About Us

Denise and I purchased Centenary Landscaping Supplies in 1985   with its small team of three and a half (the half started at 7am and was gone by 10am)  and  three trucks (one newish and two old). The yard occupied about 1/2 an acre while today it covers some 71/2 acres here at Darra. It may suprise some to know that the yard was started by the Hawkins family some 18 years earlier (about 1968, the year I was drafted into the Army) when the Centenary Shoppling Centre was first built. I was one of their customers when I was a cosmetic sales rep in the early 70's (the olden days as our kids refer to that time) and again as a teacher in the late 70's.

At the end of each month Denise (keeper of the books) would add up what we owed our suppliers , and as I lay exhausted from working a 12 hour day in the heat and dust, and she'd inform me  that there was only $3760 in the bank while owing a great deal more to our suppliers. We were broke and finished! Not so as it turned out because they were the days when tradies paid their account at the end of the month on the on time and the weekend generated enough cash to pay the bills almost on time. I can imagine some of my current suppliers reading this saying "whats happened since then?"

You may laugh, but quite frankly we didn't have a clue about cash flow nor budget projections but some how we hung on to grow the business to the enterprise it is today with some 35 to 40 team members. It's now estimated that over three hundred and twenty seven people directly or indirectly depend upon the viability of our little enterprise. A responsibility we don't take lightly.

Today, Centenary Landscaping is headed up by our General Manager, Richard Hampson, who gives leadership to seven teams including Management, Operations, Administration, Marketing, Sales, Commercial, and the Yard and Driver teams. We run a fairly formal structure based on the philosophies of Michael Gerber but still with a family owned orientation.

Currently the company occupies some 7 plus acres making it the largest single operation of its type in Brisbane. This gives us the ability to  provide you with a huge choice of products and services.

We have now introduced a blog where you can join us and where we'll share thoughts, feelings and ideas on a wide range of topics. It's a bit of fun given I'm such a fun guy and full of "it".

The introduction of video will make the site more exciting and informative for you. Check the videos in the Hydrocell and Retaining sections along with the humorous one at the base of this section. They are not perfect while using the YouTube format and are shot, produced and edited onsite by Karen who is our talented Graphic Artist and Marketing person. More will be coming in the coming months

So there are lots of new things coming that will take this site and our company to new and exciting levels of community involvement. 

 Centenary Landscaping Supplies Uses:

Being one of the largest suppliers to the landscape industry in South East Queensland, we rely on using Rimtech software, which is an integrated system covering all aspects of the business.

Though we make every effort to keep our web site current 
Prices can and will change without notice

26 Sumners Road. Darra
Ph: 3373 4900 Fax: 3373 4910