WA · NT · TASMANIA
Behind the biosecurity line? You won’t be doing this alone.
Rare plants for Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania — hand-guided across the quarantine border by a person, not a checkout.
Most nurseries put “we don’t ship to WA, NT or Tasmania” in the fine print and leave it there. But the states with the strictest plant-quarantine borders in the country are home to some of the most determined collectors we know — people who’ve half given up on getting rare species across the line. We think that’s a waste. So we built a way through, we do it legally and properly, and we do it with you — not by handing you a cart and hoping it works out.
How It Works
You build a wishlist
You tell us what you’re chasing — and we check it can cross your state’s border before anything else happens.
A specialist clears it
A licensed quarantine specialist treats, documents and clears your plants under your state’s protocol.
We prepare & send
We prepare your order by hand, correctly identified and quarantine-ready, and it’s sent on to you.
It runs on a three-weekly rhythm, it costs more than ordinary freight, and a few species genuinely can’t cross. We check yours before you commit a cent.
We’d rather be straight with you
We’d rather be straight with you than over-promise. Western Australia has the strictest rules in the country — some plant families are effectively barred (Myrtaceae above all), we don’t send our pines west, and some of our range is Victorian-grown, which WA won’t accept. Tasmania is more open, with two possible routes. The Northern Territory goes via the quarantine pathway. The point is simple: we check exactly what’s possible for your wishlist before you spend anything — and even when the border blocks something, we sometimes know another way in.
Why there’s no buy button here
You won’t find an “add to cart” on this page, and that’s deliberate. Getting a rare plant legally into WA, the NT or Tasmania is a real process — botanical declarations, treatment, quarantine clearance, careful timing. We’re not going to hand you that alone and hope it works out. Instead, you tell us what you’re chasing, we check it can cross, and a person guides you through every step. When everything’s confirmed, we prepare your order by hand. It’s slower than a checkout. It’s also the reason your plants actually arrive.
Your part is the fun part: browse our range and build a wishlist. On each plant’s page you’ll find its botanical name and a size guide — exactly what we need to check it against the rules, and exactly what the quarantine specialist needs to quote. Note them down as you go. Everything after that is ours to handle
Already know what you’re after? Just submit, and reply to the email we send with your wishlist — by botanical name where you can. Still browsing? Submit anyway and we’ll be in touch.
What Happens Next
- You send us your wishlist. We check every species against the WA, NT and Tasmania rules first — that part’s on us.
- Once it’s cleared, you register directly with our quarantine specialist and submit your plant list to them by botanical name, ahead of a sending date (they send every three weeks). We walk you through it.
- We prepare and pack your order by hand, correctly tagged, and send it to them.
- They treat, clear and forward it to you, and invoice you separately for the quarantine and final leg. From the moment your plants reach them, that leg is between you and the quarantine specialist — including their care in transit. We don’t raise your order until everything’s confirmed, so nothing is wasted.
Our part is getting your plants — correctly identified and quarantine-ready — safely into the specialist’s hands. From that point, the treatment, the paperwork, the final leg and your plants’ care in transit are theirs, and you deal with them directly for it.
We’ll introduce you and make sure you’re set up. We’re simply honest that once your plants leave us for quarantine, that relationship is yours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Because getting a rare plant legally into WA, the NT or Tasmania isn’t a checkout-and-forget purchase — it involves botanical declarations, treatment, quarantine clearance and careful timing. Rather than take your money and leave you to navigate that alone, we guide it personally. You tell us what you’re after, we confirm it can cross, and a person walks you through every step.
It runs on a rhythm rather than next-day freight. The quarantine specialist sends on a roughly three-weekly cycle, with a cutoff about ten days before each send — so it rewards a little planning. We’ll give you the current dates once your species are confirmed.
There are real extra steps — treatment, quarantine documentation, and two legs of transit instead of one. That’s the genuine cost of doing it legally and properly, and we’ll always be upfront about it before you commit.
It varies by state. Western Australia is the strictest — some plant families are effectively barred (Myrtaceae above all), we don’t send our pines west, and Victorian-grown stock isn’t accepted. Tasmania is more open. The Northern Territory goes via the quarantine pathway. We check your specific wishlist before you spend anything — and even when the border blocks something, we sometimes know another way in.
Your part is the enjoyable part — browse the range and build a wishlist, noting each plant’s botanical name and size from its page. We check it against the rules, prepare your order by hand, and get it correctly identified and quarantine-ready into the specialist’s hands. From there, the treatment, paperwork and final leg are arranged directly between you and the specialist, who invoices you separately for that part. We introduce you and make sure you’re set up.
Tasmania has two possible routes depending on what you’re ordering and where it’s sourced — one via a Tasmania-certified pathway, one via the quarantine-concierge pathway that handles treatment and clearance to your door. We’ll tell you which fits your wishlist. (Pines are fine for Tasmania.)
The hard-to-reach states
We take the hard-to-reach states seriously — not as an afterthought, but as some of the collectors we most enjoy helping.
The rarest things rarely travel the easy way. Tell us what you’re after, and let’s get it home.