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Planting out in the mid 1980’s at Melbourne Zoo Main Drive (Image: Zoos Victoria)

From cultivating cineraria’s to cultivating conservation

10/07/2024 admin 231 Views 0 Comments

By John Arnott

At time of writing, I am a few weeks off ‘hanging up the boots’ at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, entering a ‘retirement phase’ of a gardening career that has straddled five decades of public gardens horticulture. Over this period, I have witnessed numerous trends come and go, and thought it would be fun to quickly reflect on a few of these in this article.… Continue reading

Backyard compost bin (Image: Ben Kerckx, Pixabay)

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Recycling food and gardening organics study

12/06/2024 Karen Smith 269 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Compiled by Karen Smith

Among the global targets set at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference, COP 15, in Montreal was an agreement to cut global food waste in half, and significantly reduce over-consumption and waste generation, and reduce by half, both excess nutrients and the overall risk posed by pesticides and highly hazardous chemicals.… Continue reading