Coochiemudlo Native Nursery

Coochiemudlo Island
Native Plant Nursery

~ Open Tuesday mornings 9 to 11 ~

We acknowledge the Quandamooka people, the traditional owners of the land on which our nursery is located. We pay respect to their culture and to Elders past and present.

Nursery News

Flinders Day

Nursery members will be at the Flinders Day markets on Saturday 18 July. We will have raffle tickets for sale and a great selection of our plants.

Our featured plant at the markets will be the lovely Eprapah wattle (Acacia fimbriata), which is just coming into flower now. The Eprapah wattle is a 'classic wattle', closely related to the Brisbane wattle, with golden fluffy flowers. It is a small tree, suitable for gardens and very hardy.

Our plants will bring local bees, birds and butterflies to your garden.

Please drop by and say hello and pick up some local colour.

Very Special Plants

These seedlings of Native jute (Corchorus cunninghamii) are very rare. Native jute's natural range is between Lismore and Brisbane, including Mount Cotton. It is now listed as an endangered species, because most plants in the wild have been destroyed by land clearing. Our seeds were donated to us by a local resident. We hope to have some for sale in a few months time.

2025 Achievements

Nursery volunteers donated approximately 640 hours of work in 2025, consisting of regular nursery attendance, seed collection, selling at the community markets and OpShop, pick up and delivery of nursery supplies and administration. Using a volunteering hourly rate estimate of $43.00 an hour, we contributed $27,520 worth of volunteer labour to greening Coochiemudlo Island.

We donated approximately 1375 plants valued at $4125.00 to Bushcare, Coastcare, Indigiscapes and the Men's Shed in 2025.

We're planning to do even more in 2026!