The new rear garden includes a hardy lawn area of TifTuf grass, pool and cabana, framed by rows of Waterhousea floribunda (weeping lilli pilli) around the boundaries of the garden to ensure privacy
By Lynne Testoni
This elegant and classically designed garden proved to be an award winner for Inspired Exteriors.
An engaged, design-conscious client is always a plus, as landscape designers Inspired Exteriors found when they were engaged to create this beautiful garden in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.… Continue reading
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Plants collected locally around Cairns being grown on in the Cairns Botanic Gardens nursery before they are ready to be planted out (Image: Cadel Boyce)
By Cadel Boyce
The role of botanic gardens in recent years has changed from a focus on displaying the breadth of the world’s flora to facilitating a living collection of both exotic and local native plants of importance. Australia has a unique floral biodiversity due to its long geological period of isolation.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy John Corban
For many years, whenever something did not go well in my business, I would get annoyed or frustrated. That all began to shift about 18 years ago when I studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and was introduced to a powerful tool called reframing.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Caleb Roberts
Botanical name: Theobroma cacao
Common name: Cacao tree or cocoa tree
Family: Malvaceae
Origin: With a long history in the Amazon basin, cacao was traded as a currency well before chocolate coins hit supermarket shelves.… Continue reading
Read MoreAustralia’s GDP could be boosted by up to $50 billion a year if supply chain data standards were improved, according to a new report.
A new research report from the Centre for International Economics and commissioned by GS1 Australia, the body responsible for the common retail barcode, reveals that industry use of supply chain data standards is quietly driving a significant share of Australia’s economic output, contributing up to $27.3 billion annually to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and could play an increasingly important role in reversing the nation’s lagging productivity.… Continue reading
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The endangered Euphrasia lasianthera found growing in an open grassland in the Victorian Alps (Image: Alex McLachlan)
Alex McLachlan
Many Australian Euphrasia species face declining populations due to significant changes in climate, with rising temperatures in Australia’s alpine regions putting Euphrasia populations at high risk. Botanic gardens are actively working to conserve some of the rarest species, however much work remains before euphrasia can be considered truly safe from extinction.… Continue reading
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Dr Chris Brosnan (L) and Stephen Fletcher (R) in the University of Queensland laboratory (Image: The University of Queensland)
A software package developed and validated at The University of Queensland can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference (RNAi).
The dsRNAmax software designs double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) to target pest and pathogen species while excluding off-target species like beneficial insects.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Clive Larkman
The Colombian Exchange resulted in many foods from the New World becoming common in European countries, including but not limited to the potato. Like so many Solanaceae, this humble vegetable is indigenous to the plains of the upper Andes and the lower regions of Machu Picchu and surrounds.… Continue reading
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Young Botanists label their own seed packets to begin their own seed collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Image: RBGV)
Megan Hirst and Claire Mosley
Science, education and art can be integrated in numerous ways, and this has been demonstrated often with reference to teaching methods, curriculum, and school-based projects. Applying science and art to teaching requires a positive, supportive environment that assists schools by developing a rich learning experience as well as personalising a student’s experience through meaningful and engaging content. The… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Gabrielle Stannus
Living on an island state, I am never too far away from the coast, and therefore seaweed. Likewise, working in the horticultural industry, I regularly encounter seaweed in extract form when applying biostimulants at planting time. Up to now, I have only given a little thought as to how seaweed works to stimulate plant responses to stress.… Continue reading
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