BURRINGBAR BOTANIC GARDENS NURSERY

Burringbar Botanic Gardens Nursery

Burringbar Botanic Gardens Nursery has many unique plants, with over twenty years experience growing within the subtropical climate of far north-eastern NSW. This climate allows for a wide range of species, especially those generally considered to demand tropical conditions. The gardens have over 5 acres of plantings and contain over 1500 species of Australian plants and about 100 exotic species.

Youthful enthusiasm

Burringbar Botanic Gardens Nursery is the concept of Kristopher Kupsch, an avid horticulturalist and botanical enthusiast who has been studying Australian native plants for twenty five years. As a young boy, Kris developed a passion for horticulture, and began selling plants at the local markets at the age of 7 (pictured left). As a teenager, Kristopher began revegetating sections of the family property, which at the time was primarily used for grazing. Early plantings specifically included rare and threatened species. Many years later the dynamic collection is growing and most recently the gardens include collections of landscaping plants such as Cycas, Macrozamia, Encephalartos, Pandanus, Succulents, Bromeliads, Gingers and Palms.

We offer a small but promising variety of mostly Australian tropical and subtropical species specifically catering for botanical collections but also for landscaping and bushfood plantings. The majority of our customers are government botanic gardens within Australia and have supplied to developing botanic gardens overseas.

Quality Assurance

Nursery hygiene is of the up-most importance and we constantly strive to improve our hygiene practices by using soil-less media sourced locally from an expert business, using above ground shelved growing facilities. We aim to be approved by the Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme Australia (NIASA), and therefore all capital works and expansions are carried out in accordance to the NIASA guidelines.

Where we are

We are located in the far NE corner of New South Wales, Australia, between Byron Bay and Tweed Heads, and a short distance inland from Pottsville. Click on the map and zoom in !

We welcome visitors, however, our growing facilities are closed to the general public and any visit to the gardens or nursery is by appointment only.