Native & Indigenous Plant Supply

Introducing Regen Nurseries

The Australian Ecosystems Nursery is now operating as Regen Nurseries

Regen Nurseries

Plant supply to the horticulture industry

For more than 25 years, Australian Ecosystems has operated as one of the largest native and indigenous tubestock nurseries in Australia.

Regen Nurseries has emerged as a breakaway company following a large scale investment in nursery operations, automation and infrastructure. We anticipate that this expansion will allows us to grow more than 5 Million plants per year.

This expansion has allowed us to provide high-quality wholesale native, indigenous, and wetland plants for those looking to restore ecosystems and create sustainable environments including landscape architectscivil contractorsdevelopers, and landcare groups in zero waste plant trays. 

The Australian Ecosystems Construction and Maintenance divisions will continue to provide their service and will be supported by the team at Regen Nurseries.

Regen Nurseries provides wholesale supply of native and indigenous plants in zero waste play tray formats.

How it Works

Send your plant list to Regen Nurseries, and they will provide a quote and help coordinate the delivery your plants straight to your project site.

Contract grow any size project from 5000 plants to > 1 million plants, or selects from a limited number of available stock for short notice orders.

 
When you purchase plants from Regen Nurseries, you get the benefit our efficiencies, quality of plants, delivery systems and tray return systems, which improves your efficiency and success rates in the field.
commercial landscape planting at Warralily wetland
Regen Nurseries provides wholesale plant supply for wetlands, waterways, public open space or other commercial landscapes

Interactive Plant Guide

 
Create a custom plant list from the Top 100 most common native and indigenous plant species,  or the 200 Top diversity species, our aquatic plants, or popular landscape lines and place your order 6-12 months in advance.
 
Regen Nurseries offers Plant Brokerage so that you get all your plants in one delivery.
 
View the interactive Native and Indigenous Plant guide below, complete with a full planting list, horticultural information, and full colour photos and videos for plant users to interact with.
 
 



Other Services

Seed Bank and Seed Collection

Regen Nurseries houses a comprehensive seed bank for the Greater Melbourne area and propagates 370 species of plants, and collects from more than 250 sites for revegetation, wetland and waterway projects, drainage corridors, civil, infrastructure and roads projects, land restoration and habitat restoration projects and carbon projects.
 
Plants are grown in zero waste reusable trays that are returned and rewashed and reused multiple times to end plastic waste. These formats also make planting fast and efficient for contractors. We pre-pop plants in the nursery so that they are not pot bound and are easy to plant in the field, increasing success rates and installation times, saving you money.
 
Their 93cc hiko, 200cc forestry tubes and 600cc wetland and aquatic plants are fully compliant with Melbourne Water requirements and plant standards for constructed wetlands.
 

Contract Planting Services

In partnership with our efficient planting division, Regen Planters, we offer not only the supply and delivery of high quality native and indigenous plants, but also the installation by our super efficient planting teams.
 
Each planter is highly efficient, and can plant as many as 3,000 plants per day robust planting techniques resulting in high quality outcomes.
 
For contract planting, please visit Regen Planters.
 

Regen Nurseries Location

Get in contact for native and indigenous plant supply at hello@regennurseries.com.au

Plant Formats

93cc HIKOs

​HIKO plants are and efficient and effective plant size for establishing vegetation cover in ephemeral marsh zones, allowing for ease of handling and planting of stock. They are smaller than 200cc standard forestry tubestock, commonly called ‘tubestock’. Best practice constructed wetlands require ephemeral wetland batters to be planted with HIKOs at a minimum of 6 plants per square meter.

  • ​93cc
  • Constructed wetlands
  • Ephemeral wetland batters
  • 40 plants per tray

200cc Tubestock

​This is also known as ’20 cell’, due to 20 plants being held in one tray. Tubestock or 20 Cell is the standard format for forestry seedlings, considered the ideal size for planting trees and shrubs in non-aquatic environments. 

  • 20 plants per tray
  • Forestry standard

600cc Large Format

600cc format plants are very effective plant formats for shallow, deep and submerged marsh zones. Constructed wetlands can often be hostile to plant establishment. 600cc large format plants have tall strong stems, and large well developed root systems and rhizomes (storage organs) which give plants the best chance of establishment in these conditions. Best practice constructed wetland plantings require shallow marsh, deep marsh and submerged marsh plantings to be established at a minimum of 2 plants per square meter in shallow and deep marsh zones, and 1 plant per square meter in submerged marsh zones. 

  • ​73mm x 130mm
  • 12 plants per tray
  • Ideal for shallow marsh, deep marsh, and submerged marsh plantings