens, taste-tested in our cafes and propagated in our nurseries.
If you are tired of tomatoes that bounce, potted colour that's only ankle-high, and tasteless, supermarket fruits of deception, then you are our sort of gardener. We have 10 passionate gardeners, 3 chefs, and another 37 staff eager to help you.
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founder Clive Blazey |
Safe seed pledge
Seeds are the basis on which our lives depend. We will promote their diversity and free availability, and fight all attempts to own or destroy our garden inheritance of open pollinated heirloom seeds.
We oppose genetically engineered seeds that promote the use of chemicals. We support sustainable slow food agriculture. |
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Our specialities:
Heirloom Tomatoes
We have Australia's tastiest and most delicious tomatoes, all heirlooms and nine colours other than red, that you will never find at your supermarket.
Seeds available all year |
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Precious melons
The Moon and Stars watermelon is the poster child of the heirloom seed movement. Its buttery moons and constellations of stars are awe-inspiring. Unique among watermelons, both foliage and fruit are bedecked with heavenly bodies
Seeds available all year |
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Strawberries
Tired of tough, tasteless supermarket strawberries? We have rescued 10 absolutely delicious, aromatic strains, that had been discarded because they are too soft to travel.
Plants available Jun-Aug |
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Potatoes and Garlic
Our gourmet, cream-fleshed potatoes and garlic are sought after by chefs. Easy to grow and highly productive.
Corms and tubers available Jun-Sep
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Eat more fruit
That's the key to a long, healthy life.
We can show you how to grow your own fruit and vegetables in the tiniest backyard. We can supply the tastiest gourmet peaches and apples that disappeared from supermarkets years ago.
“The best tasting and nutritious fruits and vegetables never reach the market because supermarkets only buy rock hard fruits of deception that improve their bottom line” says author Clive Blazey.
Plant a tree for your children to pick from.
Is there any greater pleasure than watching our children pick their first apple, strawberry or pumpkin? Peaches dripping with juice and sweetness can only be enjoyed to the full when picked from the tree.
Living in tune with nature
Gardening organically returns carbon to the soil instead of CO2 to the atmosphere.Twenty-five percent of emissions are the result of us not growing our own food, so every camellia or azalea you replace with an avocado or blueberry, solves climate change.So let us help you grow food organically, that’s free of GMO’s and chemicals so you are living in tune with nature.
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New dwarf, mini-plot fruit
Full sized fruit on easier to prune dwarf trees. Net and pick at 2 metre spacings, allowing you to become self-sufficient in 12 square metres. |
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Avocados
for every backyard
Thriving wherever camellias and lemons grow, which includes Melbourne, as well as Sydney and Brisbane. Up to 200 fruit per tree. |
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New self-pollinating fruit
You only need one tree - for 'Stella' cherry, almond, peaches, nectarines and apricots. |
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Dwarf citrus
Half sized trees with full sized fruit. Ideal for pots and patios. Blood oranges, new 'Oroblanco' pommelo, limes, 'Buddha's Hand', lemons and grapefruit. |
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Plants direct to your door
Our one drip plants  survive the hottest summers, so you can plant your Digger's plants and bulbs with confidence that they will succeed. At our two gardens, Heronswood and St Erth, we trial all our plants for garden worthiness, discarding those that flower too briefly or don't suit our hot, dry summers. We list over 400 hardy perennials, each described by cold hardiness and heat tolerance. Rarely offered in nurseries, they thrive in Australia's finest gardens. Please visit our gardens to choose the ideal plants for your own garden.
Digger’s standards
The Digger’s Club Nursery is accredited to ensure that your plants have been produced to the highest standard demanded by the NIASA. We guarantee all plants to be successful within climate zones stated, or we will replace them, or credit your account.
Receive plants by mail
We send plants by Australia Post from April to October 15 when growth has slowed. This ensures they arrive in the best possible condition. We send our plants anywhere from Hobart to Darwin. Order now and receive them in winter and spring, which is the best time to plant.
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Garden worthy flowers
70% of our flowers are drought tolerant. Romneya coulteri (opposite) is the toughest and most beautiful of all poppies.
A classic Digger's plant.
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Lupins, poppies, hollyhocks, and foxgloves.
The foundations of our prettiest gardens - the cottage garden. |
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Madonna Lily
Has inspired poets since the Middle Ages. A fragrant, pristine and drought tolerant bulb. |
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Heirloom sweet peas
The best sweet peas haven't changed for hundreds of years. Fragrant, beautiful and easy to grow. |
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