30th Jun 2009: Winter News

The recent Garden Week at Perry Lakes was a great success with perfect autumn weather and happy crowds visiting. Zanthorrea’s display featured a contemporary design by Sue Torlach enhanced by stunning metal art pieces from ‘Fifth Room’. Our display won first prize: Best Garden Centre Display 2009.

We welcome new team member Chris who will help in production and gardens while Ross is on a long overseas holiday. Gaby will be on long service leave until summer, so we wish both Gaby and Ross happy holidays.

To celebrate trees, we have our favourite speaker, Eric McCrum, who will present a talk featuring all the creatures dependent on trees for food and shelter. Saturday 8th August, 10am, RSVP 94546260. Not to be missed.

As winter is the best time to plant, the nursery is full of fresh plants including new varieties and your old favourites, so pop in soon and enjoy a browse in our peaceful surroundings.

Best wishes,
- Jackie and Alec and the team.

1st Apr 2009: Autumn News

What's new?
We have a new TOP TEN star plants for 2009. These are plants that are guaranteed to succeed in any garden. This is always a tough task as we have so many wonderful plants available. The top ten are especially suitable for the beginner gardener or those of us with little time to fuss over our garden. Check these out in the Autumn Bush Telegraph.

The triffid in the gardens:
Alec has carved a 5m monster for the display gardens. Don't be afraid as his stumpy legs are firmly staked into the ground. Check him out in the gardens, the triffid that is!

Garden Week
Don’t miss Garden Week at Perry Lakes, held this year from 16th to 21st April. There’s much to see and do for garden lovers. Say hi to the team from Zanthorrea at our display. Jackie presents a talk on Australian plants for cottage gardens in the morning of Tuesday 21th April, and call in to our stand at Garden Week to see the garden design by Sue Torlach from Wild about Gardens.

Compostable pots:
The production team have been busy all summer potting new varieties and old favourites. Look out for plants in compostable pots that are now being taken up into the growing area. You can spot them at the nursery in their muted coloured pots. Once you plant your new shrub, simply stamp on the pot and add it to your compost heap. With time it will break down into lovely organic material to improve your soil.

Pot Recyling:
As the price of recycled plastic has fallen sharply, the company collecting old pots has removed the collection bin, and we are no longer able to accept used pots. Fortunately there are several options available and we are currently in discussion with another company who collect plastic pots and use the material to form handsome new pots. Watch this space.

Autumn - time to plant
Check out our increased range of starter plants. Due to popular demand, we have added a whole new bench and Samara has filled it with lovely tubes ready for Easter planting. There are many varieties to choose from.

Congratulations to our new horticulturists Janine and Jolene, who have completed their Sustainable Gardening training and passed their assessments.

10th Dec 2008: Summer Update

Congratulations to the team! (1st November)
At the recent Water Corporation Water Awards, Zanthorrea Nursery was recognised as “Waterwise Garden Centre 2008”. The nursery is well known for offering a large range of water wise Australian native plants, and all the team have undergone training to ensure they offer appropriate advice to help gardeners save water. The nursery was praised for its water saving features including water recycling through the collection of water run-off, filtering through a slow sand filter and applying water to the display gardens via sub soil irrigation.

November 22nd
At the gala dinner showcasing the Kalamunda Chamber of Commerce 2008 Business Excellence awards, Zanthorrea Nursery was presented with the “Environmental Management “ award. We were thrilled to receive this recognition from our local Chamber.

Yummy Yards (8th December)
The workshops for children held in the October school holidays filled quickly. By popular demand, Zanthorrea will hold talks and workshops for the whole family in January. Check out the details in the Summer 08/09 Bush Telegraph.

SGA staff training
Congratulations to our newest team members Danielle, Andrea D and Laura, who have recently completed Sustainable gardening Aust training and passed their assessment with flying colours.

Disruption and Chaos
We are hoping that the construction for our new staff room / office will commence shortly after Christmas. The site has been cleared of potted plants and the long shade house has been moved south. As the work will take place ‘out back’, there should not be too much inconvenience to customers.

16th Sep 2008: Spring Update

Welcome back to Alec and Jackie
It’s good to be back in the west enjoying spring and the best wildflowers in Australia. Our trip around Australia gave us a much needed break before returning to the busy spring season. Dan and the team have kept the nursery looking so good, I suspect we are no longer needed!.

Kathy says farewell
Some of you may be aware that Kathy has been planning a move to the country for some time. Alas, that time has finally come. Kathy leaves Zanthorrea this spring for a six month trial in the country to see if she and Matt cope with the heat and the flies.

Yummy yards
Growing food with the children is good for the family in many ways. They may even eat their veges raw straight from the garden! Don’t miss our Yummy Yards workshops for the kids in the school holidays. Yummy Yards Workshop What’s good for you and fun too? Growing veges is growing in popularity as families seek to reduce their food bill and eat healthy pesticide free foods. Come and join us for a Yummy Yards workshop. Kids, remember to bring your parents. $5 per child. Wed 1st October 9.30am and Monday 6th October 1.30pm. Bookings essential. Call 94546260

Kings Park Wildflower Festival
On all through September! Join Jackie in the speaker’s tent Sunday 28 September as she talks about “Bring in the Birds”. 3.15pm. For more details: http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au

9th Apr 2008: April 2008: Congratulation to Zanthorrea ..

.. winner of the prestigious Nursery & Garden Industry Association award for “Best medium garden centre in Australia”. The award was presented to Alec Jackie and Ross at a gala dinner held in Adelaide on the 28th March 2008. The NGIA judge described our garden centre as “utterly delightful” and “immaculate”, with “absolutely faultless general plant lines”. Zanthorrea has now won this award five times: 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008. Well done to the award winning team!

Sustainable Vege Gardening
Forty or so people braved record breaking rain (67mms in two hours!) to listen to Jackie's talk on sustainable vege gardening. The interest in this topic was so great that we have re-scheduled a second talk on the 12th April 2008. If you missed out or couldn't hear for the rain beating on the atrium roof, Jackie's talk with background notes is now on the website, head to the Gardening Info section.