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The Drylands Permaculture Nursery

Locally Owned, Locally Grown

Welcome to our Nursery

We are a specialist propagation nursery operating from The Drylands Permaculture Farm in Waggrakine, Geraldton, Western Australia.

We propagate and grow to order, local native and multi-use permaculture plants in sizes that range from seedling tubestock to 20 litre bag stock.

Our customers include farmers, gardeners, landscapers, mining companies and community groups who require quality plants and professional advice suited to their climate and soils.

Our plants can be purchased from our nursery during opening hours or ordered & locally collected using our on-line Store page.

Nursery Open by Appointment 2025

Reduced Plant Range and By Appointment Only
We are undertaking nursery refurbishment
and teaching facility development.

Local Native Plants for Revegetation and Landscaping Projects

Seedlings and Plants for Revegetation and landscaping projects in the Midwest.

Windbreaks for Geraldton – Fiery Bottlebrush

Fiery Bottlebrush (Callistemon pheoniceus) – Colourful Red flowering shrub. Great screening and windbreak shrub.

Windbreaks for Geraldton – Dongara Mallee

Drop in to our nursery for tubestock of sun hardened Dongara Mallees. These are great coastal windbreak and screening mallee trees that suit alkaline soil, that also grow well further inland.

Windbreaks for Geraldton – Jam Trees

Acacia acuminata – Commonly known as Raspberry Jam Tree, an excellent small windbreak and privacy screening trees. On our farm, our Jam trees provide shade for our goose and chicken pens, and provide forage for our bees.

Catalogue - Current Stock Plants

Price List - Current Stock Plants

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I buy plants from you?

You can buy direct from our propagation nursery during seasonal walk-in sales open hours, by arranging a time outside of open hours by calling us on 045 38 1628 or by using our on-line Store page.

We sometimes are able to attend and sell our plants at local markets.

Do you sell plants to interstate and overseas customers?
No, sorry we only sell plants for our own Geraldton and Midwest region of Western Australia.

When will you next get.....?
We sell only what we grow ourselves, and do not stock/sell plants from other nurseries.

We grow seasonally and do our best to provide a large range of plants.

Our largest number of plants is generally ready to coincide with the arrival of our winter rains.

Do you sell citrus, avocado and mangoes?
While we grow and sell a good range of fruit trees including Figs, Brazilian Cherries, Pomegranates, Tropical Guavas and Grapes but we do not grow and sell avocados, apples or nut trees like almonds.
Do you sell palms?
Sorry we don’t grow and sell palms (except Jelly Palms)

We can however provide you with other tree and plant options which may suit your property and garden.

Do you sell Fertiliser?
No but we can recommend options for you which we are familiar with, and provide you with some guidance on mulching and composting etc, when you visit us.
Do you sell Vege Seedlings?

Sometimes we have the capacity to offer vegetable and herb seedlings grown from our own heirloom seeds.

Please call on 0458 38 1628 in regards to availability or check out the Seedling Tab on our Store Page.

Reasons to Buy Our Plants

Locally Owned
Since 1989, we have been growing to order and selling plants, in particular local natives and permaculture plants as a locally owned and operated independent propagation nursery.
Grown with Care
We hand sow all our seeds and hand weed all our plants and use integrated pest management within the nursery.

Our seedlings are grown in 50x50x125mm tall ‘forest tubes’ produce air-pruned long linear root systems that lead to high planting success rates.

Our advanced plants are raised in white bags which prevent root spiraling and improve their recovery when planted.

All our plants are sun and wind hardened before sale.

We use rainwater to raise our seedlings but switch to scheme water as they grow and are hardened. This allows the plants to adapt to the water quality in our region.

We only sell our seedlings when they are big enough to handle the real  world with good root growth and vigour.

Grown to Order

We can grow to order. We need to have orders placed in December or January.

Our tube stock is raised during summer ready for sale in autumn and winter to coincide with our regions seasonal rainfall periods.

Call us on 9938 1628 for more information on contract orders.

Fair Price and Trusted Advice
We produce quality plants priced for value and good growth. Prices are listed on our stocklist, and vary according to the size and cost of propagation.

As a not-for-profit we reinvest funds from plant sales in local employment, the development of our demonstration farm, implementation of our conservation activities and education.

Our nursery provides students, trainees and volunteers with valuable working experience in plant propagation.

We have years of experience and pass that experience onto our customers when they choose to buy plants from us.

If you are unsure of your garden needs, bring along a rough plan and we can recommend plants which will suit your needs.

Useful Links for Midwest Flora

Top 10 Trees for Geraldton

Produced by City of Greater Geraldton

Coastal Gardens Guide

Produced by Northern Agriculture Catchment Council (NACC)

Inland Gardens Guide

Produced by Northern Agriculture Catchment Council (NACC)

Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Wheatbelt

Produced by Northern Agriculture Catchment Council (NACC)

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Nursery Visits by Appointment Only This Season 🌿

Hi everyone,
This year, the nursery will be open by appointment only.

We’ve mainly grown native plants to order, so there won’t be many extras available. This shift has given me time to focus on something really special—our strawbale teaching building. It’s turning into a stunning, functional work of art, especially as we finish the clay plastering currently featuring one of our local grevilleas “ THE DRUMMOND’S COVE GREVILLEA.”

We do have a selection of larger exotic plants available, including:
🍒 Brazilian Cherry
🍮 Custard Apple
🍋 Lemongrass
🌍 Marula
🥦 Moringa (Drumstick Trees)
🍇 Mulberry
🍍 Pineapple
❤️ Pomegranate
🌾 Vetiver Grass

You can check sizes and prices on our website: www.drylands.org.au

I’ll be featuring these plants over the coming weeks, but for now, here’s a sneak peek at what we’ve been creating with our clay plasters over strawbale—it’s earthy, hands-on magic!

Want to visit the nursery?
Call Johnny on 0458 381 628 to book a time.
333 DAVID ROAD, WAGGRAKINE.
Please park by the blue mail box, walk in and close the gate behind you as we have animals that don’t know the road rules.
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May 19th, 6:08 pm

2 CommentComment on Facebook

so beautiful. you are creating a sanctuary from mindless fast consumerism and showing that people can be creators of meaning and wonder and beauty and detail. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

SOLD OUT ..UNLESS WE HAVE UNPICKED UP BAGS, WILL LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.We have just released our Organic Purple Hardneck Garlic cloves for planting. This happens once a year. Phone Johnny on 0458 381628  for pick up.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 18 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 dissipated.  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. Last year I also soaked them overnight in a mix of diluted Seasol and had super fast germination.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 will only by appointment this year as we haven’t grown our normal range of natives But do have a range of larger plants that you can view on our website. Www. drylands.org.auGarlic 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.

SOLD OUT ..UNLESS WE HAVE UNPICKED UP BAGS, WILL LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

We have just released our Organic Purple Hardneck Garlic cloves for planting. This happens once a year. Phone Johnny on 0458 381628 for pick up.

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 18 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 dissipated. 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. Last year I also soaked them overnight in a mix of diluted Seasol and had super fast germination.

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 will only by appointment this year as we haven’t grown our normal range of natives But do have a range of larger plants that you can view on our website. Www. drylands.org.au

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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April 30th, 6:32 pm

10 CommentsComment on Facebook

SOLD OUT EVERYONE!

Love what you have done! Recommend Tasmanian Gourmet Garlic for great webinars on all things garlic! 💜💚

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We just robbed the bees again, this time with the help of one of our new volunteers Hannah. This batch of honey includes nectar from our from honey locust trees (one of my garden curses due to its root system) but it is forgiven once a year when we harvest this honey. The flavours are superb, not too sweet, slightly malty with a nice acid balance. My kind of honey!
We have glass jars for sale, mostly 975g jars for $20.
If you are thinking this raw honey would make a nice gift, you could bring out your own decorative jar and we could fill it for you.

Call Johnny for pick up on 0458 381628.
333 David Road, Waggrakine.
Park by the big blue mailbox and walk in. Please close the gates.
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December 19th, 6:27 pm

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Awesome!

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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

Opening Hours

Please Call  0458 38 1628

Drylands Google Map

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: Bee pollinating Rosemary © J. Firth 2011

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