Industry News

Keter, manufacturers of resin-based home and garden consumer products, set out its future sustainability-led approach towards product design.

1. Better Products for Better Places – A stated ambition to deliver affordable, innovative lifestyle solutions with recycled content and recyclable designs. Keter is already ahead of its 2025 schedule with zero production of single-use plastic consumer products and on track with achieving 55% of recycled content in total production (with 40% already achieved).

By John Fitzsimmons

Biosecurity information portal

The Australian Government has launched a new national website that will help the public find answers to their biosecurity questions more easily. Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud said the website would help everyone better understand their role in keeping Australia safe from pests and disease.… Continue reading

By Malcolm Calder –

Automation in nurseries across the country is being adopted. Malcolm Calder from Transplant Systems gives an insight into how savings and efficiencies can be achieved.

In today’s world of production nursery outcomes and requirements, adoption of automation is an absolute necessity.… Continue reading

By David Thompson –

Search the web for advice about getting jobs in any industry and you’ll find yourself inundated with generic, broad advice that can be hard to apply to your own situation. So many tips, so much advice – where do you ever start?… Continue reading

The winners of the 2020 Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT (NGINA) industry awards were announced at a sell-out gala celebration at Springfield House, Dural recently. Hosted by Logie winner, Costa Georgiadis, an Australian landscape architect, television presenter and host of Gardening Australia, the awards recognised wholesale/production nurseries, retail nurseries, allied suppliers and industry bloomers from across NSW and the ACT for being the top of their fields.… Continue reading