Industry News

By Matthew Lunn – EO Nursery & Garden Industry Western Australia (NGIWA)

With the new financial year well under way, NGIWA is looking forward to another twelve months of increased member benefits as well as continuing to grow its collaboration with other greenlife industry bodies in Western Australia.… Continue reading

By Ian Atkinson – CEO, Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland (NGIQ)

NGIQ is an active member of the Rural Jobs and Skills Alliance (RJSA)* whose purpose and mission is to build a sustainable agricultural workforce for all of Queensland. RJSA also identifies workforce needs and works to find solutions to help deliver a secure future for Queensland agricultural industries.… Continue reading

By Anita Campbell – CEO Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT (NGINA)

Mr David Jakobs, CEO of Oasis Horticulture, has been appointed as the new President of NGINA. David has served on the NGINA Board since November 2016 and as Vice President since 2018.… Continue reading

By Matthew Lunn – EO Nursery & Garden Industry Western Australia (NGIWA)

As the financial year draws to a close, NGIWA has thankfully survived another twelve months of unrest with COVID19. It has only been as recent as March that the state government lifted border restrictions.… Continue reading

By Dannielle Chapman – Executive Officer Nursery & Garden Industry of SA

The Nursery and Garden Industry of South Australia recently presented its Awards of Excellence for 2022 at the Stamford Grand in Glenelg. The two hundred strong crowd celebrated the best of the best in our industry as we acknowledged the hard work devoted to member businesses over the last couple of years, and let our hair down for the night.… Continue reading

By Anita Campbell – CEO Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT (NGINA)

The June NGINA Trade Day represented a huge milestone in our nearly 50-year history of Trade Day.

On the third Wednesday of each month, NGINA holds a trade-only plant market that connects growers and allied suppliers with buyers from across NSW and the ACT.… Continue reading

By Ian Atkinson – CEO, Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland

Here in southern Queensland, this year has meant rain, more rain, and a large dash of flooding and earlier this year we experienced some extraordinary flooding events. We estimate about thirty businesses were impacted by flooding on their sites, about half of those quite badly.… Continue reading

By Joanna Cave – Chief Executive Officer, Greenlife Industry Australia

A keystone event in the Australian horticulture calendar is the Hort Connections conference and trade show, which was presented in Brisbane again this year. Attending for the first time, I found myself deeply impressed by the scale and professionalism of the event.… Continue reading