Ipswich City Council

Gardening

Free Plant Program

Ipswich City Council provides a Free Plant Program each financial year to assist residents to develop a greener, healthier lifestyle.

Over 500,000 trees have been distributed to the local community in the last five years, with this figure continually rising.

Plants are proudly propagated and grown in Ipswich City Council's production nursery. Plant species are chosen and propagated to suit local climate and soil conditions.

As an Ipswich resident you are entitled to free plants every financial year under the Council's Free Plant Program. The following entitlements are available:

Residential/Renters - 8 plants
Riparian Allotments (on a river) - 15 plants
Acreage (0.4ha - 4ha) - 15 plants
Peri Urban (4ha - 20ha) - 30 plants

NOTE: Owner occupiers of newly built homes (under 12 months old) will be entitled to a one off allocation of 25 plants in addition to their annual allocation. Proof of owner occupier status and age of home will have to be produced.

To collect your free plants, present one of the following documents to either the Queen's Park or Goodna Nursery:

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

Free Plants are also available to the following groups upon submission of an application:

School - including Day Care Centres
Sporting Club
Church
Land For Wildlife
Wildlife Carer
VCA's (Voluntary Conservation Agreements)
Large Land Parcel (over 20ha)

Application Forms for the issue of plants in these categories are available for download below, from the Nurseries or by calling the Ipswich City Council 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, 76 kb)

Nursery Opening Hours

Closed on Public Holidays

Queen's Park Nursery
Goleby Avenue, Ipswich

Wednesday and Thursday - 7.30 am to 12.00 pm, 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm
Saturday - 8.00 am to 12.00 pm

Goodna Nursery
Stuart Street, Goodna

Wednesday - 8.00 am to 12.00 pm

Buying Plants

You may not be aware but the Ipswich City Council Nurseries also allow Ipswich residents to purchase plants at any time as long as proof of residential location is confirmed at time of purchase. Customers outside of the city of Ipswich cannot purchase plants from the nursery.

Last Updated 24 Sep 2009 |

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