Matthew Lunn – EO Nursery & Garden Industry Western Australia (NGIWA)
With the on-going pressure from WA’s State Government for nurseries to reduce their use of water and improve their efficiency, NGIWA has been proactive in the past few months in pushing the government back and promoting the advances many nurseries have made in their water management.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Danielle Chapman – Executive Officer Nursery & Garden Industry of SA
The Nursery and Garden Industry of SA is proud to announce the winner of the SALIFE Gardens and Outdoor Living People’s Choice Garden Centre of the Year Award is Barossa Nursery.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Ian Atkinson – CEO Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland (NGIQ)
Queensland is certainly a state of contrasts at the moment with a large part of western Queensland still in drought but record-breaking floods in the south-east corner of the state.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Anita Campbell – CEO Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT (NGINA)
As the water recedes in flood affected areas of our state, the heartbreaking extent of the devastation has been revealed. Our thoughts remain with all our members and their staff who have been affected.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Dan Austin
When talking tools for plant propagation, there is no doubt people will have their favourites, not only brands, but gadgets and home engineered hacks. So, if you are coming in green to the industry, it is worth knowing about a few tools of the trade.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Denis Crawford
Sap-feeding insects may be quite small, but they usually leave signs of their feeding activity.
I had a couple of speaking engagements at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (MIFGS) this year. I was always on the lookout for insect specimens to show people, either the insects themselves, or the damage they cause, or other signs of their activities.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Daniel Fuller
Volunteering to help out at industry events has a lot to offer and not just for the visitors to the event. I volunteered to help out on the Australian Garden Council’s Career Hub at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) where I was able to share information from my own experience and I learnt a lot from other volunteers who work in different areas of horticulture.… Continue reading
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SPICEE, Installed 2016, suspended rotating living air plant sculpture, The Friends School, Hobart, Australia, photgraphed July 2019
By Lloyd Godman
With expanding cities, foliage cover is often displaced and replaced with concrete and bitumen. A changing climate and increasing temperatures will place greater demands on ways to integrate plants into the urban environment to mitigate the heat island effect.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Clive Larkman
The word guava elicits thoughts of the tropics but as a common name it covers a wide range of fruiting trees. One of these is Pineapple Guava which is also known as Brazilian Guava and Guavasteen although it is not a true guava.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Daniel Fuller
As part of my podcast series celebrating National Eucalypt Day, I had the good fortune to interview Professor Ros Gleadow who is a professor at Monash University, President for the Global Plant Society, and a board member of Eucalypt Australia, about the chemistry of eucalypts and it was an enlightening experience.… Continue reading
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