By Karen Smith
The Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland (NGIQ) Green Expo was recently held at the Gold Coast Turf Club, showcasing greenlife displays which included everything from potted colour to advanced trees and everything in between.
All under the one roof, visitors have the opportunity to speak direct with suppliers, growers and allied traders.… Continue reading
Read MoreThe three-day Queensland Garden Expo, the Sunshine Coast’s largest annual event, took place at Nambour Showgrounds recently, attracting a crowd of gardening enthusiasts and plant lovers from near and far, with tens of thousands of plants swapping hands for new homes, both local and interstate.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Michael Casey
This year’s Australian Bushfoods Conference, held in the City of Logan, Queensland, showcased the diverse range of professionals working in the Bushfoods sector. Titled ‘Design and Development of Urban Landscapes for Bush Foods’ the conference was a showcase of best practices around Australia in bush food culinary use, cultivation, and production, along with designing of green spaces using bushfoods and native plants.… Continue reading
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Attendance at the Landscape Show was significantly up on last year’s event (Image: The Victorian Master Landscapers)
By John Fitzsimmons
2023 saw Landscaping Victoria Master Landscaper’s (LVML) Landscape Show move from Caulfield to Sandown Park. The event’s following continued to grow and moved with it. While many attendees use the show as an opportunity to touch base with existing suppliers, our focus this year was drawn to a number of new products introduced to the industry.… Continue reading
Read MoreAs the southern hemisphere’s largest garden and flower festival, and the fifth largest on a global scale, the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) had a jam-packed program offering something for green thumbs of all ages and experience levels, with fifty garden displays including the Welcome Garden with daily Tai Chi and meditation sessions, fantastical floral fashions, engaging hands-on workshops, inspiring educational talks from celebrity gurus, and endless family fun.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy John Fitzsimmons
After pandemic interruptions since 2020, Garden Inspirations Group’s GIG 2023 returned to its obviously popular face-to-face format recently with a big attendance of independent garden centre people and some newly recognised retail ‘champions’.
As it turned out, there were more than 165 acceptances for attendance at GIG 2023 – a record!… Continue reading
Read MoreWell established in its class after five years, The Landscape Show has become the must-attend event for all commercial and residential landscape contractors, maintenance specialists, horticulturists, landscape designers and architects, landscape service and product suppliers, as well as Council Parks & Gardens teams, students and educators.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Karen Smith
Melbourne’s Rose Street Artists Market in Fitzroy was a fitting place to host The Australian Institute of Horticulture’s National Day Conference 2022 and Awards night. The hipster venue provided a cosy marquee for the conference with delicious food and a rooftop bar to network in before the awards ceremony proceeded.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Karen Smith
It had been 1106 days since the Independent Garden Centres (IGC) held their last conference, said IGC’s Evan Meuller. The location was originally secured in 2020 but was cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. All in all, COVID-19 restrictions caused conference cancellations three times.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Karen Smith
Queensland’s Gold Coast turned on the sun yet again for the Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland’s (NGIQ’s) Green Expo. Exhibitors and visitors embraced the new venue at the Gold Coast Turf Club, stating that it had a more intimate feel, bump in was a breeze and parking was plentiful and free.… Continue reading
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