Stirling

A boutique garden centre in the Adelaide Hills, open seven days from 10am to 4pm. The range runs to indoor plants, seedlings and edibles, camellias and azaleas, roses and shrubs, bulbs, plus potting mixes, fertilisers, pots and planters. Staff offer advice on what will thrive, and the nursery also runs workshops and sells books and gift cards.

Forty-plus years in the Adelaide Hills, the last quarter-century at the same address on Mount Barker Road. Matilda runs six book clubs across three age brackets, hosts author events in-store and at the Stirling Hotel, and has taken a firm public stand against AI-generated content. The kids' room and the stationery selection round out a shop that knows exactly what it is.