Acorn Nursery

For the nursery: A good selection, but you'll pay a slight premium for this. The main draw seems to be the café with it's slightly eclectic menu. The food is slightly pricey, and the staff are hit-and-miss on the friendly scale, but make sure you sit outside as inside has the feeling of being a retirement village's cafeteria.

Went here for breakfast. Good food and service. Not too noisy. So nice to eat in nature. Melb needs more cafes in gardens. Recommended for something different.

The food is great, breakfasts are very good, coffee is great....BUT, it is super noisy! Unless of course, you sit outside :-) The owners may want to consider some sort of acoustic solution....

This nursery may be a bit more expensive but I think the quality of the plants are better than any other nursery in Melbourne making it worth it. They are more robust and seem to grow more quickly. I live in Northcote but regularly travel to this nursery for the amazing plants. It is also a really inspiring place to hang out and the staff are really knowledgeable.

Very busy at lunch time, but great food. Had two coffees - one not so great, one delicious. Service staff were initially a little cold but warmed up eventually. Will go back.