Van Tilburg Nursery

24/08/2026

❤️🌺 RED BALL CORNFLOWERS ARE READY! 🌺❤️

They’ve been growing away nicely, and now our Red Ball Cornflowers are ready to head home! 🌱

Growing in 75mm tubes, these beauties are a great choice if you’re after plenty of colour in the garden. Perfect for cottage gardens, borders, pots and garden beds, and they’ll make fantastic cut flowers once they get flowering. 💐

And of course, the bees and other pollinators will love them too! 🐝🦋

Just like our Black Ball Cornflowers, these are grown right here at Van Tilburg Nursery in Westbury, so they’ve been raised in our Tasmanian conditions from the start. 💪🌿

❤️ Red Ball Cornflowers
🌱 75mm tubes
💐 Great for cut flowers
🐝 Pollinator friendly
🌿 Grown right here in Tasmania

💰 $3.50 each

They’re ready now — come and grab yours before they’re all gone! 🌺❤️

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery – Westbury

Grown Local. Grown Tough. Grown for Tasmania. Growing Our Future. 🌱

23/08/2026

🐦🍎 DON’T WAIT FOR THE BIRDS TO GET READY 🌿

It’s not quite time to put the bird netting on yet, but this is exactly the time of year to start getting prepared.

The fruit trees are putting on their buds, the berries are flowering, and before long the birds will be keeping a very close eye on what’s ripening. 😅

We’ve got Rally White Bird Netting — 5 metres wide available at $5.20 per metre cut to length.

And if you’re looking for bird netting, this is the sort of product we’d recommend for doing the job properly.

🌱 It’s incredibly versatile and strong

You can use it over:

🍎 Fruit trees and orchards
🍓 Berry patches
🥕 Veggie gardens and garden beds
🌿 Young plants and nursery areas
🏗️ Permanent frames and structures
🌱 Growing tunnels and arches
🪚 DIY bird-proof structures
🏡 Larger areas where you want to keep birds out

The 5-metre width is a huge advantage. It gives you plenty of coverage and makes it ideal for draping over larger trees, structures and frames without having to join a heap of smaller pieces together.

💪 And it’s GOOD netting.

✔️ Strong knitted construction
✔️ UV stabilised for outdoor use
✔️ Lightweight and easy to handle
✔️ White, so you can see through it easily
✔️ Durable and reusable
✔️ Great for putting over a permanent structure and leaving the framework ready year after year

💡 Our tip: Don’t wait until your cherries are red, veggies are ready and the birds have already found them!

Measure up your trees or growing area now, work out how you want to protect it, build your frame if needed, and have your netting ready to go.

Then when the fruit starts to ripen, you can simply put it in place and protect the crop you’ve spent months growing. 🍒🍓🍐

📏 Rally White Bird Netting — 5m wide
💰 $5.20 per metre

Available now at Van Tilburg Nursery 🌱

Grown Local. Grown Tough. Grown for Tasmania. Growing Our Future.

23/08/2026

☀️🌿 WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING DAY! 😍

After all the cold, frosty weather we’ve had here in Westbury, it’s so good to finally see a day like this! ☀️💚

The sun is shining, the sky is blue and the nursery is looking fantastic. 🌱🌸 There’s something pretty special about getting outside on a beautiful day, having a wander through the nursery and seeing everything starting to wake up as we head towards spring.

There’s plenty happening around the place at the moment, with plants growing strongly and colour starting to pop up everywhere. 🌼🌺🌿

And if today has you thinking about getting stuck into the garden, we’ve still got heaps of sheep manure and potting mix available 🐑🌱 — everything you need to give the garden a bit of a freshen-up.

So why not make the most of this beautiful day? ☀️
Come for a wander, have a look at what’s growing and see what you can find for your garden. You might even discover your next favourite plant! 🌿🪴😍

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery – Westbury, Tasmania
🕘 Open 9am–5pm, 7 days a week

Come and enjoy the sunshine with us! 🌱☀️💚

Grown Local. Grown Tough. Grown for Tasmania.
Growing Our Future. 🌱🇦🇺

21/08/2026

🌿🌿🌿 A LITTLE LOOK AT WHAT’S IN STOCK AT VAN TILBURG NURSERY! 🌿🌿🌿

We’ve put together a few pages showing JUST A SMALL SELECTION of the plants we currently have available 🌱🌸

👉 THIS IS NOT OUR FULL INVENTORY!

We’ve got plenty more plants growing, coming through production and sitting throughout the nursery that aren’t even listed here.

🌸 FLOWERING PLANTS
🌿 FLOWERING SHRUBS
🌱 GARDEN PLANTS
🌾 GRASSES & STRAPPY PLANTS
🌿 HEBES
💜 LAVENDERS
🌺 PELARGONIUMS & GERANIUMS
🌿 WESTRINGIAS
…and HEAPS MORE!

From little 75mm plants right through to larger 200mm stock, we’re growing a huge range of plants suited to Tasmanian gardens.

💚 GROWN LOCAL
💪 GROWN TOUGH
🌱 GROWN FOR TASMANIA

Being based in Westbury, we know what our plants have to put up with — frost, wind, cold winters and everything else Tasmania throws at them!

So if you’re looking for something for the garden, a landscaping job, a hedge, a feature plant or just something a little different…

🌿 COME AND HAVE A LOOK! 🌿

And remember — if you don’t see what you’re looking for on these pages, ask us!

This is only a small snapshot of what’s growing here at Van Tilburg Nursery. 🌱

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery — Westbury, Tasmania

Grown local. Grown tough. Grown for Tasmania. Growing our future. 💚

21/08/2026

Still have a few left 😃

🌼 RARE DAHLIA TUBER! 🌼

Looking for something a little different this season?

‘Ian Hislop’ is a stunning dahlia that produces masses of warm apricot, peach and orange blooms with golden centres that bees absolutely love. A real standout in the garden and fantastic for cut flowers.

🔥 Only $15 per tuber

✔️ Premium quality tubers
✔️ Easy to grow
✔️ Flowers from summer through to autumn
✔️ Limited numbers available

Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery – Westbury
Open 7 days, 9 am–5 pm.

Grown local. Grown tough. Grown for Tasmania. Growing our future.

Tag a friend who can’t resist dahlias! 🌸

21/08/2026

Still have a few left 😃

🖤 THE DAHLIA THAT STOPS PEOPLE IN THEIR TRACKS… 🖤

Every now and then, a flower comes along that makes people stop, stare, and ask…

“What is that?”

This is Black Beauty.

With rich, dark burgundy blooms and a striking velvety finish, it’s one of the most dramatic dahlias you can grow. Reaching up to 1.5 metres tall, each plant produces an abundance of spectacular flowers throughout summer and into autumn.

Whether planted as a feature in the garden or picked for the vase, Black Beauty never fails to impress.

At Van Tilburg Nursery, we’ve grown these ourselves right here in Westbury, so you can be confident you’re taking home strong, healthy tubers ready to thrive in Tasmanian conditions.

🌺 Rich, dark burgundy blooms
🌿 Grows to around 1.5 metres
✂️ Outstanding cut flower with long, strong stems
🐝 Loved by bees and other pollinators
☀️ Easy to grow in a sunny position

💲 Only $15 per tuber

If you’ve been looking for something a little different this season, this is it.

📍 Visit Van Tilburg Nursery or send us a message to reserve yours before they sell out.

Grown Local • Grown Tough • Grown for Tasmania • Growing Our Future

20/08/2026

🌿 THE GRASSES ARE GROWING! 🌿

We’ve been building up a really good range of tough grasses and strappy plants here at Van Tilburg Nursery — and honestly, we’re pretty impressed with how they’re coming along! 🌱💪

These aren’t just plants that look good in the nursery. They’re the sort of plants we love growing because they have to handle Westbury conditions too — frost, wind, cold and everything Tasmania can throw at them. ❄️🌬️

🌾 Poa sieberiana – Blue Tussock Grass
❄️ Frost hardy to around -15°C
🌱 Full sun to part shade
📏 Around 50cm high
🌾 Produces attractive flowering seed heads
💰 Tubes $6.50

🌿 Festuca glauca – Blue Fescue
❄️ Frost hardy to around -20°C
🌱 Full sun to part shade
📏 Around 30cm high
🌾 Fine blue foliage with delicate flower heads
💰 Tubes $6.50

🍃 Dianella hybrid – Variegated Flax Lily
❄️ Frost hardy to around -5°C
🌱 Full sun to part shade
📏 Around 60cm high x 60cm wide
🌸 Small blue flowers followed by attractive blue-purple berries
Beautiful variegated foliage, tough and versatile. Great for structure, borders and feature planting.
💰 $13

🌿 Dianella tasmanica – Tasmanian Flax Lily ‘Red Stem’
❄️ Frost hardy to around -5°C
🌱 Full sun to part shade
📏 Around 60cm high
🌸 Blue flowers followed by blue-purple berries
A proper Tasmanian toughie, with striking foliage and distinctive red stems. Great for mass planting, borders or as a feature.
💰 $13

🌸 Hemerocallis hybrids – Daylilies
❄️ Frost hardy to around -15°C
🌱 Full sun to part shade
📏 Around 40cm high x 50cm wide
🌸 Beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers in a range of colours!
Tough, reliable and perfect for adding colour and interest to the garden.

And this is only part of the range! 🌱

We’re growing a proper selection of grasses and strappy plants — not just the usual few varieties you see everywhere.

🌿 DON’T FORGET OUR MIX & MATCH DEAL! 🌿

Choose ANY 12 plants in 140mm pots for just $140! 💥

Mix and match your favourites — build your own combination of grasses, strappy plants, flowering plants and more.

That’s 12 plants for $140, giving you plenty to get stuck into the garden without breaking the bank! 🌱💪

If you’re after plants that can handle frost, wind and changing Tasmanian weather, come and have a look at what’s growing on the benches.

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery – Westbury, Tasmania
🕘 Open 9am–5pm, 7 days

Grown Local. Grown Tough. Grown for Tasmania. Growing Our Future. 🌱🇦🇺

14/08/2026

🌱♻️ WE’VE GOT AN IDEA… WHAT DO YOU THINK? ♻️🌱

We use a fair bit of Maxicrop Premium Seaweed + Fertiliser here at Van Tilburg Nursery, and we’ve been thinking…

What if we offered a REFILL SERVICE? 🤔

Instead of buying another plastic bottle every time, you could bring your own clean container into the nursery and we’ll refill it for you.

We’re thinking 500 mL for $13.

And here’s the good bit…

💧 500 mL makes up to 200 litres of plant food!

It’s a concentrated seaweed + fertiliser, so it’s not just a seaweed conditioner — you’re also giving your plants a feed.

🌱 Great for vegetables
🌸 Flowers
🌳 Trees & shrubs
🌿 Natives
🪴 Potted plants
🌾 Lawns & more

And most importantly…

WE USE IT. WE TRUST IT. 🌱

♻️ Reuse your old containers
♻️ Reduce plastic waste
🌱 Buy only what you need
💧 A little goes a long way

But before we actually set this up, we want to know what YOU think!

👉 Would you use a Maxicrop refill service?
👉 Would you bring your own bottle or container in?
👉 Is $13 for 500 mL a fair price?
👉 Is this something you’d find useful?

👇 Let us know in the comments — YES or NO, and tell us why!

If there’s enough interest, we’ll make it happen. 💚

Van Tilburg Nursery
🌱 Growing local, growing tough, Growing Our Future

13/08/2026

🌱🌸 A LITTLE TASTE OF SPRING AT VAN TILBURG NURSERY 🌸🌱

There’s definitely something changing around the nursery at the moment.

The fruit trees are starting to flower, bulbs are popping up, the roses are budding, trees are beginning to leaf up — and the blue wrens are becoming a familiar sight again. 🐦

It feels like the garden is slowly waking up.

And with a few beautiful warm days already behind us, we’re starting to think that spring might be arriving a little earlier than usual.

🌱 The veggie patch is starting to wake up too.

We’ve got plenty of six-cell punnets coming along and ready for the garden, including:

🥦 Broccoli
🥬 Cauliflower
🥬 Cabbage
🫛 Peas
🫘 Beans
❤️ Beetroot

If you’ve been thinking about getting the veggie garden started, now is a great time to get things moving.

There’s no need to wait for the calendar to say spring. A little preparation now means you’re ready to make the most of the growing season ahead.

And behind the scenes, we’re busy propagating, potting and growing plenty more — watching closely to see what the season brings.

It’s always an exciting time of year around here.

The garden is waking up… and we’re looking forward to seeing what spring brings. 🌿

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery — Westbury, Tasmania

Grown local. Grown tough. Grown for Tasmania.
Growing our future. 🌱

13/08/2026

🌱 A LITTLE LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES AT VAN TILBURG NURSERY 🌱

This is 200 Dwarf Red Tea Trees we’ve potted up today. 🌿

And what’s pretty amazing is…

This is only a small part of what we’ve been working on today.

When you see rows of plants around the nursery, it’s easy to forget just how much work goes into getting them there.

Today alone we’ve been potting, propagating, watering, preparing stock and getting plants ready for the season ahead.

And the numbers really start to add up.

🪴 One box contains around 440 x 140 mm pots.

When we’re working through that many pots, you soon realise just how much plastic is used in a nursery.

That’s one of the reasons we really value reusing old nursery pots. ♻️

So when we ask if you’ve got old pots sitting around at home that you’re finished with…

We really do appreciate you bringing them in.

Every pot we can clean and reuse is one less pot that needs to be thrown away and another one that gets another life.

And then there’s the potting mix.

We make our own growing medium here at the nursery, and filling around 440 of these 140 mm pots uses close to a cubic metre of growing medium.

It’s amazing when you stop and think about it.

Hundreds of pots.
Hundreds of plants.
Hundreds of litres of growing medium.

And that’s just one small part of one day’s work.

🌱 This is what growing plants locally looks like.

A lot of work happens behind the scenes before a plant ever reaches your garden — and we’re pretty proud of the fact that we’re doing it right here in Westbury.

We’re getting plenty of stock growing now because spring is just around the corner, and judging by what we’re seeing around the nursery, it’s looking like it could be a cracker.

So keep an eye on what we’re up to.

There’s plenty more growing behind the scenes… 🌿🌸

And if you’ve got old nursery pots you’re no longer using, we’d love to give them another life. ♻️

🌿 Grown local. Grown tough. Grown for Tasmania.
🌿 Growing our future.

📍 Van Tilburg Nursery — Westbury, Tasmania