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Diverse plant species face future nutrient challenges (Image: John Fitzsimmons)

Plant nutrients: Where from? Where to?

09/04/2025 John Fitzsimmons 57 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

Almost every day, horticultural and agricultural enterprises think about, talk about and seek out plant nutrients – usually as ‘fertiliser’. But beyond comparing, selecting and applying nutrient products, how often do we consider their natural and commercial sources and the longevity of their supply?… Continue reading

Display of the Nambour Orchid Society (Image: Patrick Regnault)

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All in the soil

03/08/2023 admin 603 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Patrick Regnault

The Queensland Garden Expo took place recently in Nambour. Once again it attracted a very good crowd of seasoned and new gardeners, all intending to obtain quality plants from growers, and reliable information from speakers as well as the Horticultural Media Association Australia (HMAA) Garden Clinic.… Continue reading

Food waste is sorted using a combination of human intervention and AI

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Superfly – a superfood for plants

03/08/2022 admin 963 Views 0 Comments

Melbourne-based Bardee, founded in 2019 by ex-architect Phoebe Gardner, and entomologist Alex Arnold, along with their team of entomologists, technicians, operators and leaders have created a world-first vertical farming system that prevents food waste turning into methane and recycles the nutrients back into the food system using insects.… Continue reading