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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 292 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

Business File Editorial

Update on superannuation tax changes for large balances

10/12/2025 Tara Cuddihy 312 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Tara Cuddihy

This article builds on my recent story about the proposed tax on superannuation balances over $3 million under the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions (BTSC) policy (see Hort Journal, July 2025). The proposal sparked considerable concern among Australians, particularly those with Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) invested in non-residential properties, including farming land.… Continue reading

Editorial Nursery Papers

Nursery Papers

10/12/2025 admin 220 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Keeping Xylalla Fastidiosa out of Australia

What every nursery can do now

Imagine losing your entire crop – and your market – to one unseen disease.

That’s what growers overseas have faced with Xylella fastidiosa, one of the world’s most damaging plant pathogens.… Continue reading

Hibbertia scandens 'HBS01' PBR Trade Name Groundswell™ (Image supplied by Ozbreed)

Advertorial Editorial

7 best groundcovers for year-round flowers

10/12/2025 admin 218 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Daniel Fuller

For specifiers, flowers are important for several reasons. Of course they provide aesthetic value, but they also provide environmental support for pollinators. Flowers also attract biological pest control including the adult life-forms of predatory flies and parasitic wasps, whose larvae are incredibly effective at keeping sap-sucking and munching pest populations under control.… Continue reading

Residential Maintenance: Sydney Garden Maintenance & Landscaping – ‘Abbotsford Cove’

Editorial Industry Event

Celebrating the 2025 Landscape Excellence Awards winners

10/12/2025 admin 269 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

The Landscape Association (TLA) has announced the outstanding winners of the 2025 Landscape Excellence Awards, proudly sponsored by Glazed Co. Presented at a sold-out gala dinner at Sydney’s Doltone House on Friday 7 November, the event brought together more than 550 members, sponsors, suppliers and industry professionals to celebrate the very best in landscape design, construction and maintenance across NSW and the ACT.… Continue reading

Restore: How Green Spaces support Human Restoration (Image: Supplied by Sandra Schwarz )

Book Review Editorial

Restore: How Green Spaces support Human Restoration

10/12/2025 Gabrielle Stannus 185 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

Sandra Schwarz is a Melbourne-based Landscape Architect with a passion for restorative and therapeutic landscapes. Her book Restore demonstrates how green spaces support human restoration, whilst being underpinned by the guiding question, ‘HOW can you do that in practice?’… Continue reading

Editorial Marketing

Smart marketing: A conversation with Ineke Clark

10/12/2025 John Corban 172 Views 0 Comments

By John Corban

In October, I invited my friend and business ally, Ineke Clark, to speak with my clients in an 80-minute Zoom session about how to market our businesses more effectively. Ineke is the owner of Ambition Social, a social media and brand strategy company based in Adelaide that provides mentoring and consulting to business owners around Australia.… Continue reading

Editorial Editors editorial

The business of growing people

06/11/2025 admin 344 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

In this issue, we focus on the theme of professional development. Before helping your employees to develop themselves professionally though, I ask you to consider firstly what it was that inspired you to enter the horticultural industry? How might this knowledge better help you understand the reasons why people enter (and perhaps leave) this workforce? … Continue reading

Roses happily growing on their own roots at Greenheart Farms

Research & Development

The Rose Project

06/11/2025 Kym Syrus 228 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Kim Syrus

Many Australian growers have investigated alternative ways to produce field roses grown on their own roots. Unfortunately, the results of these ventures have, in the main, been less than successful. Aware that rose growers in both the United States and Europe have successfully transitioned portions of their crop to cutting-grown plants, I applied and was awarded a Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship.… Continue reading

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Business File Editorial

Record keeping for Australia’s R&D Tax Incentive

06/11/2025 Tania Harman and Daniel Knox 305 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

What horticulture SMEs need to know

By Tania Harman and Daniel Knox

Small and medium growers in Australia’s horticulture industry often invest in innovation. The R&D Tax Incentive (R&DTI) can refund a significant portion of these R&D costs (a 43.5 per cent refundable tax offset for eligible small companies), but to benefit, you must maintain strong records.… Continue reading