LIZZIE LE ARN S TO by Lizzie Macaulay
LIZZIE LEARNS TO...
CARE FOR PLANTS S
o today I’m going to be writing about one of my favourite destinations on the Fraser Coast.
It has made a huge impact on myself and my family, and is the home to so many happy memories. We’ve adventured there.
We’ve taken pieces of it home with us from the incredible nursery.
But what we’ve never done is take a sneaky peek behind the scenes. Lucky for me, this is the order of the day for this month’s adventure for Alive.
I’ve been a regular visitor to Bamboo Land Nursery and Parklands over the last decade, and with every visit I’m surprised by either how the place has a) been re-shaped or b) grown. The familiar creak of the skyscraper-tall bamboo is one of life’s great simple pleasures. The gentle movement of the Burrum River gliding by is deeply soothing to sit by and admire. This spectacularly secluded sanctuary is home to all sorts of magic, and of course it starts with the nursery
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and parkland’s owners, Janne and Tarissa Nilsson.
The pair work tirelessly to bring their vision to life, and were kind enough to open their doors to us to understand what it really takes to run an operation of this magnitude. (And trust me, magnitude is the right word!)
We all know the dirt road that leads us to the entrance. You turn left, you park and you wander about in the wonderland Janne, Tarissa and the crew have sculpted and curated over time… But have you ever looked to the right instead?
Across the road from the main gardens is where a different kind of magic happens.
Rows and rows of greenhouse-style structures are brimming with every type of tropical plant imaginable. Lush. Green. Happy.
You’d be surprised to discover the amount of technical prowess used to keep these plants alive and thriving…
They’re watered, nurtured and monitored to the point that if something doesn’t go according to the normal plan, you’d instantly know about it, and have the ability to make whatever tweaks needed before there’s a problem. I suppose that must be both the blessing and the curse
