HENDERSON'S SEEDS
157 Templestowe Road TEMPLESTOWE, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The Henderson's Seeds complex, originally established in 1951, at 157 Templestowe Road, Templestowe.
How is it Significant?
Henderson's Seeds is of local historic significance to Manningham City.
Why is it Significant?
Henderson's Seeds has local historic significance as a rare surviving example of the market gardens once so prevalent in the City of Manningham, as an innovative business drawing on agricultural science knowledge with a national and even international scope, and as a familyowned and run business still in the hands of its founding family, the Hendersons. (RNE criteria A.4, B.2 and H.1)
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HENDERSON'S SEEDS - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
5.02 - Orchards & market gardens
HENDERSON'S SEEDS - Physical Description 1
Henderson's Seeds at 157 Templestowe Road, Templestowe comprises a complex of buildings surrounded by a wide expanse of growing areas laid out in plots running north-south between Templestowe Road and the Yarra River with a raised irrigation sprinkler system. The buildings and related structures comprise a small number of poly-tunnels and infrastructure relating to harvest and despatch activities including the administration office, a storage/loading shed with truck-docking access, machinery and equipment sheds. Thie site contains both current and obsolete machinery such as ploughs.
The land is owned by Parks Victoria which compulsorily acquired it 15 years ago from the Henderson family.
HENDERSON'S SEEDS - Integrity
Integrity Not known
HENDERSON'S SEEDS - Physical Description 2
Key elements
Market garden
HENDERSON'S SEEDS - Physical Description 3
Associations
Hendersons Seeds
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading:
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BILL SNELL HOUSEManningham City
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FINNS RESERVEManningham City
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MEG HENDERSON HOUSEManningham City
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