By John Fitzsimmons
It’s always a good idea to build good relationships with your suppliers, especially when considering trees and structural shrubs in landscape designs because you could find your supplier offering a broader range of options than you were aware of.… Continue reading
Read MoreHorticulture Innovation Australia Limited
Street trees are on the front line of urban forest service delivery, supporting neighbourhood character, human health, waterway health, biodiversity, tourism and business vitality. However, in order to deliver these benefits, street trees must be well suited to local climate and conditions now and into the future.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Plant Management Australia
Plants Management Australia (PMA), established in 1992, is a plant management, distribution and marketing business representing independent plant breeders in Australia and globally, where new plant varieties are protected and introduced across the globe. At PMA, they guide plant breeders through the entire process from initiating intellectual property protection (PBR), right through to trialling, growing, distribution and marketing of each new plant.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Dan Austin
For most landscaping projects, the most significant costs regarding living elements are those incurred through the inclusion of established ornamental trees, and rightly so, because when buying established trees, we are buying time as well as a plant,
With such costs surrounding the purchase of nursery-grown trees, it’s worth taking the time to inspect your investment to ensure you are going to get value for your money for decades into the future.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Joanna Cave – Chief Executive Officer, Greenlife Industry Australia
The Albanese government appears to be leaning into the biosecurity debate. Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt, launched a new national biosecurity strategy at Canberra’s National Press Club recently. It’s an ambitious plan that aims to deal with “multiple risks, on multiple fronts, at the same time”.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Ian Atkinson – CEO, Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland
Queensland had very much above average rainfall for most of the north and east in July and cooler than average daytime temperatures for most of the state. With widespread cooler than average days for most of the month, many sites reported their lowest July temperature on record, or the lowest for at least 20 years.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Dannielle Chapman -Executive Officer, Nursery and Garden Industry South Australia
The Nursery and Garden Industry of SA held its Trade Day recently at Morphettville after a long absence. We had many local stallholders along with the return of our Victorian and Queensland allied traders and nurseries making the trek across the border. We… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Matthew Lunn, Executive Officer, Nursery & Garden Industry Western Australia
In partnership with the Water Corporation (WC), NGIWA has worked collaboratively for over 20 years in delivering the Waterwise Garden Centre Program through its garden centres and nurseries across Western Australia.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Denis Crawford
I wrote an article in March 2009 titled ‘Why do we have pests?’ The main themes of that Pest Files were monoculture, invasive insects, suppression of beneficials, and resistance to pesticides. What has changed in the last 13 years?… Continue reading
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Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm) transported to site on a flatbed truck, before a Franna (taxi) crane was used to get them in and under the overhead wires in the street
By Gabrielle Stannus
Well-known designer, Matt Leacy, is a regular media commentator and column writer. Recent TV presenting roles have seen him as Channel 10’s Landscaper to ‘The Living Room’, and Channel Nine’s ‘Domestic Blitz’ and ‘Garden Gurus’. He regularly features on ABC TV’s Dream Gardens, as well as on Channel 10’s Studio 10 and Channel Nine’s The Today Show.… Continue reading
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