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

Redland City Council Grant

Nursery members have unpacked a new brushcutter and safety equipment bought with a a grant from the Mayor and Councillors Community Benefit Fund Program. We are very grateful to Councillor Lance Hewlett for his support. Lance has been a long time friend of the nursery, having previously helped us with purchases of our greenhouse and storage shed. The second part of our current grant will go towards new shelving made by the Coochiemudlo Island Men's Shed.

Very Special Plants

These seedlings of Native jute (Corchorus cunninghamii) are very rare. Native jute's natural range is between Lismore and Brisbane, including Mount Cotton. It is now listed as an endangered species, because most plants in the wild have been destroyed by land clearing. Our seeds were donated to us by a local resident. We hope to have some for sale in a few months time.

2025 Achievements

Nursery volunteers donated approximately 640 hours of work in 2025, consisting of regular nursery attendance, seed collection, selling at the community markets and OpShop, pick up and delivery of nursery supplies and administration. Using a volunteering hourly rate estimate of $43.00 an hour, we contributed $27,520 worth of volunteer labour to greening Coochiemudlo Island.

We donated approximately 1375 plants valued at $4125.00 to Bushcare, Coastcare, Indigiscapes and the Men's Shed in 2025.

We're planning to do even more in 2026!