MEET MANSFIELD'S

22 Oct 2025

Established in 1951, Mansfield's Propagation Nursery is a third generation family-run business. Initially operating at three separate sites, the nursery was consolidated in 1999 onto a single, purpose built 60-acre site on the Mornington Peninsula, featuring a state-of-the-art propagation facility.

Widely recognised as one of Australia's leading propagation nurseries, Mansfield's has earned multiple consective accolades from the Nursery and Garden Industry of Australia (NGIA) between 2009 to 2012, including Best Propagation Nursery, Best Large Production Nursery, Best Environmental Business and Best Training Organisation.

 

This year Mansfield's will grow over six million plants, spanning more than 900 varieties, from native and exotic trees to shrubs, grasses, succulents, food crops and rootstocks.

 

 

Although Mansfield’s does not oversee landscape planting or construction, it actively supports project managers with reliable greenlife supply and delivery scheduling to ensure contractors have the exact varieties they need, exactly when they need them.

 

The nursery specialises in a broad selection of native and exotic ranges, including landscape varieties, revegetation plants and tissue culture varieties through its sister company, Tissue Culture Australia.

 

Mansfield’s operates an Advanced Order system, allowing plants to be grown in specific quantities and scheduled timings to suit customer needs. This system accommodates contract growing across its full range of product sizes. 

 

 

Alongside its Advanced Order service, Mansfield’s also publishes a monthly stock list to assist specifiers in identifying current plant

availability across the following categories:

• Austraflora range
• Succulent range
• Native range
• Exotic range
• Ozbreed range
• Rootstock range

To support a wide variety of project requirements, the nursery offers a diverse selection of product sizes:

• 209 grownet (bio-degradable)
• 144 grownet (bio-degradable
• 84 grownet (bio-degradable, tube equivalent)
• 50mm tube
• 55mm forestry
• 68mm tube
• 70mm air-pruned tube
• 140mm pot
• 143mm air-pruned pot
• 200mm pot
• 400mm air-pruned pot

Backed by more than 75 years of industry experience, Mansfield's continues to adapt to changing market demands. Its ongoing investment in innovation includes automated sticking lines, advanced vision grading systems, environmental sensors and ERP systems for real-time tracking and cost analysis. The nursery's ethos revolves around sustainability, water efficiency and product development, all of which guides its approach to industry evolution.

 

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