Planthaven Orchid Nursery has been established for 45 years. Initially the nursery grew outdoor plants as well as orchids for which it is now known. In the last 10 years the nursery has been dedicated to specializing with three genera of orchid, namely, Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium and Cattleya. Many of the plants that the nursery grows have been sourced from leading breeders throughout the world. As the nursery specializes in growing rather than propagating stock a wide variety of plants are available for sale at any time. The nursery also recognizes that decor plants such as cyclamen and gloxinia compliment the orchids for the home environment. These plants are grown in a separate area of the nursery specifically for the floristry market.

Planthaven Orchid nursery also specializes in supplying the floristry trade and corporate events with cut Cymbidium and Phalanopsis flowers. In recent years many large functions in Australia have sourced their flower needs from Planthaven. Some events include David Jones Spring Flowershow, the full display of orchids at James Packer's wedding, The Australian Jockey Club at Randwick Racecourse, and leading Sydney Hotels.

In recent years Planthaven has concentrated on installation of modern technology for growing environments. Planthaven’s charter is to grow the best quality product at competitive prices so that customers can be satisfied with the performance at affordable prices.

Planthaven has also, in the last three years, seen a very important requirement of growing to consider all environmental impacts and within its processes and now practices Integrated Pest Management. This has been achieved by following University recommendations arising from the results of Data collected at the Nursery. This has led to zero use of harmful and hard chemicals being used in the nursery in the last 2 years. Not to say that the nursery previously subscribed to using anything but soft chemicals before. However, to be able to now achieve a quality product with no chemical use is something that the nursery is justly proud of. The pressure of pest and disease infestation in the nursery has been minimized by environmental control factors which create an ambience in which the plants obviously thrive and the bad guys do not get a chance to spoil their happy environment.

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