A Little About Us
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We are a family-owned
business that is passionate about
trees and the environment.
The business of growing and selling
trees has grown out of three generations
of family that have always had something
to do with trees, whether native seed-collecting,
cultivating, propagating, landscaping,
tree surgery, horticulture or broadacre
landcare restoration.
Those skills are now put to work at
Torbay Treefarmers where our trees
- many of which start out from collected
seeds and cuttings - are grown with
great care and attention until they
are ready for their new landscape,
streetscape, park or garden.
Our stock is grown either at the 2ha
site in Perth or the larger 25ha site
in Torbay. This allows us to make
best use of the climatic differences
and gives us more flexibility in supplying
trees wherever they're most needed.
We also have an affiliated yard in
Bridgetown.
We are still an establishing business,
having only opened for trading in
2010, even though some of our trees
were first planted in 2000. We have
much expansion that we'd like to achieve
in the near future, further extending
our tree varieties and age range.
We hope you'll enjoy growing with
us!
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the trees in our Tree Catalogue> |
High quality trees
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High quality trees must
be healthy, strong and resilient
stock with good branch and
root structure.This helps
them transplant more readily,
resist disease more easily
and cope better with site
stresses like dry spells,
heat, wind and other disturbances
and demands.
Producing high quality trees
requires starting with good
genetic stock and then providing
the right growing care to
result in healthy root structure
and good physical form.
Because of this, Torbay
Treefarmers begin with the
highest quality root stock,
seeds or cuttings which
are either sourced externally
from proven providers or
collected ourselves from
the best source trees.
Ongoing pruning and shaping
occurs as the plant grows
to ensure that it matures
into a strong tree with
good trunk and limb structure.
Regular root care throughout
development is also provided
to ensure the plant has
the best possible root system.
This is essential if the
tree is to establish effectively
in its new environment.
This level of care and attention
to the various aspects of
cultivation and growth ensures
that our trees that leave
the yard with you have had
the best preparation
possible for handling the
potential rigours of their
new environment.
read
more on Tree Health and
ongoing care> |
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| Germinating collected
seeds |
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| Norfolk Pine seedlings |
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| Spotted gums in 45L bags |
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| In-ground Olive tree |
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You are welcome to
visit one of our yards and have a closer look at
our stock.
Give us a call or send an email through to make
a time. Click
here for sales appointment details>
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We are committed to using the most
ecologically sustainable methods and resource use
possible.
Our minimal-impact management practices mean we
are able to internally generate as many of our required
resources as possible, minimising our external load
on the environment.
As examples, summer watering is achieved by storing
excess rainwater run-off in winter and similarly,
we recycle as much of our organic matter as possible
for our planting materials. We have quarantine and
containment practices to avoid potential phytopthora
or pest risks and by using sound plant care in the
nursery and alternative solutions, we have so far
been able to avoid using any pesticides or herbicides
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