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Drylands Permaculture Farm

Working with Nature in Our Drylands

Welcome to our Farm

Located in Geraldton, in the Midwest of Western Australia we demonstrate the practical application of Permaculture and environmental conservation.

We operate as a not-for-profit environmental organisation - The Drylands Foundation.

Our enterprises that fund our work in conservation and sustainability include a propagation plant nursery, heirloom seeds and garden honey hives.

Permaculture Nursery

Local native and multi-use plants for Geraldton and the Midwest Western Australia

Yilgarn Seeds

Non-GMO, Open pollinated vegetable and herb heirloom seeds; and endemic native seeds

Garden Honey

Harvested by hand from our Bees that forage from our Permaculture Gardens and Native Tree Crops

We offer environmental education and sustainability training as Permaculture practitioners, tours and are hosts for 'Willing Workers On Organic Farms' (WWOOF) and HelpX.

Learn

Learn more about Permaculture as a workshop participant, volunteer or WOOFer/HelpX work exchange member.

Contribute

Participate and make a Difference to our Drylands and social enterprise.

Latest News

Seasonal Hours May 2026

May Open Hours for Nursery. Thursday til Saturday. 8am to 2pm. Other days by appoinment.

2026 Early Release Plants

2026 Early Release Natives tube stock and Fruit Trees. More seasonal Native tube stock to be announced and available in May.

Somewhere under the rainbow…

Thankyou to our volunteers and team at Drylands for helping out with the cob render of our strawbale common room

Flowering Shrubs on our Farm

Flowering Hakeas, Sennas and Grevilleas Shrubs around our Permaculture Farm.

Revegetation on our Permaculture Farm

Seasonal Revegetation and its benefits at the Drylands Permaculture Farm.

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Calling out for more

Calling out for more six pack boxes to recycle… Empty (or full!) As you can see they are fabulous carry boxes for our tubes.
The nursery May hours are Thursday to Saturday 8.00am - 2.00pm.

These species are now available in addition to the plants listed on last week’s post Drylands Permaculture Nursery.

Tennis ball Pink Passionfruit
Mother of Herbs
Jani’s Carnavon Pawpaw

FOREST TUBES:
Limesand Acacia - Ac. lasiocarpa
Knobby Club rush - Ficinia nodosa
Rottnest Island Teatree - Mel. lanceolata
Snow Queen Coolibah - Euc. victrix

Please park by the big blue mailbox, walk in and shut the gate to keep rabbits out and our animals inside.
No dogs sorry.

Mb: Johnny 0458 381628
333 David Road, Waggrakine.
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May 7th, 7:25 pm
MAY OPEN HOURS -  Th

MAY OPEN HOURS - Thurs to Sat: 8am - 2pm
Here is the list of species ready this week: (more to come every week.)

WHITE BAG STOCK:
Coastal Jackbean $19.80
Boabs $29.50
Jingyamia Mallee - Euc. synandra $24.50
Red river Gums - Euc. camaldulensis var. arida $19.80.
Tuarts - Euc. gomphocephala $19.80

FOREST TUBESTOCK - our retail tubestock prices vary and start from $5.50 each.

TREES:
Coral Gum - Euc. torquata
Desert Kurrajong - Brachychiton gregorii
Dongara Mallee - Euc. obtusiflora
Greenhead Mallee - Euc. oraria
Illyarie - Euc. ethryocorys
Leucoxylon Rosea - Euc. leucoxylon var. meglocarpa
Long horn Mallee - Euc. dolichocera
Murchison Bloodwood - Corymbia lenziana
Rose Mallee - Euc. rhodantha
Sandplain Mallee - Euc.eudesmoides
Silver Princess - Euc. caesia var. gungarru
Weeping Myall - Ac. coriacea
Yellow Flowering Yuna Mallee - Euc. jucunda

SHRUBS:
Chenille Honeymurtle - Mel. huegelli
Cockie’s Tongues - Templetonia retusa
Fiery Bottlebrush - Callestemon phoenious
Fine leaf Honey Murtle - Mel. filifolia
Flinder’s range Wattle - Ac. iteaphyllla
Graceful Honeymurtle - Melaleuca radula
Greenough Gold Bottlebrush - Mel. megacephala
Lilac Hibiscus - Alyogine huegelii
Kalbarri Skywalk Jacksonia - Jacksonia cupulifera
Kalbarri orange HoneyMurtle - Mel. fulgens
Pink Poker Grevillea - Grevillea petrophiloides
Native hibiscus - Alyogine cunieformis
Native Hop Bush - Dodonea inaquifolia
Old man Saltbush- Atriplex nummularia
Robyn’s Dwarf Acacia - Ac. leptospermoides
Tarcoola Pink Murtle - Mel. campanae
Western Honey Murtle - Mel. nesophylla

GROUNDCOVERS:
Grey creeping saltbush- Atriplex cinerea
Ribbon Pea - Leptosema aphyllum

VINES:
Cape Arid Kennedia - Kennedia beckxiana

FRUIT TREES:
African Marula (Cider) trees, Grapes, Pawpaws, Pineapples, Pomegranates, Mulberries, Pomegrantes and Custard Apples, Red Dragon fruit (Flamefruit) and Moringas also available.- Various sizes and varieties

📍 Drylands Permaculture Nursery, 333 David Road, Waggrakine
📞 Johnny: 0458 381 628

Park by the big blue mailbox and walk in the gate behind the tree. Please keep the gate closed to keep the rabbits out. No dogs please.

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April 30th, 8:17 pm
🌿 First official

🌿 First official open day this season – this Friday! 1st May 2026.
MAY Opening Hours: Thurs–Sat, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Good morning!!

With Bushfires at the front of my mind after our recent events, I decided to run an OPENING SPECIAL on our MARULA trees.

✨ 1.2 m high Marula plants (non-grafted) – $44 each

I’m offering these as a bushfire-area planting special for people looking to introduce more resilient shade trees around homes and properties. We’ve found Marulas have remarkably fleshy limbs that tend to sizzle rather than flame, hence on the farm here, we are gradually using them to replace some of our more flammable trees closer to buildings.

ABOUT MARULA

After seeing Marula on a trip in the Kalahari Desert 30 years ago, I brought back an improved selection of seed. I could see its potential for our Geraldton permaculture conditions — and over the years it has proved to be a fascinating and very useful tree.

Marula is best known for its fruit, which naturally ferments quickly and is used to make the famous Marula beer in many Southern African countries. Some of you may have seen the well-known clips of wildlife devouring the fallen fruit! The fruit is also used to make Amarula Cream Liqueur.

The fruit can be eaten fresh straight from the tree or made into cordials or beer. Inside each fruit is a nutritious kernel (though it takes a bit of effort to extract).

Marula trees are:✔ Deciduous✔ Heat loving✔ Very drought tolerant
✔ Excellent shade trees for dry climates

They’re also a favourite summer perch for our resident Tawny Frogmouths 🦉

🌱 To get fruit you need male or female plants (you need one of each for fruit). We can only determine the sex from our grafted plants. The plants on special are not grafted. Grafted plants are available - $130 each.

Pickup from the nursery only (Sorry — no interstate orders)

📍 Drylands Permaculture Nursery333 David Road, Waggrakine📞 Johnny: 0458 381 628

Park by the big blue mailbox and walk in the gate behind the tree. Please keep the gate closed to keep the rabbits out. No dogs please.

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April 29th, 7:30 pm
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Contact Details

Drylands Foundation
333 David Rd (North), Waggrakine
Geraldton,Western Australia 6530

Tel. (08) 9938 1628
Mob. 0458 38 1628
Email.

ABN: 60 163 754 943

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The Drylands Foundation

The Drylands Permaculture Farm, is managed by the Drylands Foundation, a not-for-profit environmental organisation.

The Foundation utilises the Farm, to promote and demonstrate environmental sustainability and conservation through social enterprise.

Photo: Flamefruit Cactus © J. Firth 2006

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