Author: Lyn

As part of our project – Hollows for Habitat – we are running a series of tours, field trips and monitoring events. This is to see if the 50 nest boxes erected in the park are supporting microbats and birds that would normally use tree hollows. Not...

We have excellent stocks of Rhagodia candolleana – Seaberry Saltbush (a semi-succulent scrambler good for hedging). Also Clematis microphylla – Small-leaf Clematis (a lovely, fragrant climber). Great to get these in the garden f...

It’s now official! Management of Westgate Park is to be taken over by the City of Melbourne on 1 January 2026. In the meantime, we will be working with the Council to develop a master plan and prepare for the new arrangement.  More to come on this … 

Surprise your friends or family with a voucher so they can choose from the many lovely indigenous species we have in stock.

We put on a great display with our stall at Victoria Harbour for the opening of the new garden beds on the concourse, just outside the Marvel Stadium. 5,000 Bili Nursery plants are now in. It is often a windy spot but on sunny days we expect residents and...

We have in stock these high-quality terra-cotta-coloured plastic pots, filled with plants that are perfect for balcony gardens. The pots are good for keeping the soil moist and we have topped them with good mulch.

Large areas of Victoria’s wetlands have been cleared and drained over time so it is not surprising that some aquatic species have become rare.  Sedges, rushes and aquatic herbs grow in wet or swampy areas – bogs, ponds and lake edges – providing exc...

Araujia sericifera – Moth or milky vine – used to be a garden favourite but like so many weeds, it is a huge pest. It has been coming into the Park and we discovered the source is next door – the former Herald and Weekly Times printing works ...

Though not listed as threatened in Victoria, many of the 320 native plant species that once existed in the Melbourne region have all but disappeared. (Ref Flora of Melbourne) This makes Westgate Park and Bili Nursery important in protecting and conserving this...

A memorable survey. Common Sandpipers had long been expected, but this seems to be the first time the species has been recorded, in this case near the tug pier on the lower Yarra River. (There is a dead seal nearby on the riverbank.) The female Musk Duck is al...