Community Nursery
Volunteering at the Nursery
Join our friendly group of volunteers and help grow local native plants for community and Council projects. Guided by knowledgeable staff, volunteers at the Community Nursery help propagate over 10,000 seedlings each year! Nursery activities include cleaning and sowing seeds, potting up seedlings, nursery maintenance and bush regeneration in the adjacent Stoney Gully.
Plants propagated at the Nursery are not for sale, but are used in many Council programs such as
Bushcare,
Backyard Habitat Program, bush regeneration and revegetation projects, community plant give-aways and more.
If you are interested in volunteering at the Community Nursery, please contact Council's Bushcare Co-ordinator Jim Casimir on
9911 3579 or email
bushcare@lanecove.nsw.gov.au
Location and Opening Hours
The Lane Cove Community Nursery is located via a short bush walk from the car park in Lloyd Rees Drive, Lane Cove West. Disabled access only is available from Banksia Close, as parking in this area is limited.
Weekdays: Volunteers meet each Friday between 10.30am and 3.30pm
Weekend workshops and activities: 1st Saturday of the month, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Next workshop
Native plants for your garden
Planting natives is a great way to support biodiversity in our area. Plants are available to residents through the
Backyard Habitat Program. This free program supports residents in designing a garden for local wildlife using native plants, as well as creating spaces to enjoy.
Nursery beginnings
Council'sCommunity Nursery was established in 2005 as part of Council's Sustainability Action Plan, Think Global Act Local. On site there isa propagation nursery, Bushcare siteand Eco garden. The nursery has an undercover propagation area and shed, polyhouses, rainwater tank and a shade house.
The Lane Cove Community Nursery and Eco garden opened in June 2005 and has been funded by a number of grants and programs including:
“Our Environment - it's a living thing" a State Government program - initial set up costs.
Lane Cove Council Sustainability Levy - benches in the polyhouse, irrigation upgrades and plant dispatch area
Lane Cove Bushland & Conservation Society - A Federal Grant under the Envirofund program to work towards the regeneration and revegetation of the nursery's surrounding bushland area,Stoney Gully / Eco garden group.