Hort Journal Australia

Whats Growing on?

09/05/2024 admin 418 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

URBAN GREENING IS WHERE THE SHADE HITS THE PAVEMENT

Citygreen’s recent Where Shade Hits the Pavement 2024 event in Brisbane, where Greener Spaces Better Places proudly served as a key collaborator, proved instrumental in advancing commitment to urban green spaces. Your levy-funded guest speaker, Belinda Bean (Lead Strategist, Greener Spaces Better Places) contributed valuable insights, moderating the Q&A panels and delivering a presentation on the National Urban Green Infrastructure Handbook and where to next for urban greening.… Continue reading

Red imported fire ant (Image: Jesse Rorabaugh)

Environment & Sustainability Pest and Diseases

How invasive insect pests spread

09/05/2024 Denis Crawford 397 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Denis Crawford

Several invasive insects currently of concern to the horticultural industry have something in common – the ability to travel long distances in horticultural material.

If reading a newspaper recently might make you think that we are under threat from invasive insects from all points of the compass, you would be right.… Continue reading

Erica ‘Leonore’ propagated by Arnelia nursery, Western Cape, South Africa (Image: Stephanie Hastie)

International Plant Propagation Society

A journey through South Africa to Geelong

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By Stephanie Hastie

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the International Plant Propagator’s Society (IPPS) and through their exchange program, I had the extraordinary opportunity last year to embark on a horticultural adventure that spanned continents. This scholarship took me on a journey of discovery through South Africa, a land of unparalleled botanical diversity, which beckons horticultural enthusiasts with its vast array of endemic plant species and breathtaking landscapes. … Continue reading

‘Mother Ocean’ by Althaus Landscape Design (Image: Karen Smith)

Careers

More to show gardens than the eye can see

09/05/2024 Daniel Fuller 432 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Daniel Fuller

Signing on to enter a show garden can be exhausting. It is likely you will be squeezing six weeks of construction work into a few days, only to pull it down again in a weeks’ time, you will have to take three weeks out of your work schedule and run your social battery into the ground.… Continue reading

Business File Editorial

Employees need a leader, not a friend

09/05/2024 John Corban 417 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Corban

Leadership is one of the most challenging, fulfilling and exciting roles a business owner faces, and leading in a fun and supportive, yet assertive, way is key to your business thriving and your team wanting to grow with you.… Continue reading

Editors editorial

Celebrating diversity and kindness

10/04/2024 Karen Smith 518 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

I had the privilege of attending two events to celebrate International Women’s Day, an event that celebrates all women globally and recognises their achievements.

This event begun in the early 1900’s; the first in Australia was in 1928 in Sydney. and was organised by the Militant Women’s Movement calling for equal pay for equal work, an eight-hour working day for shop girls, and paid leave!… Continue reading

Telopea speciosissima ‘Enchanted® Red’ (Image: Proteaflora)

Landscape

Back to roots: Embracing native proteas

10/04/2024 Gabrielle Stannus 573 Views 0 Comments

By Gabrielle Stannus

From the sawtooth foliage of Banksia prionotes to the scarlet flowers of the Tasmanian waratah (Telopea truncata), the Protea family has it all when it comes to adding colour and form to a public landscape or private garden.… Continue reading

Helleborus x ericsmithii ViV® ‘Olivia’ is described as “a true flower bomb” (Image: IPM Media)

Greenlife Innovation

Colour and hardiness in IPM greenlife innovations

10/04/2024 John Fitzsimmons 531 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

by John Fitzsimmons

Diverse greenlife innovations were unveiled at the 40^th IPM Essen horticultural expo in Germany recently. Innovative colours and forms combined with improved environmental hardiness were common themes.

Two particularly heat-tolerant and sun-tolerant bamboo Fargesia breeding selections were exhibited by Wilfried Janssen.… Continue reading

PGA's Australian-bred Moon Series® Convolvulus has a dense mounding groundcover rather than a sparse running habit (Image: PGA)

Retail

History, improvement and innovation still drive GIG

10/04/2024 John Fitzsimmons 393 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

As MC Chloe Thompson (‘the horticulturist of many hats’*) commented, the last year has been challenging for many enterprises in our industry. However, as presentations at the Garden Inspirations Group (GIG) 2024 event unfolded in Melbourne it was clear that history, improvement and innovation still drive those who service the greenlife sector – especially independent garden centres.… Continue reading

Business File

Increase rates and continue to increase work

10/04/2024 John Corban 433 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Corban

How can I increase my rates and win the work I want?

What is the reason for wanting to increase fees?
If you look at your P&L statement and don’t like the profit you see you need to delve deeper to discover why this is happening.… Continue reading