“When we build new developments, we should be trying to encourage people to engage with the local ecology…we should be taking drought-tolerant plants that are in northern Australia and use those as city plants. What we should be doing is getting native tropical plants into cities.”
About Territory Native Plants
Territory Native Plants (TNP) operate a production nursery in Berry Springs focussed on wholesale supply of quality NT Native Plants to the trade, a retail outlet in Millner (by appointment only) and three other local stockists; Finlay’s Stone, Berry Springs Home Hardware and Katherine Mitre 10 open seven days a week.
TNP also specialise in the salvage, translocation and nursery maintenance of protected NT Native Flora, broad scale revegetation projects and Horticulture, Conservation & Ecosystem Management VET training. Learn more here.
The nursery is operated by Tim Moore and Travis Messner, long term Top End locals who are passionate about the promotion of NT Native Plants as an ecologically sustainable alternative to exotic plantings, and are supported by a wonderful team of qualified horticultural staff, ecological consultants, landscaping contractors and volunteers.
Learn more about the value of NT Native Plants.
Browse Plants Available at Millner
We propagate over 300 species common to the Top End’s wet dry tropics, including large termite resistant shade trees, bird and butterfly attracting feature plants and fragrant, flowering native shrubs. TNP also specialise in a large range of cyclone resistant native shade trees suitable for woodland, coastal, monsoon forest and riverine habitats.
Conservation, Revegetation, Education & Training Services
Find out more about Territory Native Plants:
» Wholesale and revegetation services.
» Translocation and salvage services.
» Education and training services.
If you’re just after some planting advice for the garden, make an appointment to visit our Millner retail outlet. Or request a personalised on site consultation, to help you decide which NT native species best suit your project.
Passionate about Territory Native Plants
Learn how we harvest and grow.
“Native vegetation protects water resources and maintains water table levels, sustains biodiversity, provides habitats for native wildlife [and] provides NT residents with a sense of place and identity.”
NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The beauty of Territory Native Plants
“Native plantings provide habitat for native fauna and increase biodiversity…[but] bigger is not always better. Smaller plants that are well looked after will often outperform larger plants. Native tree and shrub species tend to perform better when they spend less time in pots and are planted from smaller stock.”
NT Dept of Education Planting Guidelines, 2017
