We Launched our NSW School of Thumb Series
Across three episodes hosted by TV personality Claire Hooper, we helped young Aussies to level up their gardening skills. Our green gurus included Tim Robson, a horticultural expert from Eden Gardens, Amanda Snelling, the Director of Rambling Gardens Design, and Mark Engall, a fourth-generation nurseryman.… Continue reading
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We all know what service and products we provide in our business; we also know how we provide our service or products, but are you clear about WHY you run your business?
Many business owners in the horticulture Industry might say they love working with plants, maintaining and installing gardens, or growing and selling plants, but do your employees and clients know WHY you do what you do.… Continue reading
Read MoreIf organisms in the soil biome became extinct, would anyone notice? Land and sea animals, such as Tasmania’s unique Maugean Skate (Zearaja maugeana) listed as endangered, receive some publicity but some organisms could go the way of the Tasmanian Tiger without anyone noticing until it is too late.… Continue reading
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Growing media is a fundamental component in containerised production systems and can have a significant impact upon the quality of plants grown. The selection and importance of an appropriate growing media in relation to plant performance is critical for crop success.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy John Corban
Typically, what happens after a boom period is a slowing of enquiries. Many business owners get very cautious, and decide to cut expenses and operate from a restrictive mindset.
They can feel the pressure of going from excessive enquiries to much less, or they find clients holding back on spending as much.… Continue reading
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A rich community of mosses inhabiting soils and rocks in Bodo, Norway, north of the Arctic Circle (Image: UNSW Sydney)
Supplied by UNSW Sydney
Often ignored or even removed, moss provides stabilisation for plant ecosystems the world over. Some people see moss growing in their gardens as a problem, but what they may not realise is this ancient ancestor of all plants is bringing lots of benefits to our green spaces, such as protecting against erosion.… Continue reading
Read MoreLandscape Design Institute of Australia (LDI), formerly known as the Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM), is pleased to announce a new partnership with Greener Publishing & Media Pty Ltd Publishers of Hort Journal Australia magazine for the ongoing publishing of LDI’s member and industry publication Landscape Outlook (LO).… Continue reading
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Australian Institute of Horticulture (AIH) and the Landscape Industry Association of Singapore (LIAS), met recently in Singapore to acknowledge and outline a collaborative and mutually supportive relationship with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Both parties have various skills, assets, and resources, and the purpose of this MOU is to collaborate through training, workshops, and webinars.… Continue reading
Read MoreThe Australian Garden Council (AGC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Garden Society of Japan at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo.
This Memorandum of Understanding brings together both the venerable gardening culture in Japan, which is thousands of years old, with the young, growing gardening community in Australia that is blended with a 50,000-year-old living culture.… Continue reading
Read MoreWhilst at Macquarie University, two scientists, Fernando Soley and Marie Herberstein, investigated the hunting methods of Australian assassin bugs in the Gorareduvius genus. These insects kill prey by using their long beak-like mouth parts to inject digestive enzymes into the body of their prey, and then sucking up the liquified innards.… Continue reading
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