Welcome to Benara Nurseries

Benara Nurseries was established in 1963 and is a Western Australian family owned and managed company, with 3 generations actively involved in the nursery. Combined, the owners have over 200 years of experience in producing plants for the horticultural industry. Today Benara Nurseries employs over 300 staff, including 44 key staff that have been with the company for more than 10 years.

Quality Control

It is very important to us that our customers are provided with the most perfect plants possible. Plants are hand-picked daily from our production nursery and delivered to our dedicated quality control area. Here they are prepared and detailed, ready to be transferred to our despatch department. Our qualified quality control staff ensure that a consistently high standard of stock is delivered to our customers.

Contact Growing

Benara Nurseries can make your seasonal project planting easier.

Organise your plant requirements in advance by placing a contract growing or forward order with us. Our horticultural consultants, will guide you through availability, growing parameters and scheduling times. We can cater for all your planting needs: re-forestation seedlings, annuals, trees, shrubs, evergreen trees, climbers, shade plants and a range of succulents.

Flowering Annuals, Vegetable and Commercial Seedlings

We produce a diversified range of high quality annual and vegetable seedlings.

Benara Nurseries seedling nursery is considered to be one of the most modern and automated seedling nurseries in Australia. With the ability to produce mass quantities of seedlings we grow for retailers, landscapers and vegetable and commercial seedling gardeners.

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Forestry and Revegetation

We have the capabilities to grow up to 1.5 million tree seedlings at any one time.

Having grown for the Oil Mallee association and Carbon Conscious over the last 15 years, it has given us great knowledge and experience to allow us to grow strong, healthy seedlings. The seedlings are grown in a tray designed for native trees which promotes a strong and healthy root system. The trays are grown on benches to allow air flow and good hygiene. Programs are set up for insecticide, fungicide and fertiliser treatments.

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Advanced Plants

We have key staff dedicated to looking after all aspects of our advanced tree production to meet stringent quality standards.

Procedures and methods are constantly reviewed and new ideas explored to make sure we are growing the best quality trees for projects throughout Australia.

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Distribution

Reliable, efficient transport solutions for all your project needs

Our own transport fleet ensures plants are delivered to site with minimal damage and the least amount of stress to the plant as possible. Landscapers requests are met as much as possible, and regular visits to retailers throughout the week ensures constant top ups of fresh nursery stock. Our large fleet of trucks allows us to have full control of the plant quality right to your site. We have a purpose built tree loader that can deliver advanced trees without too much handling and avoid any scarring or damage. With a solid distribution network Australia wide, plants are shipped weekly to all major cities.

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Research and Development

To continue to advance and develop in the growing of the finest quality best value plants, the ability to innovate is critical.Through consultation and collaboration with key staff, industry specialists and calling on the wealth of knowledge and experience from senior generations, we continue to improve our efficiency and systems.

The continuing focus on improvement carries throughout the business, from day to day office procedures and computer programming, to scrutiny of potting media, water saving strategies and pest management.

Regular plant trials are carried out in consultation with many leading breeders from around the world and often very close to home.

Working with local breeders and collectors who specialize in Australian and West Australian plants we are painstakingly assessing new plant material for strong and vigorous performance in the home or landscape. Concentrating on growing trees that meet the stringent requirements of our customers, we are constantly researching and improving methods of growing, to maximise root development, strength and vigour both above and below the ground.

Industry Standards

Benara Nurseries are accredited to Nursery and Garden Industry standards. This regularly audited scheme recognises that Benara Nurseries is operating under the ‘best practice guidelines on farm management’

Environment

Benara Nurseries management and staff believe passionately in having a positive impact on the world around them. This core commitment influences daily decisions and enables the nursery to conduct business ethically, fulfilling our moral obligations to give back to the community.

Having achieved the EcoHort accreditation standards for ‘best practice’ environmental considerations in our day to day running of the nursery, Benara Nurseries continues to be attuned to the ongoing sustainability of the business.

Together with careful management of water use by utilizing rain and temperature sensors, recycling, waste management and rainwater harvesting and using solar panels to manage our power usage, we are upholding our commitment to the environment.

Our pots and labels can be recycled up to 50 times.
The Polypropylene (PP5) that our 10cm pots to 12 litre pots and labels are made of is non-toxic and 100% recyclable. It can be placed into your domestic recycling bins and recycled up to 50 times.
Propagation and commercial vegetable trays are salvaged, steam sterilized and reused in our production.
We have paper recycling bins for all cardboard boxes and paper from our office.
Where possible older pots are cleaned and recycled within production.
All irrigation is timed and monitored by computerised programs to ensure the most efficient watering.
Drip irrigation is utilised on advanced trees to ensure adequate water for the plants with minimum water loss.
Plastic batch signs and general nursery signage is salvaged and recycled through our production systems.
Plant deliveries are calculated with the aid of our dedicated transport software system. Utilising the latest in GPS technology to ensure minimum driving distances to optimise fuel efficiencies whilst also endeavouring to meet customer deadlines where possible.