Toowoomba Plants

Crows Nest Community Nursery

Open Day

Saturday 6 October

8.00am to 2.00pm

It has now been scientifically proven that trees keep the area where they grow cooler (by 2-3°) and make more rain.
(See http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-09-15/trees-make-rain-ease-drought/10236572 )
You can be part of the process.
Any old trees will do the job.

However...

At the same time, you could be helping our local environment, and growing the plants that attract our local birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.

For this, what you need are "indigenous" plants - those plants that are native to your own patch of Australia.
Crows Nest Community Nursery specialises in growing the native plants of the Toowoomba Region, from seed and cutting of local provenance.
These plants are suitable for local gardens, as street and park trees, and for farm plantings and revegetation work.



 

To find the Nursery: 

Approaching Crows Nest from the south (i.e. from the Toowoomba direction), slow down at the 80 sign and take the first turn right into Industrial Avenue.
Follow the green street signs (which say NURSERY).  
For more information, call 131872

Volunteering at the Nursery
 Much of the work that keeps the Crows Nest Community Nursery going is done by volunteers. 
If you want to do something worthwhile for the local environment, or just to learn more about plants and make new friends, you might consider becoming one of them.
The jobs done include:

• Seed collecting
• Preparing seed for planting, or for storage in the seed bank.
• Planting seed
• Potting on the little seedlings, into nursery tubes.
• Putting plants out on the shelves. 
• Weeding and tidying them as required.

 No expertise is needed. Other volunteers help you to learn on the job. Just bring along a pair of willing hands and a smile.
To join, you can simply turn up on a Thursday and introduce yourself. Alternatively, you can make enquiries by email or phone to the nursery manager, as above.