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Nursery Papers – Supporting Greenlife Careers and Talent

10/04/2023 Horticulture Innovation Australia limited 820 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

BACKGROUND:

In 2019, a levy-funded project, ‘Review of nursery industry career pathways’ (NY17002), led by RMCG Consulting outlined a strategy for the industry
that detailed a clear roadmap for skilled career pathway development in the nursery industry.

The document articulated the key challenge, which is supported by industry surveys, that like many other agricultural industries, the nursery industry faces major challenges around high staff turnover and an ability to attract and retain qualified and experienced people.… Continue reading

Greener Spaces Better Places Update

What’s Growing on?

10/04/2023 Horticulture Innovation Australia limited 721 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Stay up to date with the Greener Spaces Better Places program, and how you can benefit. This month, we’re full steam ahead with School of Thumb, a snappy video series where industry experts solve Australia’s gardening guesswork.

NEW EPISODES ENCOURAGE MORE AUSTRALIANS TO GET GREENING

Hosted by TV personality Claire Hooper, episodes 4, 5, and 6 were released in February, this time helping three Victorian plant parents to grow better from home.… Continue reading

Hort Journal March 2023

Editors editorial

A heartbreaking occurrence

06/03/2023 Karen Smith 958 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, Landscape contractors, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Most of us know what it feels like to have something stolen. It creates a sinking feeling that hits you in the gut. When it comes to plants, that takes it to another level! One day I came out into my front garden (which doesn’t have a fence) and found that a massive clump of bromeliads had simply been ripped out.… Continue reading

Barry Naylor (Left), GIA Extension Officer – QLD & Northern NSW, helping explain best management practice techniques to production nursery staff. The GIA Extension Officer Network is a levy-funded activity.

Nursery Papers

Nursery Papers – How The Nursery Levy Supports Your Business

05/03/2023 Horticulture Innovation Australia limited 955 Views 0 Comments

Background: Australia’s nursery industry is one of the most efficient, sustainable, and innovative agricultural sectors in Australia and in the world.

Alongside your own innovation, the levy system continues to invest in consistent and sustained research via the to ensure continued improvement as an industry.… Continue reading

Business File

Creating a viable succession plan for your business

05/03/2023 John Corban 843 Views 0 Comments

By John Corban

Five steps to create a viable succession plan for your business (This plan can also be used to sell your business)

Are you at a stage in your business where you have been thinking about creating a succession plan?… Continue reading

Business File

Avoiding common mistakes when creating a website

04/03/2023 Melissa J Scott 739 Views 0 Comments

By Melissa J Scott

Too often when a business owner is looking for a website developer, the focus on technical ability and the mechanics and not on the brand identity or how to convert traffic into paying customers through heart-felt connection.… Continue reading

Good images represent your business (Image: Jason Busch/Landart)

Business File

Tips on turning your images into masterpieces

04/03/2023 Melinda Hird 804 Views 0 Comments

By Melinda Hird

Today, the world of digital marketing is bigger than ever before. What’s more, consumers are demanding more variety in their daily lives. This means that marketers need to adapt their strategies accordingly and add new content types to their mix of existing media.… Continue reading

Scorched leaves are a symptom of Xylella infection. (Image: Rebecca A Mellanson BugwoodOrg)

Editorial Newsbuds

Xylella biosecurity alert

04/03/2023 admin 871 Views 0 Comments Botanic gardens, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry

Greenlife Australia has issued a Biosecurity Alert for the bacterial disease pest Xylella spp. following the release by The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of a draft pest risk analysis report for pathogens in the genus. Xylella fastidiosa is the highest ranked pest threat to Australian horticultural and plant-based industries, and the environment.… Continue reading

Caladenia leucochila (Image: KPBG)

Editorial

Rare plants stolen from Kings Park

04/03/2023 Sue McDougall 776 Views 0 Comments

Conservation efforts of WA’s rare orchids have been impacted by theft

Up to 900 of WA’s rarest orchids have been stolen from the Conservation Garden in Kings Park
The Conservation Garden provides an opportunity for the public to engage with rare plants
Illegal poaching also impacting natural populations across the State and around the world

Display plantings of threatened orchids have been targeted by thieves in Kings Park and Botanic Garden (KPBG).… Continue reading

Editors editorial

Looking after yourself is crucial to a ‘happy new year’

09/02/2023 Karen Smith 833 Views 0 Comments

I find the early weeks of December so hectic that I feel my feet don’t hit the ground. After the visit from the red-suited gentleman and his reindeers, I usually have time to reflect on the year just passed. That’s when I realise that events that seemed so stressful at the time, were just another little bump in the road.… Continue reading