Indigenous Plant Nurseries
Local Indigenous nurseries stock Indigenous plants from locally sourced seed on the Mornington Peninsula. They have a wealth of expertise and can offer advice regarding your planting project.
The Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network recommends buying plants grown in forestry tubes, as once they get their roots down, they far surpass larger plants grown in larger pots. Other benefits include ease of planting and cost effectiveness, with tubes generally costing 1/3 of the price of larger 6-inch pots.
Local Indigenous Supplier List
Conservation Collective
Location: 52 Westernport Highway, Somerville
Phone: 0457 001 784
Email: admin@conservationcollective.com.au
Web: http://www.conservationcollective.com.au/
Ecolink Bushworks (Aquatic plants)
Location: Moorooduc
Phone: 0405 358 395
Email: ecolinkbw@bigpond.com
Kinwendy Trees
Location: Boneo
Phone: 0425 829 053
Email: galaxias@bigpond.com
Mornington Peninsula Shire Nursery
Location: The Briars. Mt Martha
Web: Briars Nursery – Mornington Peninsula Shire
Peninsula Bushworks
Location: 16 Hunts Road, Bittern
Phone: 5983 6633
Email: penbush@satlink.com.au
Peninsula Plants
Location: 34B Placadena Rd, Fingal
Phone: 0407 466 523
Email: drew@peninsulaplants.com.au
Seawinds Nursery
Location: 791 Arthurs Seat Rd, Arthurs Seat
Phone: (o3) 5987 3093
Email: seawindsnursery@gmail.com
Shoreham Native Nursery
Location: 39-45 Blake St, Shoreham
Contact: Kate Skvor
Phone: 0436355 652
Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association
Location: 10C Pound Rd, Hastings
Phone: 5979 1391 / Mobile: 0403 528 034
Web: https://www.willumwarrain.org.au/
Benefits of Indigenous Plants
There are many benefits of Indigenous plants, including:
- Provide habitat, food and shelter for local wildlife
- Consistent with the natural amenity of the local area
- Recreate vegetation communities that existed on the Mornington Peninsula prior to extensive land clearing and disturbance
- Well suited to the soil type and therefore more likely to survive
- Require little water and are relatively low maintenance
- Act as excellent shelter belts for stock, protecting them from the extremes of wind, rain and sun
- Reduce surface water runoff – reducing soil loss and increasing soil water retention
- Improve soil structure and nutrient cycling through year-round addition of organic matter (leaf litter, root mass)
- Reduce wind erosion of soil
- Do not genetically pollute nearby remnant bushland or escape to become environmental weeds
- Assist with eligibility for the Mornington Peninsula Shire CONSERVATION LAND RATE