TRIFFID PARK
CARNIVOROUS PLANT NURSERY
IS
MOVING
FROM KEYSBOROUGH TO SOMERVILLE.
FROM THE 1ST JULY 2007, DONNA AND JASON SMITH ARE THE NEW OWNERS OF TRIFFID PARK.
COLIN AND TINA HAVE RETIRED, BUT WILL STILL KEEP AN INTEREST IN THE PLANT NURSERY, AND CONTINUE THEIR STUDY OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS, AND TRAVELLING THE WORLD. THEY HAVE ALSO CLOSED DOWN THEIR 10 YEAR HORSE AGISTMENT FACILITY IN KEYSBOROUGH. THE KEYSBOROUGH PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AND TINA AND COLIN HAVE PURCHASED A LOVELY 10 ACRE PROPERTY 6KM FROM JASON AND DONNA'S NEW PROPERTY.
YOU CAN NOW SEND ALL ORDERS BY MAIL TO OUR NEW ADDRESS:
103 DANDENONG-HASTINGS ROAD, SOMERVILLE, VIC, 3912.
OUR NEW PHONE NUMBER IS 0428 587 162
FAX NUMBER: 03 5977 7301
EMAIL REMAINS THE SAME: triffids@triffidpark.com.au
THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS SHOW THE SITE WHERE TRIFFID PARK
WILL BE BUILT IN SOMERVILLE, VICTORIA.
Jason and Donna have purchased a 15 acre property in Somerville, Victoria, a
south-eastern suburb of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula to build the new
modern Triffid Park. The property has a nice house on it, so they can live
on site to attend to the daily running of the business. The Freeway from
Melbourne will bring you straight to our gateway by car. Depending on the
traffic it is about a 45 minute to 1 hour car drive from Melbourne, and 1 - 1
1/2 hours from Melbourne airport. The Somerville train
station is only 4 kilometres away, and it takes 1 hour and 15 minutes by train
from Melbourne.
We are going to build one large rain gutter connected growing house. This
will enable us to catch all rain water off the roof of the building which can
then be used to water the plants, thus allowing us to be water conscious and
environmentally friendly. We will also have our potting and packing shed
under this one roofline, so that no plants have to leave their growing
environment to be potted or packed. A conservatory type room will also be
under the roof line of the growing house so that garden clubs, school groups and
other groups have an area for talks and lectures before touring the growing
rooms. Each different growing area i.e. Sarracenias, Dionaeas, Nepenthes,
Pinguiculas and the propagating house will all be individually temperature
controlled to
re-create their required environments.
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6th March 2008
FINALLY - OUR PLANS HAVE BEEN PASSED BY COUNCIL - 8 MONTHS. We are
yet to receive the stamped permit, but the plans have been passed, and we can
move forward from here with progress. We are hoping to receive the stamped
planning permit next week, then all we need is the building permit, which we are
told will only take a couple of days to put together.
TRUCK LOAD AFTER TRUCK LOAD OF DIRT WAS BROUGHT IN TO RAISE UP THE NURSERY SITE. THEN THE BULLDOZER AND GRADER LEVELLED IT OUT.
FRIDAY 28TH MARCH
HOORAY! - HOORAY! - HOORAY!
We picked up the stamped Planning Permit from the council office today.
Now the information has been sent off for the Building permit.
26th APRIL - 4TH MAY 2008
A whole day was spent with the electrician digging ditches and laying cables for
the electrical wires underground. These all run back to a central box
which will house the computer system.
Then another whole day was spent with the plumber digging more ditches and
laying more pipe for the underground water. This will service the watering
of the whole nursery via tank water collected from the roof guttering.
Pipes had to be laid for sinks, toilet, fertiliser system and capillary watering
system.
THURSDAY 8TH MAY
Crushed rock was dropped, spread and rolled 75mm thick over the entire growing
house for our floor.
MONDAY 12TH MAY
Today the truck arrived with the frame work for our
new carnivorous plant growing house. By the end of the day they had laid
out all the posts on the ground in the positions where they are to be mounted.
By the 21st MAY, the
wall frames are up.
28TH MAY 2008
The domed roof is up, waiting for the roof vents to be mounted in.
5TH JUNE 2008
This week all of the plastic walls have been put on and the steel structures for
the roof vents were welded in. Trenches were dug today 5th June for gas
and power in from the road.
26th JUNE 2008
The internal poly walls are put in to separate each growing room, so that
they can all be individually temperature, light and humidity controlled.
The cables are put in to hang the thermal and shade screens from. There
will be 2 screens - thermal screens for winter which give 75% shade and 70%
energy saving. These have a plastic coating to stop the heating escaping
through it. And shade screens for summer which give 73% shade and 30%
energy saving. These don't have the plastic coating but have air gaps so
that the heat can escape on warmer days.
9th JULY 2008
Our 2 x 50,000 litre water tanks arrive. We have had a lot of rain and the
ground is very muddy. It took 4 hours to back the truck up the drive,
unload and place the tanks. The 3 wheel, 4 WD forklift, kept getting
bogged and had to be pulled with a tractor.
19TH JULY 2008
The builder has finally finished building our carnivorous plant nursery!
Now we are waiting on the thermal/shade screens, foggers, fans and rolling
benches to be installed. As to date, the thermal and shade screens have
been installed in the Nepenthes, Propagating and Venus Fly Trap houses.
We will keep you informed of our building progress with reports and photos here on this page.
This Page was last updated on Sunday, 27 July 2008
NEW PHONE NUMBER: 0428 587 162
NEW FAX NUMBER: 61 (0)3 5977 7301
NEW ADDRESS: 103 Dandenong-Hastings Road,
Somerville, Vic, 3912
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