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What’s Growing on?

12/06/2025 admin 163 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Greener Spaces Better Places launches the National Urban Green Infrastructure Round Table.

Bringing together peak bodies to drive more and better green space in Australia.

With the backing of key industry leaders including Greenlife Industry Australia, Facilities Management Australia, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Parks and Leisure Australia, and others – this initiative is designed to create tangible demand for green infrastructure, benefiting the nursery industry and the wider community.By… Continue reading

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Top NSW Landscape Apprentice’s MIFGS Study Tour

12/06/2025 Jodie Dean 91 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

The Landscape Association (TLA) Apprentice of the Year Awards recognise the value and importance of apprentices in shaping the future of the landscaping industry.

Awarded annually as part of the TLA Landscape Excellence Awards, they aim to nurture, support and inspire the next generation of the industry and foster future leaders.… Continue reading

Business File Editorial

A business lesson from a master

12/06/2025 John Corban 91 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Corban

Charles M Schwab was a master at managing and inspiring employees. Let me share his simple but powerful management approach to see how you can apply it today.

Schwab, one of the world’s most successful business leaders during the last century, ran a U.S.… Continue reading

Editorial Editors editorial

Landscaping the future

07/05/2025 Karen Smith 416 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Speaking with designers and installers at the recent Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) made me think about some of the challenges and issues they need to address when designing landscapes. The landscape philosophy is constantly evolving.

From climate change and urbanisation to social equity and technological innovation, landscape architects and designers are now focusing on creating spaces that not only look aesthetically pleasing but also regenerate ecosystems, promote well-being, and promote environmental resilience.… Continue reading

Natallie Back’s 'The Sustainable Sanctuary' was built from the grant awarded to her from Open Gardens Victoria (images supplied by Karen Smith)

Editorial Industry Event

Design, Inspiration and Colour

07/05/2025 Karen Smith 314 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Melbourne celebrates horticultural ingenuity

By Karen Smith

What draws over 115,000 visitors to Melbourne’s Carlton Gardens each year for the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show? The reasons are many and varied – from stunning floral displays to world-class Show Gardens.… Continue reading

Trees create a serene and calm environment as they cradle this design by Christian Jenkins design (Image: Karen Smith)

Business File Editorial

Cost-Plus quoting and how it works

07/05/2025 John Corban 265 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Corban

How a Cost-Plus Estimate works, whether it can work for you, and how to effectively sell it.

Over the past few years, I have been increasingly asked about Cost-Plus estimating, how it works and whether the enquiring contractors should utilise it.… Continue reading

The impact of plastic on marine life (Image: cloud_purple, Pixabay)

Editorial Newsbuds

New developments with biodegradable plastics

07/05/2025 admin 222 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

With the ongoing concerns of plastic waste and pollution it is heartening to hear that Japanese researchers have recently developed innovative biodegradable plastics that decompose rapidly in marine environments.

A team, led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and Eindhoven University of Technology, has created a durable plastic that fully dissolves in seawater.… Continue reading

Editorial Editors editorial

Going, going, green

09/04/2025 admin 363 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Karen Smith

In this issue, Clive Larkman explores weeds, an area we haven’t covered in some time. Coincidentally, while driving home this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to hear an ABC radio segment discussing an environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional Western-style casket for funerals.… Continue reading

Hort Journal conference booth

Editorial Industry News

‘Stronger Together’ at the Greenlife Industry Conference

09/04/2025 admin 299 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Emily Rice

The ‘Stronger Together’ Greenlife Industry National Conference was recently held in Brisbane, Australia. Hort Journal was the event’s media partner.

The first national conference in five years brought together retailers, production nurseries, allied trades, and horticultural and education services to explore the latest in tech, industry data, marketing, business tools, and more.… Continue reading

GIG’s own Leigh Siebler was recognised by his peers for his three decades of service to the GIG project and five decades of involvement in the horticulture sector

Editorial Industry News

Support for garden centres highlights GIG 2025

09/04/2025 John Fitzsimmons 410 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

2025 has marked a watershed year for the Garden Inspirations Group (GIG) with even more sponsor-partners, record attendance in Melbourne by garden centre owners and staff from across Victoria, as well as visitors from NSW, South Australia and Western Australia, and a milestone 30^th birthday.… Continue reading