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Located in the Geraldton, Midwest region Western Australia we demonstrate dryland Permaculture and environmental conservation.
We are a registered not-for-profit and operate as a social enterprise – The Drylands Foundation.
On farm enterprises that fund our work in sustainability and regeneration include:
Seeds
Plants
Garden Honey
We offer environmental education and sustainability training as Permaculture practitioners, tours and are hosts for ‘Willing Workers On Organic Farms’ (WWOOF) and HelpX.
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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:
Drylands Permaculture Nursery
Local native and multi-use plants for Geraldton and the Midwest Western Australia
‘locally owned, locally grown’
Garden Honey
Harvested by hand from our Bees that forage from our Permaculture Gardens and Native Tree Crops
‘Chemical Free, Hand Harvested Honey’
Yilgarn Seeds
Non-GMO, Open pollinated vegetable and herb heirloom seeds; and endemic native seeds
‘Protecting regional biodiversity and food security’
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We have just released our Organic Purple Hardneck Garlic cloves for planting. This happens once a year.
This is a great variety that we have been growing, acclimatising to the Geraldton winter season, and selecting for potency and size over the last the last 17 years.
Garlic likes to grow in cool weather and takes around 5-6 months to mature. It needs constant moisture and fertile soils to do well. I will be planting ours in a couple of weeks once I am happy the hot weather has gone. I store the planting garlic in a paper bag in the fridge. This stops it drying out and is said to give you larger cloves.
We have small bags of 25 cloves available for home gardeners. $10.00 per packet. Limit 2 per customer.
Check out the fb videos on our page as to how we plant our garlic if you need help.
Nursery open Sundays 9.00-3.00pm
Garlic will be available on a first in, first served basis.
When you arrive, park by the big blue mailbox and walk in. Please close the gate behind you as we have farm animals inside.
333 DAVID ROAD, WAGGRAKINE.
Mb: 0458381628 Johnny
Local plants, local people, local wisdom.
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We are opening this Sunday 28th April. 9.00am -3.00pm.
Sundays is our open public day.
For those of you that would like to pick up plants on other days, you can call Johnny on 0458 381628 to make a time.
At the moment our sun-hardened white bag stock is mostly lowish native plants for Geraldton gardens, Norfolk Island Pines and Marula trees. There is also some native trees and shrubs in tubestock ready.
This weekend we have our famous “Tennis ball pink” passionfruit and our organic planting GARLIC cloves available.
As we are a propagation nursery and grow all our plants on site, we will be bringing more species out of the shadehouse over the winter season as they become hardened and ready for sale.
We will begin to post more regularly on various species as they become available, so keep your eye out!
When you arrive, park by the big blue mailbox and walk in. Please close the gate behind you as we have farm animals inside.
Drylands Permaculture Nursery,
333 David Road, Waggrakine.
Mb: 0458 381628 (Johnny)
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They're looking lovely 😍
Siti Dakhylina Madkhul you were right!
Marielle Deschamps.. passion fruit?
Organic red dragonfruit are being harvested again and for sale. Ph Johnny on 0458 381628 to pick up. $4 each. $3.50 each if you buy 6 or more. Our organic fresh Garden honey is also available. $10 for 500g.
333 David Rd, Waggrakine.
Please park by the Big blue mailbox and walk in.
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Hi folks,
Over the last couple of years I have propagated and grafted a lot of Marula trees. These are renown for their fruit and its fast fermentation used to make the famous Marula beer well known in Southern Africa countries. Some of you may be familiar with the utube video of drunken wild animals after eating the fruit. It is also used to make Amarula Cream Liqueur.
Marula fruit can also be eaten fresh out of hand or to make cordials. They have a large nut inside which can also be eaten but is hard to extract.
Marula trees are deciduous (lose their leaves in winter). They enjoy hot weather and are very drought tolerant. We have also found they are also extremely fire retardent. Their limbs are quite fleshy. We have used them around the farm as shade trees. They are the favourite trees of our resident Tawny Frogmouths Birds in Summer.
They can be tricky to propagate from seed but I have found a few tricks and now have lots available for sale. Plants are either Male or Female. You need one of each to produce fruit. We have various sizes available ranging from $33 to $125. We have both grafted and non grafted plants.
Plants need to be picked up from the nursery.
We are happy to open up over the Christmas break providing you can give us notice.
Phone Johnny on 0458 381628 or message me to visit the nursery.
Park by the big blue mailbox and walk in.
333 David Road,
Waggrakine.
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I would love a few.
Like the trees but not the snakes
They look beautiful. I hope this doesn’t sound like a stupid question. But could you explain the difference between grafted and non grafted. Plus how do they handle the wind up here in White Peak. I am up on the hill so can be extremely windy.
Living Xmas Trees
A good range still available..
Experience the smell of pine and the beauty of a real tree this Christmas.
We have Norfolk Island Pines in large bags for sale. ($88-$120). they grow well around the coastal Geraldton Region and can be planted out or put into a bigger pot after Christmas.
Phone Johnny on 0458381628 or message me to visit the nursery.
Park by the big blue mailboX and walk in.
333 David Road,
Waggrakine.
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Merry Christmas Julie and Johnny! Would love one of your Christmas trees, but….🎄
Do you have any Royal poinciana trees
Lynnette Maclachlan
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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
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ABN: 60 163 754 943
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