Landscaping Supplies

Garden centres or chain stores usually carry a range of potting mixes, pest control and fertilisers, but if you have a large garden or garden intensively, it may be more economical and convenient to look for alternative places to buy such supplies. They might deliver, too, which is ideal if you lack transport. Of course, if you're major landscape contruction or renovation, you'll need a source of bulk sands, gravels, soils, mulches and construction materials (pavers, timbers, concrete blocks, geotextiles etc).

This page covers suppliers of materials for garden construction projects like paving and retaining walls, as well as bulk soils, mulches and fertilisers. It will include landscape supply yards in Qld as well as produce agents and rural supply outlets that supply garden products plus building supply yards that sell landscaping timbers etc.

If buying in bulk, be sure to have a suitable place to store the materials until you need to use them, if necessary.

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A Boardwalk for Bli Bli

A new elevated boardwalk through the Maroochy River wetlands will allow visitors to explore aspects of the region's natural and cultural heritage. Descendants of the Australian South Sea Islanders Inc (DASSI) has worked with Sunshine Coast Council on the project and hope to develop educational signage to increase awareness of the Sunshine Coast’s history of South Sea Islanders. They first arrived as slaves more than 150 years ago, helping to establish the sugar industry. The route is set along an old cane rail track. The boardwalk itself is made from a fibre reinforced polymer, which won't rust or rot. Mesh decking allows 40% light penetration, so that plants can grow under and around the structure. The Bli Bli Boardwalk can be accessed from Whistler Street, Bli Bli. Source: New boardwalk honours history and spectacular natural surrounds (April 2021)

Better concrete from unexpected source

High-lignin cellulosic residues left by some types of biofuel production could be used in concrete manufacture. Replacing some of the cement in the mix with ash of the burnt biofuel byproduct actually increased the strength of the finished concrete. Source: Researchers building stronger, greener concrete with biofuel byproducts (March 2013)

White rot evolution the end for coal

Timber brown rot fungi can break down cellulose but not lignin. White rot fungi can attack both. A genomic study of wood-rotting fungi has estimated appearance of white rot fungi 290 million years ago, at the end of the Carboniferous period. This may have been a major reason that coal formation largely stopped at that time. Previously, fungi did not posses the enzymes required to digest the lignin component of wood, so it accumulated and eventually became coal. Source: White Rot Fungi Slowed Coal Formation (June 2012)

Places to buy Landscape Supplies in Queensland

HERITAGE CONCRETE SLEEPERS 100 Muniganeen Road, Muniganeen, Qld 4352 Ph: (07) 4696 7533 Mob: 0409 134 221 www.heritageconcretesleepers.com.au

These High Strength Concrete Sleepers with Fibre Mesh Mix offer the durability of Concrete but the look of timber without the worry of Fire, rot or termites, ever. The colour is mixed in the concrete, not just painted on the surface. Our Sleepers are suitable for retaining walls, garden edging, raised garden beds or garden steps. They are easy to install. No nuts, bolts or screws required. Also available are pavers slate-style or cobble stone look, interlocking concrete blocks, garden seats and pre-cast slabs suitable for Wheelie Bins, Gas bottles, air-conditioning units etc. Buy direct from Heritage Concrete Sleepers or from one of its distributors. Visit the landscape display at Muniganeen (near Highfields) or the WEBSITE for design ideas and more information.

WESTERN LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES Two locations: Corner of Jennifer St and Counihan St, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Qld. 4073 Ph: (07) 3376 7500 Corner of Sherbrook Rd and Bowhill Rd, Acacia Ridge, Qld. 4110 Ph: (07) 3372 8380 westernlandscape.com.au

Western Landscape Supplies offers a wide variety of landscaping products for the homeowner or tradesperson. Mixes, mulches, composts and fertilisers for the garden. Soil, sand & gravel, including crushed concrete and decorative pebbles. Range of treated timber for fencing or retaining walls, cement, steel reinforcing products, and much more. Under New Management from 2007 in two locations. Kelley's Landscape Supplies now incorporated with Western Landscape Supplies. Home delivery available. For more information, visit the WEBSITE

SUNSHINE COAST GARDENER'S PARADISE Incorporating Eumundi Palms 1073 Browns Creek Road, Eerwah Vale via Eumundi Qld 4562 Ph: (07) 5442 8492 www.gardenersparadise.com.au

Sunshine Coast Gardener's Paradise lives up to its name with over 200,000 plants from "tubes" to "super advanced" in stock. Select from indoor and outdoor plants including ferns, rainforest plants, cycads and sun-hardened palms. Be sure to visit the Botanical Palm Garden featuring some eighty different species of palms, including rare varieties. For a Balinese-style garden, the centre can supply thatched huts, decorative figures, pots and water features. For more information, visit the Sunshine Coast Gardener's Paradise WEBSITE

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