Get a Job Working with Fruit Trees @ Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery is looking for a Nursery Person with:

Honest and enthusiastic work ethic that is motivated and genuinely interested in establishing a long term career as part of a friendly team.

Applicant will genuinely need to enjoy and have the capacity for physical outdoor work.- Experience or willingness to learn production, propagation and dispatch procedures, plant protection & weed control.

Willingness to contribute to a positive team environment.- Preferred Knowledge of fruit trees ( varieties, climatic suitability, orchard planning )

Profit sharing incentives after first year.If this opportunity is right for you send in your resume and expression of interest.

Although there may not be any jobs right now we are a seasonal business so having your information especially before Spring means we can contact you at the right time. Please Contact Us by email with a copy of your resume and your referee email addresses.

Bare Root Stock 2009 Just Arrived

We are very excited because our Bare Root Stock has just arrived and is ready to be mail ordered to homes across Australia.

Winter is a great time for the Mail Order of Bare Root Fruit Trees.

Some Bare Root Fruit Trees Ready for Sale
Quince Tree Bare Root
Apricot Tree Bare Root
Dwarf Apple Tree Bare Root
Peach Tree Bare Root
Low chill Dwarf Sunset Peach Bare Root NEW
Nectarine Trees Bare Root NEW
Almond Trees Bare Root
Grape Vines Bare Root

Backyard Revolution

Australias 60 Minutes had an episode on eating and experiencing fruit & Vegetables in your backyard. "It's a fight back against the fast food pre-packaged snap frozen pace of modern life and it's happening in our own backyards." What's your reason for getting into the backyard "save money, environmental, healthy?

25% Freight Discount for April & May 2009

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Discount & all Freight Calculations are done automatically online once you enter your postcode.

April and May is a great time of the year to get fruit trees, nut trees and rainforest trees mail ordered to your doorstep. So why not get that pomegranate, tropical pear, guava or dwarf macadamia that would make your backyard just that little bit more fruitful.

Daleys has over 1000 different varieties to choose from so take advantage with Freight & Handling Discounts during April & May Only.

* Excludes WA
* Excludes Wholesale
* Orders Need to be placed during the sale period.

Video - Berries, Raspberry Blueberry Mulberry

Kath from Daleys talks to Phil Dudman the Garden Guru on abc north coast nsw radio about all the wonderful berries you can grow in your backyard. Mentioned in this fruit video - blueberry, raspberry, dwarf black mulberry, panama berry and mulching advise.

Dwarf Low Chill - Peach and Nectarine - NEW

We have two new varieties a Peach and Nectarine available soon which will be fantatastic for people who live in QLD & NSW who don't live in overly cold climates. (Usually peaches and nectarines require colder climates but not these varieties )

The trees are tiny at only 60-80cm tall and the trials look promising not to mention the taste.

Make sure you put your email & mobile down so you can be notified when they are ready for sale.

Sunset Dwarf Red Leaf Nectarine - Get an Email when ready

Sunset Dwarf Red Leaf Peach - Get an Email when ready

The Nectarine Pictures


The Peach Pictures

Pruning Shears - Fruit Trees

Fruit trees love being pruned. It is an easy way to get more fruit and shape the way your fruit tree will grow.

We have just added a new range of pruing shears and saws that you can purchase directly from daleys.

Buy Pruning Shears for Fruit Trees

How to Prune Fruit Trees

Fruit All Year Round

One of the holy grails in your backyard orchard is being able to go outside and pick fruit at any time of the year. Tracey used our fruit tree catalogue and selected what fruit trees she thought she can grow so that there will always be something edible cropping in her backyard. 

Reduced Freight & Handling - The Story So Far

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What's New: After you place an order with daleys you now have the ability change your order 24 hours a day online until we send it.
Reduced Freight for North QLD Customers eg Townsville, Cairns etc we have been able save your freight costs by 35% with one of our freight couriers.
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One of the most frequent suggestions we get as a nursery who sends fruit trees all across Australia is "We love your plants and the way they get to us safe and sound but the freight and handling costs are too expensive when I am just ordering a few plants"

Firstly we would like to say Yes we have taken note and here are 2 decisions we made to reduce this cost to you.

1. Reduced Freight Costs: We designed 2 new boxes a small and a medium box which is lighter weight and less volume
2. Reduced Handling Costs

We use to have a $12 Handling fee for all fruit tree orders under $100 and FREE for orders over $100 because of the following jobs and material costs.

- Daleys sends paper catalogues out to customer addresses.
- Daleys answer Phone/Fax enquiries about fruit trees.
- Daleys Phone/Fax Customers back when fruit trees are ready for sale.
- Daleys calculate and Quote Freight costs
- Daleys Phone/Fax changes to order after it is placed. (Not all orders)
- Daleys Check all plants for quality
- Daleys Pack plants + Packing material costs.
- Daleys prepare paperwork for freight companies
- Daleys answer follow up enquiries and give growing advice.

But recently we have reduced the handling fee to $4.50 for orders fitting in our small box and $6 for orders fitting in our medium box and FREE for orders over $100 and the reason is because most of our customers (like yourself as you are reading our blog) prefer to order online which means the process above now looks like this:

- Customer finds plants they like on the web.
- Customer inputs their email and mobile number to be notified when plants are ready.
- Customer places order and knows freight.
- Customer makes modifications after order is placed. ( NEW )
- Daleys Check all plants for quality
- Daleys Pack plants + Packing material costs.
- Daleys auto Lodge Freight paperwork
- Customer asks question on Daleys Fruit Tree Forum for best growing methods in their area.
- Daleys Sends customer Gift Voucher after 3 months and asks customers to give us feedback.


Below is our video on how we pack our plants