Coochiemudlo Native Nursery

Coochiemudlo Island
Native Plant Nursery

~ Open Tuesday mornings 9 to 11 ~

We acknowledge the Quandamooka people, the traditional owners of the land on which our nursery is located. We pay respect to their culture and to Elders past and present.

Nursery News

Thanks to the Men's Shed and Redland City Council

Nursery members are very happy with our new tables, made especially for us by the Men's Shed and funded by a grant from the Mayor and Councilors’ Community Benefit Fund Program. As always, we are grateful to Councilor Lance Hewlett whose support over many years has helped the Nursery flourish.

Our new shelves will be covered with shade cloth in summer so that plants coming straight from the hothouse will have a more sheltered hardening off space than is currently available. We are grateful to the Men's shed for their help in designing and constructing this purpose built shelving.

Wild Parsnip

These cute little flowers belong to the native or wild parsnip (Trachymene incisa). They are flourishing in the Olive Walters Garden, adjacent to the nursery. They get their name from their edible tap root and make an attractive addition to rockeries or cottage style gardens.

They grow happily on Coochiemudlo although their numbers in the wild are dwindling. They are great for attracting bees and butterflies. We have quite a few for sale and would love to see more of them growing on the Island.

Violets x 2

We have two different varieties of native violet in stock and flowering now- Viola betonicifolia (arrow-leafed violet) and Viola banksii. Both like moist, semi-shaded areas and are quite tough once they are established. Viola betonicifolia grows as a single plant from a rosette of arrow shaped leaves whereas Viola banksii spreads to form a lovely ground cover. Both are native to Coochiemudlo Island.