Brookfield Gardens offers alongside the retail experience of the nursery, a personalised design and gardening consultation service. This tailored experience with one of our Senior Horticulturists Sharon Crabbe has grown in popularity due to her horticultural knowledge and design expertise. Her clients consistently provide positive feedback, welcoming her caring advice, plant selection and personalised garden designs.

Sharon Crabbe draws upon her 20 years of horticultural experience in South East Queensland with a background in Landscaping Design.

Good design is just the start, keeping your garden in good health is about acquiring knowledge and skills to maintain it, so you can enjoy it and watch it flourish. It doesn’t matter where you are on the journey, whether you have a bare patch of grass, or an older garden with established plants, Sharon can help you with a small refresh or complete garden bed renovations.

Backyard Consult

1 hour duration

$249 + call out fee (starts at $30 for Brookfield)

The consultation involves a one hour meeting with an experienced horticulturalist. The one on one session consists of 60mins on-site (in your own garden). This would be suitable for a traditional size 1/4 acre suburban block.

This consult looks more into your soil type, what soil improvements you might need and buying suitable plants for your garden, in addition to giving you garden design ideas.

*Additional Detailed Report, prices start at $120

Written report and plant list plus extensive garden advice is available. Can include but not exclusive to; pH soil testing, itemised plant list, plant care, soil improvement information, any relative information for your garden, information specific to your garden, after care to keep your garden looking fabulous.

There will be an additional charge for time over the one hour consult.

Larger Acreage Gardens

For larger gardens outside the above parameters, including acreage please contact Sharon, she will be able to tailor packages to suit larger based jobs.

*Additional nursery consultation on weekends available by appointment only, additional charges apply.