Ipswich City Council

Gardens

Free Plant Program 

As an Ipswich resident you are entitled to eight free plants every financial year under the Council's Free Plant Program. To collect your free plants, present one of the following documents to either the Queen's Park or Goodna Nursery:

• property rates notice;
• a voucher from the Defence Housing Authority; or
• a rental statement from the Department of Public Works & Housing; or
• landlords current rate notice (for private renters).

Other Free Plant Categories available (by application) are as follows:

• School
• Sporting Club
• Church
• Property over 4 hectares 
• River Block
• Land For Wildlife
• Wildlife Carer
• VCA's (Voluntary Conservation Agreements)
• Primary Producers - Must Quote ABN

Application Forms for the issue of plants in these categories are available for download below, from the Nurseries or by calling the Health, Parks & Recreation Office on (07) 3810 6666. Plants from the above categories are selected by the Nursery Staff from the Flora Data Base.

 Free Plant Application Form (PDF, 286 kb)
 Free Plant Program (PDF, 605 kb)
 Street Trees (PDF, 608 kb)

Nursery Opening Hours

Queen's Park Nursery
Goleby Avenue, Ipswich

Wednesday and Thursday - 7:30am to 12:00pm, 12:30 pm to 3:30pm
Saturday (Closed Easter Saturday) - 8:00am to 12:00pm

Goodna Nursery
Stuart Street, Goodna

Wednesday - 8:00am to 12:00pm

Bushland Friendly Nurseries 

The Ipswich Bushland Friendly Nursery Program aims to preserve bushland through the elimination of the availability of environmental weeds for sale in Ipswich and to promote the use of non-invasive native plants.

Bushland Friendly plants can be purchased from the following nurseries:

Ipswich City Council Nurseries

• Queens Park Nursery
  Goleby Avenue
  Ipswich Qld 4305
  (07) 3810 6666
• Goodna Nursery
  Stuart Street
  Goodna Qld 4300
  (07) 3810 6666

Other Ipswich Area Nurseries

• Newerah Natives
  269 Ebenezer Road
  Rosewood Qld 4340
  (07) 5464 1333
• Pine Mountain Nursery
  442 Russells Road
  Pine Mountain Qld 4306
  (07) 5464 3976
• Ipswich Town and Country Nursery
  353 Brisbane Road
  West Ipswich Qld 4305
  (07) 3281 3188
• Soul Lee Native Flora
  25 Foxton Street
  Bundamba Qld 4305
  (07) 3389 3355
• Brassall State School Native Plant Nursery
  Pine Mountain Road
  Brassall Qld 4305
  (07) 3813 4333
• Bunnings Hardware
  Brisbane Road
  Booval Qld 4305
  (07) 3282 1922
• Verdi Garden and Design
  43 Brisbane Road
  Newtown Qld 4305
  (07) 3212 4444

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