Nurseries, Books
and Websites for growing local plants
Nurseries
Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden
Great Books about Local Plants
Websites about Local Plants
Garden Design
Other
useful websites
APACE
specialises in plant species indigenous to the Swan Coastal Plain and
the Darling Range. The nursery is open to the general public.
1 Johannah Street, North Fremantle
Phone: 9336 1262
www.argo.net.au/apace/nursery
Bunnings Inglewood
stock some local and West Australian plants
861
Beaufort St, Inglewood
Phone: 9271 0222
Miaflora Garden
Centre and Café stocks
some local and West Australian plants.
Ask Bruce for advice.
(His sister Sally won our competition in 2004)
905a Beaufort
Street, Inglewood
Phone:
9370 2928
The
Friends of Kings Park hold plant sales from autumn to spring each
year culminating in the annual Wildflower Festival in September.
Phone: 9480 3643
www.bgpa.wa.gov.au
and
follow the links
Lullfitz Nursery
Specialists in Australian plants.
Cnr
Caporn Street and Honey Road, Wanneroo
Ph:
9405 1607
www.lullfitz.com.au
Zanthorrea Nursery
The
tranquil surroundings of Zanthorrea Nursery's hills garden centre make
choosing plants a pleasure.
155 Watsonia Road, Maida Vale 6057
Phone:
9454 6260
www.zanthorrea.com
Aplin,
K., Paino, A. and Sleep, L. (2000)
Building
Frog Friendly Gardens: A practical guide to encouraging frogs to visit and
breed in gardens of southwest Western Australia,
Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Elliot,
R. (1994) Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden, Thomas C. Lothian Pty
Ltd.
McCulloch, Ellen (2000) Birds in your Garden, Hyland House
Publishing, Australia.
Pizzey
G. (2000)
Australian Bird Garden: Creating Havens for Native Birds,
HarperCollins Publishers, Australia.
Websites:
Birds
Australia
www.birdsaustralia.com.au
Frogs
www.museum.wa.gov.au/frogwatch
Lullfitz, George (2002) A New Image for West Australian Plants,
Perth.
Powell,
Robert and Emberson, Jane (1996) Growing Locals, Western Australian
Naturalists’ Club (Inc), Perth.
Powell,
Robert (1990) Leaf & Branch Trees and Tall Shrubs of Perth,
Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
Rédréau,
Dorothy (1996) Perth Plants for your Garden, Greening Western
Australia, Perth
Too, T.
(2002) Grow With Us A Resource Kit for Growing our Wonderful Western
Australian Wildflowers in your Garden, Wildflower Society of Western
Australia (Inc), Perth.
Water
and Rivers Commission (1997) Native Vegetation of freshwater rivers and
creeks in south Western Australia, Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth.
Water
and Rivers Commission (1997) Native Vegetation of estuaries and saline
waterways in south Western Australia, Water and Rivers Commission,
Perth.
Florabase: Searchable database of all WA plants
florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/
Snape,
Diana (2002) The
Australian Garden - designing with Australian plants,
Blooming Books, Melbourne.
Thompson, Paul (2002) Australian Planting Design, Thomas C. Lothian
Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
Urquhart,
Paul (2000) The New Native Garden Designing with Australian Plants,
New Holland Publisher (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney.
A range of gardening books, including some of the books listed above, are
available at the Town of Vincent library. Cnr Loftus and Vincent Street,
Leederville. Telephone 9273 6090.
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