About 48 years ago, my dad, George, came home with an Orchid... from that day forward, he was hooked. We had a small backyard at the time, and it didn't take long before the clothesline made way for the Orchid house.

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After we quickly ran out of space both inside and out, we moved to a larger property in Engadine and set up a backyard home business selling Orchids. The entire family worked in the nursery. We all did the odd job after school like watering, weeding, writing thousands of labels (it was the time before printers!), deflasking and planting Orchid seedlings with Mum in the shed.

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After 20 years at Engadine, Dad and Mum had to move again because, although Engadine was big, it was not big enough for the insane number of Orchids that Dad had collected and hybridised. They moved into a 20-acre property in Tomerong (SE NSW) and we have been there for 30 years now.

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Although my dear father has since passed away, his passion for orchids lives on through our family. 

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In 2002, my husband and I moved the retail component of the business to a more prominent position on the Princes Highway at Heathcote. And we added the name to 'The Orchid Place' to the already well-known name my dad has christened us with; 'Sydney Orchids'.

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We aim to provide a huge variety, supreme quality and expert advice to all who visit our Orchid nursery. We cater to gardeners, hobbyists, enthusiasts, gift buyers, landscapers, florists, researchers, dabblers and anyone who is Orchid curious.

 

The nursery is easy to find and there is plenty of parking.

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We also consider ourselves as merchants, often sourcing orchids from other specialist orchid growers from around Australia. This way, you can find the best of every orchid in the one location.

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We are open Everday from 9am to 5:30pm.