Hunter Indigenous Plants

Local native plants, natural resource management, community education and sustainable eco-gardening
 
Hunter Indigenous Plants

Hunter Indigenous Plants

Local native plants, natural resource management, community education and sustainable eco-gardening

Welcome to Hunter Indigenous Plants

Our vision is to provide and encourage local action which leads to global solutions for a sustainable future.

Lachlan Anderson

We specialise in local native plants, natural resource management, community education and sustainable eco-gardening. We can assist with the following tasks or features:

  • Native plant identification and plant species surveys
  • Weed identification, mapping and removal
  • Bush regeneration, planting and eco-gardening
  • Species selection, property vegetation plans
  • Garden and landscape maintenance
  • Frog ponds and bog gardens
  • Bird attracting and habitat gardens
  • Windbreaks, tree lots and farm forestry
  • Community, school, home food production gardens
  • Smaller scale erosion control and garden/landscape construction such as rock and sleeper gardens, bio-swales, track construction, log terracing etc.

Jenny has a range of traditional herbs and garden vegetables for sale, and Lachlan can assist you with advice on appropriate local native species for your garden or community revegetation projects.

Urban Bushland Awareness

Australia is home to many thousands of plants and animals. Many species are found only in Australia; 85% of flowering plants; 82% of mammals; 89%...
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Soils, water, and plant selection

Soils and soil improvement Preparation of the soil is dependent on soil type and site conditions. There are three main types of soil: Sandy soils...
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Native grasses and drought-tolerant gardens

Until recently the use of Australian native grasses in the domestic garden and by the landscape industry has been mainly overlooked. The use of Australian...
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Windbreaks, screens & hedges

The selection of appropriate windbreak or screening plants would vary according to your soil conditions and the purpose of your windbreak or screen. This list...
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