New at Fairhill
Plant Matchmaking
Speed-dating-style tables where our horticultural team match you with exactly the right plants — launching with the Winter Festival Weekend.
Launching now · Press invited
Debuting during Buy Local Week
Australia's new and effective way to find the perfect plants — fun, fast, and led by the experts. Come and try it for yourself.
What it is
A fast, practical way to choose the right plants
Plant Matchmaking is a fast, practical advice session focused on choosing the right plants for your conditions, garden style and lifestyle. Pull up a chair at one of our speed-dating-style tables and our horticultural team will match you with plants that will thrive.
Whether you want a quick steer in ten minutes or a fully designed garden delivered and supplied, there's an option to suit. Choose the level that's right for you below.
Choose your match
Five ways we can help
From a free ten-minute chat to a full landscape design — and most fees come straight back to you in plants.
Speed Dating
Pre-book for $10 (fully redeemable on plants)
A fast, practical advice session on choosing the right plants. A 10–15 minute session with our horticultural team.
- Available Mondays & Tuesdays, 9am–12 noon
- Free of charge when the horticulturist is available
- Safest to pre-book for $10 — fully redeemable on plants
In-Nursery Garden Consultation
Up to 30 minutes · fully redeemable against plants
A longer, more detailed conversation with the horticulturist about your garden, conditions and plant choices.
- Up to 30 minutes with the horticulturist
- Must be booked in advance (subject to availability)
- Fully redeemable against plant purchases
Paid Garden Consultation (Onsite)
Fully redeemable against plant purchases over $500
Delivered by horticulturist Marion Birkenbeil (Registered Landscape Architect). Includes onsite consultation, travel time, and design / report preparation.
- On-site consultation at your property
- Includes travel time and design / report preparation
- Fully redeemable against plant purchases over $500
“If you'd like us to come to you and design this properly, we can do that — and the fee comes back to you in plants.”
Landscape Design Services
Fixed fee — minimum $300 or $100/hour
A complete design package, including plant selection, site advice, landscape plans, plant schedules and planting notes.
- Plant selection, site advice and landscape plans
- Plant schedules and planting notes
- Fixed fee — minimum $300 or $100/hour
- Redeemable against plant orders over $1,000
Green Life Trade
Trade Consultations for landscapers & professionals
For landscapers and professionals — Trade Consultations on request to support your projects with the right plants, supplied.
- Tailored support for landscapers and professionals
- Trade Consultations available on request
We can help design just what's needed
As you can see, we can help design just what's needed — and supply everything. From a quick plant match to a full landscape plan, our team takes you from idea to garden, with the plants to match.