Make your garden greener by picking up some gems from our Nursery's Plant Sales.
We offer a wide range of ground covers, grasses, trees and shrubs that are native to the Wollongong area, as well as other Australian natives. You can check our plant list below a week before each sale to find out what will be available.
Our expert horticulturalists are on hand at each sale to help with advice about plant selection for your garden.
Please note: this Plant Sale is only open to residents of the Wollongong City Council area.
Worm farms and compost bins are currently unavailable.
Nursery location
65 Northfields Avenue, Keiraville
Please note: there is no access to the Nursery from within the Garden, you must enter via Northfields Ave.
Upcoming Sales
We open our nursery on the third Friday of each month plus a few Saturdays thoughout the year.
Our next plant sales are shown below or check out our event calendar for a full list of sales and other Garden events.
View our Events Calendar for all upcoming events at the Garden.
Available plants
Below is the plant list for Friday 19 April 2024.
This list is updated a few days before each sale. Plants are listed in alphabetical order by their common name.
Common name | Scientific name |
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Apple Berry | Billardiera scandens |
Bangalow Palm | Archontophoenix cunninghamiana |
Black Plum | Diospyros australis |
Black Wattle | Callicoma serratifolia |
Blackthorn | Bursaria spinosa |
Blue Flax-lily | Dianella caerulea |
Bolwarra | Eupomatia laurina |
Bracelet Honey Myrtle | Melaleuca armillaris |
Branching Grass-flag | Libertia paniculata |
Bridal Daisy-bush | Olearia microphylla |
Brush Pepperbush | Tasmannia insipida |
Bushy Hedgehog Grass | Echinopogon caespitosus |
Brush Muttonwood | Myrsine howittiana |
Cabbage Tree Palm | Livistona australis |
Celery Wood | Polyscias elegans |
Cheese Tree | Glochidion ferdinandi |
Cinnamon Myrtle | Backhousia myrtifolia |
Coastal Banksia | Banksia integrifolia |
Coast Tea-tree | Gaudium laevigatum |
Coastal Rosemary | Westringia fruticosa |
Coffee Bush | Breynia oblongifolia |
Cunjevoi | Alocasia brisbanensis |
Cut-leaved Mint Bush | Prostanthera incisa var. sieberi |
Dagger Hakea | Hakea teretifolia |
Deciduous Fig | Ficus henneana |
Deeringia | Deeringia amaranthoides |
Dune Fan Flower | Scaevola calendulacea |
Dusky Coral Pea | Kennedia rubicunda |
Dwarf Lilly Pilly | Acmena smithii 'minor' |
Fairy Fan Flower | Scaevola aemulea |
Greater Brown Sedge | Carex brunnea |
Guioa | Guioa semiglauca |
Gymea Lily | Doryanthes excelsa |
Heath Myrtle | Baeckea imbricata |
Heath-leaved Banksia | Banksia ericifolia |
Hillock Bush | Melaleuca hypericifolia |
Hoary Guinea Flower | Hibbertia obtusifolia |
Hop Goodenia | Goodenia ovata |
Illawarra Flame Tree | Brachychiton acerifolius |
Kerrawang | Commersonia dasyphylla |
King Fern | Todea barbara |
Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
Koda | Ehretia acuminata |
Kurrajong | Brachychiton populneus |
Large Leaf Hop Bush | Dodonaea triquetra |
Lilac Lily | Schelhammera undulata |
Lilly Pilly | Acmena smithii |
Long-leaved Westringia | Westringia longifolia |
Moreton Bay Fig | Ficus macrophylla |
Murrogun | Cryptocarya microneura |
Native Coleus | Plectranthus graveolens |
Native Elderberry | Sambucus australasica |
Native Ginger | Alpinia caerulea |
Native Indigo | Indigofera australis |
Native Mulberry | Hedycarya angustifolia |
Native Quince | Alectryon subcinereus |
Native Rosella | Hibiscus heterophyllus |
Native Storksbill | Pelargonium australe |
Native Tamarind | Diploglottis australis |
Native Violet | Viola hederacea |
NSW Waratah | Telopea speciosissima |
Old Man Banksia | Banksia serrata |
Oval-leaf Mintbush | Prostanthera ovalifolia |
Peperomia | Peperomia blanda var. floribunda |
Pig Face | Carpobrotus glaucescens |
Plum Pine | Podocarpus elatus |
Pollia | Pollia crispata |
Pollia | Pollia crispata 'dwarf form' |
Port Jackson Pine | Callitris rhomboidea |
Prickly Currant Bush | Coprosma quadrifida |
Prickly Moses | Acacia ulicifolia |
Red Cedar | Toona ciliata |
Red Olive Plum | Elaeodendron australe |
Rock Isotome | Isotoma axillaris |
Rough Guinea Flower | Hibbertia aspera |
Rough-fruited Pittosporum | Pittosporum revolutum |
Round Leaf Tea-tree | Hibbertia aspera |
Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
Sandfly Zieria | Zieria smithii |
Sandpaper Fig | Ficus coronata |
Scrub Beefwood | Stenocarpus salignus |
Sea Berry Saltbush | Rhagodia candolleana |
Sea Rush | Juncus kraussii |
Sickle Wattle | Acacia falcata |
Silky Hakea | Hakea sericea |
Small-leaved Bleeding Heart | Homalanthus stillingiifolius |
Snake Vine | Hibbertia scandens |
Snowy Mint Bush | Prostanthera nivea |
Spicy Everlasting | Ozothamnus argophyllus |
Spiny-headed Mat-rush | Lomandra longifolia |
Stout Bamboo Grass | Austrostipa ramosissima |
Straight Wattle | Acacia stricta |
Sunshine Wattle | Acacia terminalis |
Swamp Foxtail Grass | Pennisetum alopecuroides |
Swamp Honey-myrtle | Meleleuca squamea |
Swamp Oak | Casuarina glauca |
Tall Sedge | Carex appressa |
Tantoon | Leptospermum polygalifolium |
Tick Bush | Kunzea ambigua |
Tree Violet | Melicytus dentatus |
Tussock Grass | Poa labillardierei |
Victorian Christmas Bush | Prostanthera lasianthos |
Warrigal Greens | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
Water Gum | Tristaniopsis laurina |
White Cedar | Melia azedarach |
White Correa | Correa alba prostrate form |
White Paper Daisy | Coronidium elatum |
Yellow Ash | Emmenosperma alphitonioides |
Common name | Scientific name |
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Alpine Pratia | Pratia puberula |
Bottlebrush | Callistemon sp. and cultivars |
Coastal Rosemary | Westringia sp. and cultivars |
Davidson's Plum | Davidsonia jerseyana |
Dwarf Sugar Gum | Eucalyptus cladocalyx 'nana' |
Fan Flower | Scaevola 'Pink form' |
Fan Flower | Scaevola 'Purple form' |
Fringed Wattle | Acacia fimbriata |
Headland Zieria | Zieria prostrata 'carpet star' |
Hillock Bush | Melaleuca hypericifolia 'Ulludulla beacon' |
Lemon Scented Myrtle | Darwinia citriodora |
Lilly Pilly | Syzygium sp. and cultivars |
Midgen Berry | Austromyrtus dulcis 'blush' |
Native Fuschias | Correa sp. and cultivars |
Pink-flowered Myrtle | Hypocalymma angustifolium |
Rock Daisy | Brachyscome 'brasco violet' |
Rock Thryptomene | Thryptomene saxicola 'F.C.Payne' |
Spider Flower | Grevillea sp. and cultivars |
Swan River Pea | Gastrolobium celsianum |
Tea-tree | Leptospermum sp. and cultivars |
Weeping Lillypilly | Waterhousea floribunda |
Yellow Buttons | Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'York Peninsula' |
Extra information about our plant sales
Current prices for our plants, worm farms and compost bins are shown below. Prices include GST.
Worm farms and compost bins are currently unavailable.
You can pay by card (not AMEX). Cash is not accepted.
Bring your current rates notice as proof that you’re a resident of the Wollongong City Council area to buy plants at these sales.
From 1 July 2023, when you get permission from Council to remove a tree from your property your approval will include a condition that says you must plant a replacement tree. The full conditions for replacing trees will be explained in your Tree Permit.
How to collect your free replacement tree
- Present your Tree Permit to our friendly staff at one of our monthly Greenplan Plant Sales. These sales at our Garden Nursery are scheduled on the third Friday of each month, see upcoming sale dates listed above.
- We will present you with a plant voucher and help you select the right tree for your property. The species of 'replacement trees' as tube stock seedlings will vary slightly from month to month. The tree species available at the next plant sale are listed below. The list is updated at least a week prior to each plant sale.
- Before you leave, present your plant voucher to staff who will mark down that you have collected your replacement tree(s) from us, and which species you selected.
We've identified suburbs within Wollongong that have fewer trees than other areas as 'low canopy cover' suburbs. If you live in one of these 20 suburbs, you must plant one tree for each tree you remove, but we encourage you to plant more if you can. Your Tree Permit for removal will entitle you to two replacement trees for each tree you remove.
Below is the tree replacement plant list for Friday 19 January 2024.
This list is updated a week before each sale. Plants are listed in alphabetical order by their common name.
Common name | Scientific name |
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Cheese Tree | Glochidion ferdinandi |
Flax-leaved Paperbark | Melaleuca linariifolia |
Moreton Bay Fig | Ficus macrophylla |
Mutton Wood | Myrsine howittiana |
Plum Pine | Podocarpus elatus |
Prickly-leaved Paperbark | Melaleuca styphelioides |
Red Ash | Alphitonia excelsa |
Straight Wattle | Acacia stricta |
Sunshine Wattle | Acacia terminalis |
Swamp Oak | Casuarina glauca |
Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
Water Gum | Tristaniopsis laurina |
Whalebone Tree | Streblus brunonianus |
White Cedar | Melia azedarach |
Yellow Ash | Emmenospermum alphitonoides |
For more information about the new rules for tree management visit the Trees and your Property webpage on Council's website.
We happily accept the return of pots from any plants you've bought at one of our sales, and we will reuse them.
Please note, we don't accept damaged pots or any pots that were bought elsewhere.
Plant Sale FAQs
No. You must not take cuttings, pick, damage or remove any plants from the garden.
This also includes any dead plants or leaves and twigs that might have fallen on the ground.
We do have herbs (such as parsley and mint) growing near the playground which you are welcome to use, just make sure you leave some for other visitors!
If you want a plant for your home, check out our Native Plant Sales.
Our Greenplan Plant Sales are a Wollongong Local Government Area ratepayer subsidised service.
If you rent in the area you will need to seek approval from your landlord. Ask them to write a letter of support for your garden plans and bring that along to our next Plant Sale so you can make a purchase.
Yes, our qualified horticultural staff and knowledgable Friends volunteers are available to provide advice at our monthly Plant Sales.
You'll find great plant information on the Growing Illawarra Natives website, including many of the plants we have available to purchase from our nursery. Be sure to check out the useful Plant Finder.
We ask that you DON'T bring any plants to the garden as they can introduce pest and disease to our valuable collections.
We do not have a herbarium or botanist on site. For accurate plant identification contact The National Herbarium of NSW who may be able to help you identify a plant.
You can also check the Growing Illawarra Natives website which contains useful information on local plant species.
You're welcome to email us photos of the plant (please include clear close ups of flowers, fruit, leaves and bark), and we'll let you know if we can identify it.