Australian grower sees success with native plant
Stop by Wimmera property Miga Lake Flowers and you will find at least eight workers snipping, bunching and boxing native cuttings.
Two years ago it was just one man — Brett McDonald, the shearer who ditched his handpiece and half of his sheep to grow native Australian flowers.
In 2014, he was selling to one exporter in Melbourne.
"We're now selling to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and also looking to export to Japan in February or March," he said.
"It's got a lot busier, things have really gone to plan."
The plan was set in motion 12 years ago when Mr. McDonald planted 50 hectares with tetragona eucalypt trees.
It was a gamble that was easier to take when dealing with some of the sandiest, most infertile soils, in the Wimmera.
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