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Planting a Woody Meadow in a Whittlesea roundabout (Image: The University of Melbourne)

Greening more resilient cities with Woody Meadows

10/12/2025 The University of Melbourne 35 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

A pioneering, urban-greening approach transforming Australian cities into vibrant and biodiverse spaces has been released to the public, empowering home gardeners and land managers with over a decade of research and knowledge in native plant design and management.

Developed at the University of Melbourne, ‘Woody Meadows’ are redefining how councils, communities and developers design and maintain landscapes – turning concrete jungles into thriving green spaces.… Continue reading

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Australian Horticultural Trials Week returns this December

06/11/2025 admin 176 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

The 2025 Australian Horticultural Trials Week will take place from Tuesday 2 – Friday 5 December, showcasing the latest innovations in plant breeding, production and allied horticultural products across multiple, dynamic exhibitor sites.

Exhibitors this year include Anthony Tesselaar Plants, Ball, Carawah Nursery, Fleming’s, Garden City Plastics, Haars Nursery, Helix Australia, ICL, JD Propagation, Mansfield’s Propagation Nursery, Norwood, Peninsula Growers, Powerplants, Proven Winners, Syngenta, and Greenhills Propagation Nursery/Touch of Class Plants, with more to be announced.… Continue reading

A dynamic overview of HortEx, where international exhibitors showcase horticultural innovation across bustling national pavilions (Image: HortEx)

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AIPH approves HortEx 2026

06/11/2025 admin 110 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is pleased to announce the official approval of HortEx 2026 as an AIPH-approved International Horticultural Trade Exhibition.

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) has officially endorsed HortEx 2026 in Bangkok, recognising its role in advancing horticultural innovation and trade across Asia.… Continue reading

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AIPH expands its global network with three new Affiliate Members

06/11/2025 admin 124 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

AIPH’s community of leading organisations is growing. During the 77th AIPH Annual Congress, held in Ghent, Belgium, from 14th-18th September 2025, the Board of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) approved the applications of three new Affiliate Members, bringing fresh expertise in automation, biotechnology, and sustainable event solutions to the association.… Continue reading

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) on mature fruit (Image: Agriculture Victoria)

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Bolstered biosecurity to beat plant pests

09/10/2025 Greenlife Industry Australia GIA 191 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Biosecurity breaches remain one of the biggest threats to Australia’s nursery industry. With more than a dozen new threats detected in just the past six months, it is clear we can no longer rely on geographic isolation alone.

Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA) is urging growers to stay vigilant and take advantage of levy-funded resources that strengthen on-farm pest and disease management.… Continue reading

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New research reveals a solution for Australia’s productivity slump

11/08/2025 admin 254 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Australia’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

Dr Chris Brosnan (L) and Stephen Fletcher (R) in the University of Queensland laboratory (Image: The University of Queensland)

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Maxing out chemical-free crop protection with dsRNAmax

11/08/2025 admin 315 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

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

The Lithgow Women’s Shed hempcrete project in Lithgow NSW (images supplied by Dr Peter Irga)

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Researchers making hempcrete binders four times stronger

07/07/2025 admin 301 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

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Australian researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) are working with experienced hempcrete builders to develop a hemp-based structural panel with a geopolymer binder said to be up to four times stronger than traditional hempcrete.

Led by Professor Arnaud Castel from the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers have released their first publication on research creating a binder made of calcined clay and ground granulated blast-furnace slag.… Continue reading

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AIPH International Horticultural Expo Conference

07/07/2025 admin 340 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is pleased to announce that We Lodge, an accommodation provider for major events, has joined as Gold Sponsor for the upcoming AIPH International Horticultural Expo Conference. Taking place in Ghent, Belgium, the Conference will welcome Expo organisers, city officials, event providers, and key stakeholders on 15 September 2025.… Continue reading

(L-R) Dr Peter Irga and Associate Professor Fraser Torpy (Image: University of Technology Sydney)

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Plants versus pollution

07/07/2025 admin 325 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Research proves green walls offer more than good looks

By Associate Professor Fraser Torpy and Dr Peter Irga

If you love that new-car smell, brace yourself. While that smell evokes feelings of fresh and new, it’s the byproduct of materials like paint, carpet and plastics leeching potentially carcinogenic compounds such as benzene into the air. … Continue reading

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