Meet the Team
Julie
Managing Director - Farm & Nursery Manager
Johnny
Director - Farm Assistant
Josslyn
Director - Policy and Finance
Cookie
Volunteer - Farm Jobs & Seed Order Dispatch
Andy
Volunteer - Building Projects & Nursery
Elizabeth
Volunteer - Nursery
Nina
Seed Gardens and Nursery
Amanda
Volunteer - Seed Gardens and Nursery
Connect to those who have Inspired Us!
Bill Mollison
Founder of Permaculture
CERES
Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies , Melbourne, Australia
Christopher Alexander
‘Pattern Language’ – Architect & Author
Damon Annison
Photographer, Aust.
David Holmgren
Co-originator of Permaculture
Elaine Ingham
Microbiologist and Soil Biology researcher, Soil Food Web Inc.
Jude and Michel Fanton
Seed Savers Network, NSW, Aust.
Kibbutz Lotan
Permaculture Kibbutz, Israel
Rob Hopkins
Transition Culture Founder, U.K.
We Are Arising, Andrew Outhwaite
Sustainability Coaching and Leadership, Fremantle, Western Australia
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Open today..
MB 0458381628
$5.00 off Poincianas...
October 18th, 8:55 am
Pauleen Ashley Cooper should go have a look one day
Yes please
If you have an urban block and are looking for an attractive local hardy small tree that is not a gum, have a look at the Jam Tree. Said to smell like raspberry Jam when the wood is cut, this Acacia lives for around 40 years and has a beautiful hard timber. It is also the popular host tree used to grow Sandalwood and Quandong with.
Another underutilised Acacia is Curara. This is prized bush food with its immature edible seeds resembling green peas. Curara is a prickly shrub which every bird lovers should have in their garden as it proves a great (cat) safe habitat for birds and is awesome at directing traffic (away from it) so if you have a security issue and no fence this makes a great living one.
Seedlings available or both.. Just $4.40 each.
We are open Sunday or by appointment other times.
Mb Johnny 0458381628
333 David Road, Waggrakine
Local people, local plants, local wisdom.
October 10th, 8:04 pm
Is the raspberry jam acacia prickly?
It looks a bit like a kowhai tree but the flowers are siffetent
Sandra Morton...
Live near the beach and looking for a unique spectacular garden specimen. These are rare and we have a few available now. Beard's Mallee. Native to the Shark bay area. A small very showy drought tolerant eucalyptus suited to Geraldton area. Here a few links on them that a worth a look at: www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/images/horticulture/docs/pn_eucalyptus_beardiana.pdf & www.sharkbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/beards-mallee-v2.pdf
Seedlings $8.80 each.
Open today Sunday 10am - 5.00pm
333 David Road, Waggrakine.
Mb 0458381628 Johnny
Local plants, local people, local wisdom.
October 3rd, 12:59 pm
Will you have some in a few weeks? I’m away until later in the month but would love one of these!
Contact Details
Drylands Foundation
333 David Rd (North), Waggrakine
Geraldton,Western Australia 6530
Tel. (08) 9938 1628
Mob. 0458 38 1628
Email. info@drylands.org.au
ABN: 60 163 754 943
Opening Hours
Walk-In Nursery & Seed Sales
∗∗∗ April to October ∗∗∗
Sunday: 10am – 5pm
Other days and tours 0458 381628
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: ‘Punky’ our Emu © J. Firth 2006