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One of the many things we do in West Preston is grow plants in our nursery. These are used for revegetation, fire suppression and agroforestry on the Otways property, in our garden here, in friends gardens and for our school.

We originally grew plants under shade cloth to reduce water stress during summer but we are now growing plants in wicking beds which catch any water used and allow plants to draw water up as needed. In this picture the shad cloth is shown rolled back in early spring.

This wicking bed has been placed to catch water of the tin shed.

Picture of blackwoods growing when the shade cloth is in place.

We have a micro greenhouse to help some plants in winter. The black barrel is used as thermal mass.