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Byron Bay Herb Nursery - Job Training, Urban Agriculture



All the way from Byron Bay, Australia, Lesley Bayliss describes an herb business she started for people with intellectual disabilities. Part of the program is funded by the herbs that clients grow. Sales are upwards of $50,000 per year, all grown on a half acre of land in an industrial area of town. Over 150 varieties of herbs for sale:

Bush Tucker
Lemon Myrtle (backhousia citriodora)
Davidsons Plum (davidsonia pruriens)

Herbs for Cats
Catnip (nepeta cataria)
Catmint (nepeta mussini)
Catgrass (dactylis glomerata)
Cat Thyme (teucrium marum)
Dogbane (plectranthus neochilus)
Pennyroyal (borago officinalis)

Link to Byron Bay Herb Nursery here.

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