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.
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🌿 The Sunny Honey Myrtle — Melaleuca laetifica
About 20 years ago, this little shrub from the Kalbarri sandplain region took my fancy. Relatively unknown in cultivation, it has become one of the most successful plantings in our dryland native area here in Waggrakine.
Growing about 1 metre high, it’s dense and full of flowers, with a broad vase shape that seems to lift gently off the ground. It deserves a place in more waterwise sandplain gardens, both in town and out on rural properties.
We know it grows wonderfully on our neutral Banksia sandplain soils, without irrigation once established, but we’d love to hear how it performs on the alkaline sands closer to the coast.
We have about 20 plants left. Keen to try a few and let us know how they’re growing in a year’s time?
333 David Road, Waggrakine
Mb: 0458 381628 Open Thurs- Sun 8am - 2pm.
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We’re coming to the Platform Markets tomorrow!
Yesterday we robbed the bees again and are in need of more jars to recycle. Can you help? 🍯♻️
We’re looking for jars with this shaped neck, ideally around this size. If you have any clean ones sitting around at home, bring them along to the markets — we’d love to reuse them!
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Hey everybody! 🌿
Nina and I (Julie) are coming to the Platform Markets in Geraldton this Sunday!
What should we bring?
Have a look at our website and nursery list at www.drylands.org.au, and if there’s something in particular you’d like us to bring along, let me know!
We’ll have plants - some exquisite natives, some of our heirloom vege, seeds and honey 🍯 — some of which we robbed from the hives today!
Looking forward to catching up with old friends and some new ones!
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Contact Details
Drylands Foundation
333 David Rd (North), Waggrakine
Geraldton,Western Australia 6530
Mob. 0458 38 1628
Email.
ABN: 60 163 754 943
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