Welcome To

The Discovery Garden

"A place overlooking Lake Macquarie to grow, create and learn together. Relationship based care for birth to 6 years, fostering the growth of confident, capable, and creative children."

Welcome to The Discovery Garden Early Education, Care & Preschool

The Discovery Garden Early Education, Care and Preschool is located on Awabakal Land in Floraville NSW. We are an Exceeding rated service providing 7 beautifully curated studios with a before and after school care space for all children to grow and learn in. We provide care and education for up to 124 children per day. We at The Discovery Garden believe in respecting and valuing each child and family as part of our learning community and strive to support each child to reach their full potential.

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Vision & Values

Service Philosophy

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Providing Quality Care at The Discovery Garden

We provide the highest quality care and education for children from 6 weeks of age. As part of our philosophy, we are focused on establishing nurturing environments and experiences for children that build upon their strengths and interests as they transition to school and the wider community.

As a family-owned service, we love building meaningful relationships and becoming a part of your family. We are committed to providing quality care and education and welcoming you to our beautiful service.

We take a holistic approach to early development, providing home-style spaces where children will feel comfortable, nurtured and supported. Our program is all about nurturing your child’s unique personality and interests – with 7 learning studios to choose from, each tailored to various stages of children’s development.

We are passionate about encouraging healthy eating and nutrition so that your children can truly become their best selves. Healthy eating is a cornerstone to your child’s growth, wellbeing and development – and our daily menu consists of fresh, healthy meals that provide balance and essential nutrients for growing little bodies. After all, they are going to need fuel to stay active! We grow fresh vegies on-site.

Learning Through Outdoor Play

We provide an indoor-outdoor program that is designed to offer children opportunities to explore all aspects of learning. These spaces invite open-ended exploration and play, encouraging risk taking, interactions and discoveries of their world.

Our service is surrounded by leafy, natural bushland. We have a large outdoor learning environment, where children are encouraged to make sense of their world through a range of play-based learning experiences.

We want children here at The Discovery Garden to be able to develop a deep connection and appreciation for Awabakal Land. We believe in a child’s right to have access and freedom to play in nature and outdoor play spaces, in all safe weather conditions.

Our Happy Families

Here’s what a couple of our families have shared about our service. For more of our 5-star reviews, take a look on Google and Facebook.

As soon as we walked in the front doors, I knew this was the place I wanted my daughter to go. There was a sense of calm and love. The quality of care is second to none. The educators allow children to explore, learn and grow through a play based curriculum and nature play. All the staff are such beautiful people, and we are so grateful to be part of this community. Cannot recommend The Discovery Garden enough.

Sarah Powell

We feel really lucky to have this beautiful Centre and the Amazing Educators and Team. Beautiful Natural play settings. High quality care with the children’s well being as a priority is demonstrated consistently.