Spring is here and our plants are ready to be planted.
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Location: Hornsby Community Nursery, 28-30 Brittania Street, Pennant Hills (Gate 2)
Event cost: Free.
Email: bushland@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the way we are running our tree collection and native plant giveaway events has changed. Entry and collection of plants is by appointment only.
During September and October every Wednesday between 9.30am and 3pm and every second Saturday between 9.30am and 12 midday, there will be a limited number of appointments for you to collect your trees and plants at the community nursery. If you wish to make an appointment please follow the link to the trybooking website and enter your details in your preferred 15min time slot.
Residents are able to collect 2 trees and/or 4 plants.
Stock available at Community Nursery Spring 2020
| Smaller Shrubs | |
| Austromyrtus tenuifolia | Narrow Leaf Myrtle |
| Bauera rubioides | River Dog Rose |
| Billardiera scandens | Apple Dumpling Vine |
| Correa reflexa | Native Fushcia |
| Indigofera australis | Native Indigo |
| Prostanthera incisa | Cut leaf Mint Bush |
| Prostanthera scutellarioides | Western Sydney Mint Bush |
| Pultenaea villosa | Hairy Bush Pea |
| Zieria prostrata | Headland Zieria |
| Larger Shrubs | |
| Grevillea linearifolia | White Spider Flower |
| Hibbertia scandens | Snake VIne |
| Pultenaea flexilis | Graceful Bush Pea |
| Smaller Trees | |
| Acacia floribunda | Sally Wattle |
| Acmena smithii | Lillipilli |
| Angophora hispida | Dwarf Apple |
| Banksia serrata | Old Man Banksia |
| Callicoma serratifolia | Black Wattle (Not a true Wattle) |
| Ceratopetalum gummiferum | NSW Christmas Bush |
| Glochidion ferdinandi | Cheese Tree |
| Leptospermum polygalifolium | Yellow Tea Tree |
| Leptospermum trinervium | Flaky Barked Tea Tree |
| Melaleuca ericifolia | Swamp Paperbark |
| Melaleuca linariifolia | Snow in Summer Paperbark |
| Synoum glandulosum | Scentless Rosewood |
| Tristaniopsis laurina | Water Myrtle |
| Larger Trees | |
| Ceratopetalum apetalum | Coachwood |
| Eucalyptus longifolia | Woollybutt |
| Eucalyptus paniculata | Grey Ironbark |
| Eucalyptus saligna | Sydney Blue Gum |
| Syncarpia glomulifera | Turpentine |
| Toona australis | Australian Red Cedar |
Plants provided in the giveaway are locally sourced and grown at Council’s Community Nursery by volunteers and Council staff. You are able to collect 2 trees and 4 plants per residence. Please return your tube pots to the community nursery (after hours chute at gate 2, 28 Britannia Street, Pennant Hills) or any Hornsby Shire Council library facility at Berowra, Hornsby or Pennant Hills for reuse.
If you have any questions, please email us at bushland@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
