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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A group of 19 young people recently enjoyed a novel school holiday activity: creating native wildflower seed-bombs! Nursery staff, Yvonne and Rose, ran the school holiday workshop on 13 October at our nursery in Mount Gambier, with participants ranging in age from two to 12. During...
One of the important roles of the NGT community nursery is to conduct research into propagation techniques for species which are generally not available in existing commercial nurseries. Discovering germination cues - "cracking the code" - or other important propagation information, will eventually lead to an increase...
You may remember from previous blogs (here and here) that we have been experimenting with the use of seedballs in revegetation this year. Now we're going to let the kids have a go! During the upcoming SA school holidays, we'll be running a workshop aimed at primary...
