Native plant nursery / wetland restoration supply
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Grow plants for the water level they will actually meet.
Offer / scope
Wetland plug supply is scoped through the propagation lot, with seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone. The boundary, exclusions and handover evidence are stated before work begins.
Dune stabilisation plants is scoped through the propagation lot, with seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone. Capacity, constraints and decision ownership stay visible from intake to closeout.
Contract propagation is scoped through the propagation lot, with seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone. The boundary, exclusions and handover evidence are stated before work begins.
Provenance seed collection is scoped through the propagation lot, with seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone. Capacity, constraints and decision ownership stay visible from intake to closeout.
About
Saltmarsh Nursery is a fictional native-plant nursery propagating wetland, dune and riparian species for restoration contractors, municipalities and community projects. Availability is organised by hydrological zone and provenance rather than decorative garden categories.
This identity is organised around the propagation lot, because the organisation becomes credible when the public can follow the same unit practitioners use internally.
The record is not decorative: seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone. That evidence changes how work is scoped, handed over and remembered.
Projects / work
Case 01
Three salinity bands were planted with separate provenance lots after a trial showed one commonly specified sedge failing in the upper zone.
Case 02
Locally collected pioneer grasses were grown in deep cells to reduce root disturbance at planting.
Case 03
Eighteen species were propagated to a phased civil programme rather than all being delivered on one arbitrary date.
Sequence
Map the hydrological zone is the entry control point for a propagation lot. The team records seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone so the next decision is made from an explicit state, not memory or assumption.
Collect with provenance is the next control point for a propagation lot. The team records seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone so the next decision is made from an explicit state, not memory or assumption.
Propagate by lot is the next control point for a propagation lot. The team records seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone so the next decision is made from an explicit state, not memory or assumption.
Harden for site conditions is the next control point for a propagation lot. The team records seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone so the next decision is made from an explicit state, not memory or assumption.
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native species in active production
100%
wild collections provenance-tagged
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hydrological hardening regimes
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ornamental exotics in restoration catalogue
Detail / field notes
A plant list is not a hydrology plan. A working note from Saltmarsh Nursery on the decisions hidden inside native plant nursery / wetland restoration supply. It connects the claim back to propagation lot and names where professional judgement or uncertainty remains.
Why provenance matters after disturbance. A working note from Saltmarsh Nursery on the decisions hidden inside native plant nursery / wetland restoration supply. It connects the claim back to seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone and names where professional judgement or uncertainty remains.
Hardening should resemble the future site. A working note from Saltmarsh Nursery on the decisions hidden inside native plant nursery / wetland restoration supply. It connects the claim back to seed provenance, collection permit, germination batch, hardening regime and planting zone and names where professional judgement or uncertainty remains.
Team / responsibility map
Nursery ecologist
Dr Pumla Gasa leads nursery ecologist and owns the decisions that touch each propagation lot. The role is described by responsibility, not decorative biography.
Propagation manager
Evan Ross leads propagation manager and owns the decisions that touch each propagation lot. The role is described by responsibility, not decorative biography.
Field collection lead
Lebo Khumalo leads field collection lead and owns the decisions that touch each propagation lot. The role is described by responsibility, not decorative biography.
FAQ
Q01
Selected retail days are offered, but the core nursery is scheduled around restoration lots and contract quantities.
Q02
Only under appropriate permissions and project-specific provenance plans. Wild collection is never treated as an unlimited source.
Q03
No. Hydrology, soil, disturbance and maintenance often determine outcomes more strongly than simply choosing native species.
Contact / conversion