Mount Pleasant Farm and Forestry, Rockhampton. is a small business run by my wife and I. The nursery side of the business we call Geoffs Trees.
In 2008 we gave the business we had started (Mount Pleasant Trees) to our son and daughter in law. We are delighted that they are very sucessfully continuing the tradition of tree growing in Rockhampton which we started over 40 years ago. Mount Pleasant Trees is a separate business to ours in which we now have no involvement. ( this allows me to spend more time nurturing the trees which I have planted on 100 acres of our land)
In our semi retirement we now sell semi-mature trees up to 35 years old and also a good range some of what I consider to be among the best trees and shrubs, some of which are rare and which are mostly different to those sold by Mount Pleasant Trees (www.mountpleasanttrees.com). Note that I regret that we cannot deliver anything. We also sell Snowdrop bulbs and woodland and farm products as well as a few miscellaneous items. This season is likely to be the last or penultimate we shall offer the fairly extensive list of trees, we plan to work less on our nursery in future years.
This website is in the process of being revamped and a little of the content is out of date. Sorry that the main list of trees is not properly formatted.
If you would like a copy of my latest list please e mail me: glmpff@gmail.com. and I will e mail it to you.lt is always best to have the latest list by e mail request as that will be most up to date I change details on the list at very regular intervals. 30.11.24
Over 30 years ago I discovered the wonderful tree Carpinus betulus Rockhampton Red which has red leaves in the autumn and has resulted in very strong international interest amongst tree planters. You can read about the tree by clicking on that item on the left hand index bar.
This year we are introducing a new species of Plane tree discovered here which also has stunning red leaves in Autumn on older specimens, Platanus orientalis ‘Rockhampton Autumn Red’ absoloutely until now unheard of for that species.
We supply the products listed in the menu on the left hand side of this page. By clicking on the menu headings you will see (and can print) FULL details of the items availabe under that heading. But note that for a fully up to date please e mail me and I shall send latest list.
Please bear in mind that this is a part time business run during our semi-retirement.Please do not visit us without an appointment. Especially in times of covid Our Son and Daughter in law run Mount Pleasant Trees on our land near to our business and home. Theirs is a much larger full time ( open from Oct to April by appointment only) business and they are able to supply a wide range of trees, hedging and shrubs in very large numbers in sizes from 12” to 8ft. as well as tree planting requisites. Their website is “www.mountpleasanttrees.com”:http://www.mountpleasanttrees.com
After a series of recent drought summers we at last had a reasonably moist one in 2024 ( although very dry here at times in late spring) Good rainfall started after a fairly dry summer here in early September and the ground has remained moist or wet. It is currently exceptionally warm with only a few light frosts.
G.G.Locke 4 Dec 2024