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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 517 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.

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Editorial Nursery Papers

Nursery Papers

09/04/2025 Hort Innovation 379 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

2025 GUIDE TO PRACTICAL PLANT PROTECTION

INTRODUCTION

Efficiency and sustainability are more than just business buzzwords, they are essential elements of every greenlife nursery. Nowhere is this more important to your business than in the complex and challenging sphere of plant protection.…

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Editorial Greener Spaces Better Places Update

What’s Growing on?

09/04/2025 admin 481 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

THE PLANT POD: URBAN GREENING THROUGH THE LENS OF GROWERS & EXPERTS

Welcome to this month’s Greener Spaces Better Places program update. Read on to find out the latest news and highlights to keep you up to date on what’s happening and how you can benefit.…

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Editorial Newsbuds

Artificial intelligence, not so smart

09/04/2025 admin 268 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Compiled by Karen Smith

Most of you have heard of Artificial Intelligence, commonly called AI. It has uses in many diverse fields, from illustrating comics to identifying tumours pictured in medical images. I have used an AI-powered app to identify plants in the field.…

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Business File Editorial

Markup versus Margin, what is the difference?

09/04/2025 John Corban 337 Views 0 Comments

By John Corban

What is the difference between markup and margin, and why is it important to know?

I have spoken with many business owners over the years, and two misunderstood quoting terms are markup and margin.

Some people assume they both mean the same thing.…

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Editorial Editors editorial

A world of colour

07/03/2025 Karen Smith 531 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

In this issue, we cover bedding plants, colour in design, and much more. I have also written about the marketing behind the recent flowering of Amorphophallus titanum in botanic gardens across Australia. This got me thinking about two interconnected subjects – colour and marketing!…

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Most of the elements to be on trend in 2025, including natural materials, curved lines, pollinator attractants and water (Image: John Fitzsimmons)

Editorial Industry Trends

What plants for 2025?

07/03/2025 John Fitzsimmons 591 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

We’re out of the starting blocks for 2025 and the trend trajectories were probably set last year (or earlier) anyway. Nevertheless, a quick run around the traps of those with crystal balls reveals a few common themes across various domains.

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The pleated spathe surrounding the spadix (Image: Matt Coulter)

Editorial Industry News

It’s nice, it’s unusual, and it’s incredibly smelly

07/03/2025 admin 404 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Karen Smith

The stench of Amorphophallus titanum (corpse flower) attracted more than just a few carrion beetles for pollination – crowds in the thousands queued for hours, even days, to witness the rare bloom of this endangered plant. So how did botanic gardens across the country manage to attract such massive audiences to see (and smell) something often described as a mix of rotting flesh and sweaty socks?

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Gary and Jane Barfoot with IPPS member David Hancock (Image: Dermot Molloy)

Editorial Industry News

IPPS members engage at regional event

07/03/2025 Lisa Wightwick 427 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Lisa Wightwick

The International Plant Producers Society* (IPPS) recently held a regional event hosted by Jane and Gary Barfoot, founders of Peninsula Growers wholesale propagation nursery at their site on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. The event coincided with NGIV’s Australian Horticultural Trials Week, in which Peninsula Growers also participated.

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A farmer drives a harvester to harvest sunflower seeds in a field in Linhe District of Bayannur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Editorial Newsbuds

Small Chinese city reaps global success with sunflowers

07/03/2025 admin 443 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Wang Fei is hailed as the ‘King of Sunflower Seeds’ in his hometown of Bayannur, in Northern China.

The title reflects his passion for the crunchy snack and his remarkable achievement in transforming locally grown sunflower kernels into a global commodity, with markets spanning the Republic of Korea, Egypt and Germany.…

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