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Welcome to The Gardens Vet. Our purpose built clinic is on the corner of Martins Rd and Rundle Dr at Parafield Gardens, less than 1km from Port Wakefield Rd. Our clinic has been purpose built with full surgery facilities, xray/diagnostic imaging facility, a large range of flea and worming products plus a comprehensive mobile home visit service which services most suburbs of Adelaide. We are conveniently located to service the Parafield Gardens, Salisbury, Paralowie, Burton & Mawson Lakes areas. |
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Our clinic has been purpose built and has complete surgical facilities. Both dog and cat wards are individually temperature controlled.
We provide routine consultations, xray/diagnostic imaging, vaccinations, dog and cat de-sexing and dental care/dental therapy. Our experienced surgeons perform both routine and complex surgeries.
In association with Adelaide Mobile Vet we also provide a comprehensive home visit service that visits most suburbs of Adelaide. We provide the majority of our own after hours service. Adelaide Mobile Vet
We also carry an extensive range of pet health care products, including a full range of flea and worming products, Hill’s Prescription Diet food and Rogz collars, leads, and accessories.
Advances in veterinary medicine have given us many new tools to help make accurate diagnosis of illnesses in animals. At the Gardens Vet we utilize:
To ensure the best results we use the services of SA Veterinary Sonography at our clinic.
Our laboratory testing is performed by IDEXX Laboratories, where we generally receive results either same day or overnight. This gives us the highest degree of accuracy, a much wider range of testing options and allows for interpretation by specialist veterinary pathologists.
At Gardens Vet we pride ourselves on the range and quality of surgical procedures that we offer. Our senior surgeon has over 30 years’ experience with post-graduate training in orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery.
In almost all cases we use buried dissolving stitches to close the skin. This means no stitches are visible and your pet won’t need to wear a plastic cone to prevent them from licking at their wound.
Pain relief is routinely administered before and after surgery. We endeavour to make your pet’s recovery as smooth and pain free as possible.
We understand the anxiety many owners feel when their pet needs to undergo an anaesthetic.
The anaesthetic protocols we use at the Gardens Vet are amongst the safest drug combinations available.
All animals have respiratory, pulse and blood oxygen monitoring throughout their anaesthetic.
IV fluids are administered routinely during anaesthetics at no additional charge.
Our purpose built clinic includes separate dog and cat wards that are maintained at an optimum temperature through their own climate control systems.
The spacious runs cater for even the largest breed of dog.
Dr Brett Boling BVScOur principal vet Dr Brett Boling has over 40 years' experience and has completed post-graduate training in orthopaedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, cardiac and respiratory medicine, advanced diagnostic and clinical therapeutics. He also had more than 10 years' experience in emergency medicine prior to starting Adelaide Mobile Vet. In more recent years, he has greatly enjoyed mentoring younger vets and visiting students. |
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Dr Shona Prabhakaran B.Sc (Pre Vet) DVMDr. Shona Prabhakaran studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 2024. She joined the Gardens Vet in January 2025 and enjoys the diversity of small animal medicine and surgery. When not in the clinic, she reads, spends time with family and friends, and dotes on her cavoodle. She looks forward to meeting our clients and getting to know their lovely pets. |
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Dr Jasmine Vet BSc (VetBiosc)Dr Jasmine joined the Gardens Vet in October 2025. She enjoys surgery and medicine, and finds all clients and their pets unique, who each have different experiences to share and learn from. She completed her veterinary studies through the University of Adelaide in 2020. From here she worked in a small animal practice, and then worked at the University of Adelaide helping teach undergraduate veterinary students in 2022-2024. It was then that she decided that she missed clinical practice and decided to return, and has been working as a small animal vet since. She has 3 horses; Luca, Christopher and Stan who she regularly trail rides, and competes in dressage and hacking. She can be found with her partner Damon, and their two cats, a ragdoll named Keiko and a highly energetic DSH tabby named Kurt. Safe to say, all of them like to keep her on her toes! In her downtime she loves playing music, puzzles, skateboarding and playing dinosaur and adventure video games. |
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Michelle – General ManagerMichelle is our General Manager. She has worked part time at our Playford Vet Clinic for the past 10 years whilst working in other industries. She has extensive experience in all aspects of administration & customer service delivery. She especially enjoys interacting with our clients. |
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Diana - Vet NurseDiana is our longest serving nurse having started at our Gardens Vet Clinic in 2012. Our ever smiling nurse is dedicated to the comfort and care of your pet. She has grown with the practice developing a wide range of skills in all aspects of nursing. Her ability to translate for our Vietnamese clients has proven to be invaluable. Diana is very hands on with her own private zoo at home where birds, reptiles, cats and dogs all happily coexist. |
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Teagan - Cert IV Vet NurseTeagan is a qualified vet nurse who has been in the industry since 2019 and loves working as part of a great team environment. Having always grown up with animals and has a love for them, it's no surprise she has ended up in the industry. She has a compassionate and caring nature and will love your pet like they are her own. She is always willing to learn and expand her knowledge so she can provide the best level of care. Teagan loves Labradors and has two of her own at home who keep her very busy. So when she's not at work, she is normally down at the beach with them or buying them new toys! |
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Mel - Cert IV Vet NurseMel is a qualified vet nurse who graduated in 2022. After 10+ years in customer service and retail management, Mel chose to follow her passion for animals, their welfare and well-being and pursed a career in the veterinary industry. "There is nothing more fulfilling than providing supportive patient care to animals feeling unwell, nursing them back to health and reuniting them again with their owner". Mel is dedicated to growing her skills further through professional development and continued education to provide best patient care. Mel enjoys cuddling with her senior cat named Berta who was a "foster fail" adopting her in 2021. |
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Tanya - Cert IV Vet NurseAt a young age Tanya had a fascination with all creatures, but a late comer to the animal industries becoming a qualified vet nurse in early 2022. She enjoys all aspect of the industry but her interests are within anaesthetics/surgery as no days are the same. She has two beautiful girls who keep her busy and two foster cats Cleo & Shadow. |
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Brooke – Vet StudentBrooke came to our clinic to do work experience and never left. She showed so much enthusiasm we kept Brooke on as our Saturday nurse. She subsequently gained a place in the Veterinary Science course and is set to graduate in 2027. Currently she gets to practice on her two dogs ,one cat and the snake when she is not out surfing, hiking, and camping. |
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Candy – Vet StudentCandy first joined the clinic as a Vet Student on University placement and was keen to return, with so much more to learn from our wonderful team. She is set to graduate in 2027. At home she is surrounded by love from her ginger cat Sheltie and a pair of Lovebirds. |
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The Gardens Vet
Opening Hours:
Mon: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Tue: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Wed: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Thu: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Fri: 8.00am to 6.00pm
Sat: 8.00am to 12.00noon
Consulting available all day by Appointment.
