Spring is now less than a month away so now is a great time to buy some native or provenance plants and give your garden a spring burst.
The time for growth is Spring and planting beautiful healthy natives give rewarding results for our gardens and the environment.
The Central Coast District group of the Australian Plant Society is again holding its very successful online plant sale with the catalogue available and store opening from 9am Saturday 26th August. Plants can be ordered at austplants.com.au/central-coast-plant-sales until 5pm Wednesday 6th September. Plant prices remain the same as last year: 70mm pots @ $5 each, 90mm pots @ $10 each, Collection will be between 10am and 12pm at Phillip House, Kariong on Saturday 9th September.
Meanwhile the Community Environment Networks’ Wildplant Nursery will be open to the public for its monthly plant sale this coming Saturday, August 5 from 9am til 12pm.
The CEN Wildplant Nursery only grows and sells provenance plants, those that are specifically native to the Central Coast and prices start from $3.30.
Each month CEN also has a guest speaker during the Wildplant sale. This Saturday, Rachael Kneeves will be talking about WaterWatch, a citizen science program to monitor water quality in local creeks and streams.