Collectors Corner, Company

In the early 1980's, two brothers, Jeno and Attila Kapitany, operated a mail order business supplying specialized plants around Australia. Trading as Paradisia Nurseries the business became successful very quickly and it was obvious from the range of queries that we received that there was a large demand for a one stop specialist retail nursery. Many of our customers would rather see what they were purchasing rather than buy mail order. In 1983, the concept of a Collectors Corner was born and by late 1984 our first display nursery was opened at Garden World nursery complex with a very limited budget. Within 3 years, we had outgrown the 700 m2 facility and drew plans to create a huge 2,600 sq metre complex next door to our old building. The expansion gave us room to incorporate all our hobbies into the existing business with ample room to display our collections as well as room for retail sales. With our large wholesale business providing a steady income we were able to create a real showcase with about 50% of the complex dedicated to display of our collection material. In 1984, our younger brother Tom came into the business and helped introduced Bonsai, Gems, Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites to the our already amazing range of products. In 1998 Tome established a new gem business in order to cope with our expanding demand overseas, this business now works in parallel with Collectors Corner and gives us access to a far greater range of product. Since first opening, the complex has developed a excellent reputation both in Australia and overseas and is recognized as the most unique nursery in the world. International visitors to Melbourne often call in to Collectors Corner to view the displays and sometimes to get that something that may not be available in their own country.