May 1, 2025 | Information, Nursery, Plants
Our Nursery and Farm is open by appointment only in 2025.
Sorry no regular Sunday hours and walk in sales, as we are dedicating our time to completing our teaching facilities; and refurbishing our nursery infrastructure and seed gardens.
We have propagated only a limited number of plants this year. Sorry no native tube stock. You can view and print off our plant list on our Nursery page and also put in an order on our Store page (local pick up only for plants).
Call us 0458 381628 for sales and general inquiries.
Thank you to all our customers, supports, volunteers and team. We are planning to be back to our normal large range of native and multi-use plants in 2026.
Jan 15, 2022 | Information
As of Monday the 17th of January, 2022 we are increasing our seed packet price this year to $6.00 including GST. Our seed production cost in the drylands has significantly increased over the past 10 years and we are now reflecting this in our pricing to continue being a viable social enterprise.
The seed we sell continues to be harvested from our Permaculture gardens. It is acclimatised to our climate’s seasons, is non-GMO, organically grown and open pollinated.
The revenue we derive from seed sales continues to be invested in the maintenance and development of our Permaculture demonstration farm and educational facilities.
Thank you to all our existing and new customers for your ongoing support and interest in our heirloom seeds and Permaculture enterprise.
Apr 26, 2020 | Information, Seeds, Store
Thank you for your interest in our heirloom seeds.
We have been extending the availability of a range of our seeds for sale outside of Western Australia to include Northern Territory and South Australia.
Where we are able in the near future, with fresh harvests from our seed gardens, we will look to supply seeds to the eastern states of Australia.
We do have quantity limits of the number of packets which can be purchased per order, due to stock levels and seasonal availability from our seed gardens.
Our store page for seeds and product pages indicate state availability and maximum number of packets available per order.
Please note our seeds have been acclimatised over the years to suit our mediterrean climate here on the Midwest region of Western Australia.
Our seasonal sowing calendar provides a general guide for our region. Sowing and harvesting times will vary according to your own regions climate and seasonal variations.
Don’t forget to save your own season for next season. Thank you for your continuing support.
Aug 30, 2018 | Landscaping, Plants, Revegetation, Wildflowers, Windbreaks
We regularly walk around our farm to see what is growing well on our sandy soils, and it is often a great time to take our camera to get a few shots of plants in flower, foraging birds and insects.
This time of year, with recent strong winter winds, it is also a chance to check for wind damage to plants or whether they need pruning back from our fencelines.
Many of the species we grow in the nursery are grown from seed we collect from our farm. This allows us to get photos of the plants to use for our plant and seed product pages. They are also a great resource as we can show people what the nursery plants look like in the real with a quick walk around the property. It works wonders as people can see how they grow in our climate.
This season, with good rains and plenty of sunshine a lot of plants are looking great including:
Drummonds Bridal Grevillea (Grevillea argyrophylla). Also known as the Silvery-leaved Grevillea, a great two metre screening shrub with a massive display of white flower and a favourite spot for Punky our female emu to hang out.
On part of our eastern boundary we have combined Limestone Wattles (Acacia sclerosperma), Sennas (Senna artesimioides sp. ‘Fine Leaf’) with Red Poker Hakeas (Hakea bucculenta) as screening, windbreak and landscape shrubs. Our emu who likes to regularly walk the fenceline keeps them clear of weeds.
Pink pokers (Grevillea petrophiloides) , Austin Senna (Senna sp. ‘Austin’) and Bacon and Egg Shrubs (Bossiaea spinescens) are always spectacular and grow well on our poor, sandplain soils with no additional fertiliser. We rabbit guard and water these plants to establish them over the first summer and then they are on their own.
We grow all our own seedlings here in our Permaculture Nursery, so drop by and pick up some of these fabulous plants and more for your own property and garden.
Aug 3, 2018 | Landscaping, Plants, Revegetation, Windbreaks
Revegetation of our demonstration farm grounds with local endemic species is one of the activities we have done for many years to transform a run down rural property into a resilient, peaceful and healthy place to live and work.
As a Permaculture enterprise we work to accomplish multiple benefits from everything we do, and our annual revegetation and landscaping efforts are a great way to apply and promote Permaculture.
Using our nursery stock we design and plant to provide multiple functions including windbreaks, bee fodder for our ‘Garden Honey’ hives, native fauna habitat, screening from road noise, seed sources for our nursery propagation, trialling plant ‘thrivability’, and show case our fabulous Midwest flora.
Many of the photos we use for our nursery labels and website come from our own property, and if we are short of time we can just go for a short walk to check out what plant species are coming into flower and seed; and how well our plants are growing.
This 2018 winter season, we have planted out mostly screening shrubs and lower growing flowering plants, on eastern areas near our entry gates including: Cape Burney, Mingenew, White Peak and Oakajee Lace Flower species, White Spike Bottlebrush, Umbrella Bushes, Weeping Acacias, Emu Bushes and Ribbon Peas.
If you are interested in the plant species we have used, take time out and come to nursery and farm to find out what plant species would suit your needs.
