Nursery

Why we have a nursery

Kuranda Envirocare has a nursery to provide local provenance or native trees for our revegetation projects and for the local community.
Using seed from local native trees will ensure we are not introducing variations that would not occur naturally. Even plants from the same species show genetic variation across an area, hence the need to source seed and seedlings locally.
Volunteers

The nursery operates completely on volunteer labour. We collect seed, apply appropriate treatment, sow seed and pot out seedlings when they are ready. When the seedlings are large enough, our revegetation team plants them in the field during our regular Saturday morning working bees.

Nursery Address

284 Myola Road, Kuranda, just past the Kuranda Aquatic Centre and Kuranda district State College, on the right

Experience and Training

No experience is necessary to volunteer for nursery or planting days. More experienced nursery volunteers will train you on the job. We also have an educational DVD on techniques on growing and planting natives. 

Nursery days

Mondays and Thursdays are our nursery volunteer days (9am to noon ). The nursery is also open for sales on these days as well as Saturday mornings (10am to noon).

Supply of plants to the local community

The majority of plants we propagate are suitable for revegetation in the Kuranda area. Landholders within the Kuranda Envirolink and Fairyland corridors receive free plants.

A number of the plants we propagate are suitable for residential blocks, especially for attracting butterflies and birds. We will exchange plants for seeds, for your time as a volunteer in the nursery, or for your time on revegetation or other Envirocare “work”. We also accept monitory donations to cover the costs of propagating the plants.

More about our local plants