By Danielle Chapman – Executive Officer Nursery & Garden Industry of SA
The Nursery and Garden Industry of SA is proud to announce the winner of the SALIFE Gardens and Outdoor Living People’s Choice Garden Centre of the Year Award is Barossa Nursery.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Ian Atkinson – CEO Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland (NGIQ)
Queensland is certainly a state of contrasts at the moment with a large part of western Queensland still in drought but record-breaking floods in the south-east corner of the state.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Anita Campbell – CEO Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT (NGINA)
As the water recedes in flood affected areas of our state, the heartbreaking extent of the devastation has been revealed. Our thoughts remain with all our members and their staff who have been affected.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Karen Smith
If you haven’t had a chance to look at our website lately, we have made a few changes. The opportunity to receive a digital version of Hort Journal is available. Interestingly, we have a steady stream of new subscribers each week and yet 82% still prefer the printed copy.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Karen Smith
The Australian Institute of Horticulture (AIH) took advantage of the easing of COVID restrictions and hosted a networking event with a difference. With a cross section of people from different sectors of the industry, it was a wonderful opportunity to network face to face at The Ivy Precinct in Sydney.… Continue reading
Read MoreBackground & Methodology: This is the fifth industry statistics survey and to ensure consistency and to enable longitudinal data trends to be gleaned from the study, the questions and methodology has remained largely the same over this period.
Consistent with past projects, the majority of questions have been answered via Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews, but responses have also been received via email and an online platform.… Continue reading
By John Corban
Fixed quote vs cost plus quote
Do you prepare your quotes on a fixed quote or on a cost-plus basis? If you run a maintenance business, the basis is generally cost plus, however, many clients want the service capped at a certain number of hours per visit or month.… Continue reading
Read MoreCharlie Albone Champions Greener Spaces Better Places
We have some exciting news! Greener Spaces Better Places is now expanding to bring citizens into the fold. We’ve been working hard to get governments and businesses on the urban greening journey and what we’ve found is that more and more it’s about the humble backyard.… Continue reading
Read MoreThe new year of 2022 has brought many changes with it, the least of which is a change of leadership at Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA). Hort Journal would like to welcome GIA’s new Chief Executive Officer Joanna Cave. Joanna comes to the role with a wealth of experience as a CEO of a variety of peak bodies, membership organisations and not-for-profit associations, both in the United Kingdom and in Australia.… Continue reading
Read MoreBACKGROUND: The greenlife industry, like other horticultural and agricultural industries has been on a steady path of modernisation, automation and digitalisation over the last decade.
Technology has the power to transform a nursery production business. Automated potting machines, mixers and conveyors have greatly increased productivity whilst advances in irrigation and Integrated
Pest Management have improved the profitability in production nurseries.… Continue reading
