Community Nursery Project

Mt Burr Swamp – Update on water levels, weeds, research, revegetation works and our first Water Rat record!

Posted at 25 Mar 2018 at 20:14h in 20 Million Trees, Community Nursery Project, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Wetland Restoration by Bryan Haywood

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The dry summer and autumn might be contributing to the lowering of the water level at Mt Burr Swamp, but the aquatic life on the swamp is still thriving, with dragonflies and damselflies maintaining good numbers and diversity. A variety of waterfowl are also still hanging around...

Are you curious to learn more about native seeds?

Posted at 20 Aug 2017 at 21:51h in Community Nursery Project, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, News by Nicole Mojonnier

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If you are, then the final Cross-Border Community Nursery workshop is just right for you! The nursery will be holding a final workshop with very special guest Jenny Guerin from the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and the South Australian Seed Conservation Centre. Jenny will be sharing...

Revegetation season begins again

Posted at 23 Jun 2017 at 00:39h in 20 Million Trees, Community Nursery Project, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve by Rose Thompson

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With the arrival of winter, revegetation plantings have begun around the region with seedlings from NGT's nursery being used in multiple projects. 2017 is the final year of our 20 Million Trees reveg project at Eaglehawk Waterhole, during which we will have planted over 15000 seedlings...

The varied role of NGT’s Community Nursery

Posted at 15 Mar 2017 at 12:11h in Community Nursery Project, Media, News by Mark Bachmann

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The second NGT update in the latest edition of From the Ground Up (on page 8), gives a snapshot of the varied role of NGT's Community Nursery - from experimental propagation and revegetation techniques, to producing plants that help bolster populations of some of our...

NGT Nursery update – including remaining native wildflowers for sale

Posted at 09 Jan 2017 at 23:08h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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Ryan and I have been working together to keep the nursery ticking along while we work towards the next planting season. We have recently sown a LOT of seeds for various reveg projects, including several grass species. Currently we have the following for sale:Feather-heads (Ptilotus macrocephalus) - now flowering...

NGT Nursery bids farewell to Yvonne

Posted at 06 Dec 2016 at 12:00h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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After two and a half years of overseeing production in our indigenous plant nursery, nursery manager Yvonne Riley finished up with us last week. Yvonne initially joined the nursery team as an intern in 2013, and took on other roles with NGT such as open...

Wildflowers make a great Christmas present

Posted at 06 Dec 2016 at 11:59h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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What better gift could there be than the gift of colour, interest, and diversity? We can help you with this! Native wildflowers make a great addition to any garden, and can even be grown in pots. Pop into the nursery or email Rose () to see what...

NGT community nursery staff learn about native grassland restoration

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:49h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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Yvonne and I recently made a quick trip to Melbourne to attend part of the 11th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference. We were particularly interested to take part in a field trip to learn about native grass seed production and see if there were any lessons that could be applied to...

Portland group enjoys our butterfly workshop despite the weather!

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:48h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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A small group of dedicated community members were not deterred by the winter-like weather (13'C, rainy, and windy) on Sunday 13th November, but braved the conditions to venture out to our native butterfly workshop at the Portland Community Garden. The community garden Landcare group had...

Beautiful local native wildflowers now for sale from the NGT nursery – come and see us today!

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:57h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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A selection of native wildflowers are available for purchase from our nursery in Mount Gambier. Growing locally indigenous native plants is a great way to support native wildlife including insects such as butterflies and bees. Please see the thumbnails below of the species available (click...

Community Nursery Project

Mt Burr Swamp – Update on water levels, weeds, research, revegetation works and our first Water Rat record!

Are you curious to learn more about native seeds?

Revegetation season begins again

The varied role of NGT’s Community Nursery

NGT Nursery update – including remaining native wildflowers for sale

NGT Nursery bids farewell to Yvonne

Wildflowers make a great Christmas present

NGT community nursery staff learn about native grassland restoration

Portland group enjoys our butterfly workshop despite the weather!

Beautiful local native wildflowers now for sale from the NGT nursery – come and see us today!

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