OUR NEW BANNER
This is the new banner we had made for when we take the nursery 'on tour'. More in the latest newsletter.
When you visit the nursery, please ask for a commemorative bookmark which has one side that looks like our banner.
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GROWING THE FLORA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S SOUTH WEST
(WITH THE HELP OF OUR VOLUNTEERS )
OUR COMMUNITY NURSERY GROWS OVER 200 NATIVE LOCAL SPECIES
FROM THE FLORA OF SOUTH WEST WESTERN AUSTRALIA
(CAPEL TO AUGUSTA)
FOR REVEGETATION AND GARDENS
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Local native plants for LANDCARE (revegetation, ecological or environmental restoration and biodiversity projects)
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Local native plants for GARDENS (public and private, landscaping, ...)
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Our Nursery List divided into growth-habit categories - sedges, rushes, trees, shrubs, climbers, ground vines, etc.
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What
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Give us the perception of the wonders of nature,
And the wisdom to preserve them for generations to come.
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Rica Erickson
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Register for our occasional newsletter - click on Newsletter in the Left Menu
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To navigate our website:
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scroll down this page to see links to a selection of our other pages
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Use the left menu panel
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Use the Site Map
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Website Notes:
a page on browsing our website and using the internet.
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Page updates & new pages:
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nursery events
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2011
CapelFest
Sunday 27th March
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2011
May
Open Day
Sat. 21st May
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2011
Busselton
Wildflower Exhibition
Thursday 22nd September
& Friday 23rd September
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Busselton HS
2011
Flower & Garden Show
October 21- 22
St. Mary's Family Centre
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Dunsborough
Anglican
Spring Fair
Fri. 28th Oct. 2011
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2012
Feb.
Open Day
Sat.
11th Feb.
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next
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Nest Boxes
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In a piece of untouched bushland, cut off from the burden of our sophisticated civilisation, we can find that refreshment of spirit that only the wilds of Nature can offer.
Vincent Serventy
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Photo gallery: Visitors
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There are over 1000 species in the flora of Busselton (and surrounding areas).
Our nursery grows over 200 Busselton species. Help us to grow more!
For a list of what we grow, go to our 2011 Nursery List.
one of the species we don't grow:
K is for Kingia australis
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SERI 2009 WORLD CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION (in PERTH in AUGUST)
a very interesting grass meadow ecological restoration project in Victoria
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What is biodiversity?
Check out the Wikipedia, IPS (Inter Press Service), Bonn Biodiversity Summit May 2008, Spiegel Online - The Value of Nature.
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Give us the perception of the wonders of nature,
And the wisdom to preserve them for generations to come.
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Rica Erickson
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a selection of our pages ...
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Nest Boxes
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Birds in the Garden
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Australian Grass Gardens
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Busselton's best secret . . .
out of the blue in Busselton
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a celebration of
Western Australian wildflowers
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Keep those entries coming in!
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Saltbushes as a Garden Shrubs
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Male and female flowers on separate plants:
Pimelea argentea
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Take a closer look ...
Gahnia trifida ROOTS
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 One of our species pages:
Climbing Triggerplant
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WHAT WE ARE STARTING TO GROW FROM CUTTINGS
at the last count (20th February 2012) 133 species + a few cultivars/forms of species
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Silver & Grey Plants
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Garden: growing plants from seed
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Small Plants for Gardens
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A Tribute to R.D.Royce 1914-2008
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Collecting Seed
(with some links to our seed images)
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Food Plants
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Geographe Community Landcare Nursery
opening windows into our flora
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