Nurseries & Royalties
Our breeding program operates solely on royalties received from tree sales of our varieties. We do not receive any industry levy funds, government grants or tax breaks.
If as a grower you value this important program please ensure that you pay the royalties that allow the program to continue.
You can do this by always purchasing trees from the licensed nurseries listed here. Or if you have already bought trees without paying royalties, contact us, it is never too late to catch up.
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Royalty Status of Hidden Valley Varieties
The following table summarizes the royalty status of Hidden Valley varieties.
| Variety Group |
Protection Status |
Availability |
| A4, A16, A38 |
PBR Expired, public domain varieties | No royalty or propagation limitations. |
| A203, A268, A29 |
Grower/Propagator agreements | HVP Licensed Nurseries will charge a royalty. |
| A376, A403, A422, A447, A538 |
PBR Part 1 Applications accepted, PBR provisional protection. (Meaning of PBR status) |
Only available through HVP Licensed Nurseries. A royalty will be charged. |
In detail, we use two mechanisms to protect our varieties and collect royalties.
PRB (Plant Breeders Rights) - This is a national and internationally legislated system that is similar to patents. It allows the breeder to control who propagates the variety, and thus a collect royalty, for a period of 25 years. It allows strong enforcement of the breeder’s rights but it has significant costs that inevitably get passed on growers. Monitoring can also be quite intrusive for both nurseries and growers.
Grower/Propagator agreements - This is system of business to business agreements that should ensure similar outcomes to PBR. It is essentially an honesty box system that has weaker enforcement than PBR but results in lower costs to ourselves and thus growers, and is less intrusive for growers than full PBR.
Details of the royalty status of our varieties are as follows
Our first releases - A4, A16, A38 - were through PBR, expired in 2008 & 2011 and are now royalty free.
Our second set - A203, A268, A29 - were done via Grower/Propagator agreements, we are still collecting a royalty on these varieties.
Unfortunately over time some control has been lost over the propagation material for these varieties. This has led to a perception among some nurseries and growers that the royalty is optional, which in turn has resulted in poor levels of royalty compliance.
However as far as we are concerned the royalty for A203, A268 & A29 is compulsory, though with weak enforcement.
We would ask growers to only purchase these later varieties from HVP Licensed Nurseries who will charge a royalty on them.Our next batch - A376, A403, A422, A447, A538 - are expected to be released in 2020. Due to the experience of poor royalty compliance with A203, A268 & A29 we will be going back to PBR. This will result in higher costs and more intrusive compliance checking for nurseries and growers. Unfortunately there not seem to be any other viable option.
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HVP Licensed Nurseries
The following nurseries have been licensed by us. They will charge a royalty on all our varieties except A4, A16 & A38.
They will be the only source for our new varieties that will be released next year.
Nurseries who wish to be licensed should contact us.
| Queensland | New South Wales | South Africa |
| Australian Macadamia Nursery Contact: Marco Prenzel Ph 07 5486 7008 Mob 0400 867 009 prenzel10@bigpond.com |
Yarrahapinni Nursery Contact: Carolyn Dobson Ph 02 6569 0871 yarrahappinninursery@gmail.com |
SA Agent: BioGold S.Africa Contact: Viresh Ramburan Ph +27 21 880 0650 Mob +27 84 408 6067 vpramburan@biogold.co.za |
| Bauple Mountain Macadamias Contact: Melissa McAndrew & Adam Horvath Mob 0427 638 715, 0409 871 992 bauplemtmacadamias@hotmail.com |
Amorentia Estate & Nursery Contact: Lauren Strever Ph +27 74 146 3420 lauren@amorentia.co.za |
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| Hidden Valley Plantations Contact: David Bell Ph 07 5494 6179 Mob 0407 025 610 davidbell@hvp-macadamias.com |
Baberton Valley Plantations Pty Ltd Contact: Andre du Plessis Ph +27 13 712 6260 bvpmac@mweb.co.za |
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| Wide Bay Seedlings Contact: David Pratt Ph 07 4129 6684 Mob 0448 447 462 davidp@wbseedlings.com.au www.wbseedlings.com |
Cultivating Solutions Pty Ltd Contact: Dustin/Charlene Cooper Ph +27 82 255 2331 info@cultivatingsolutions.co.za |
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| Forrest Nursery Queensland Pty Ltd Contact: Lea Olsen Ph 07 4155 9901 Mob 0418 432 790 LeaO@forrestnurserqld.com.au |
Du Roi Multiplant Contact: Anne-Helene Meyer Ph +27 15 345 1650 a.meyer@duroi.co.za |
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| RedSun Hortitech Pty Ltd Contact: Mark Hassenkamp corinne@redsunhort.co.za |
Disclaimer. Hidden Valley Plantations accepts no responsibility for the quality of trees or delivery arrangements made between any of the above listed nurseries and the Buyer.
Retail Nurseries. Retail nurseries selling to garden outlets are not included in this list, however some are also able to sell our trees. In these cases, where appropriate, trees will be marked with a special PBR tag which indicates that the royalty has been paid.
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