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Greenhouse innovations driving productivity and efficiency

10/12/2025 John Fitzsimmons 63 Views 0 Comments

By John Fitzsimmons

When updating an existing production site, or building a new one, an increasingly challenging environment needs to be considered. Greenhouses are therefore usually the option of first choice. But what are the emerging options for this path?

Greenhouses have long offered obvious benefits for commercial plant growers – a more suitable, stable and controllable growing environment for the crops in question.… Continue reading

Residential Maintenance: Sydney Garden Maintenance & Landscaping – ‘Abbotsford Cove’

Editorial Industry Event

Celebrating the 2025 Landscape Excellence Awards winners

10/12/2025 admin 73 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

The Landscape Association (TLA) has announced the outstanding winners of the 2025 Landscape Excellence Awards, proudly sponsored by Glazed Co. Presented at a sold-out gala dinner at Sydney’s Doltone House on Friday 7 November, the event brought together more than 550 members, sponsors, suppliers and industry professionals to celebrate the very best in landscape design, construction and maintenance across NSW and the ACT.… Continue reading

Restore: How Green Spaces support Human Restoration (Image: Supplied by Sandra Schwarz )

Book Review Editorial

Restore: How Green Spaces support Human Restoration

10/12/2025 Gabrielle Stannus 53 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

Sandra Schwarz is a Melbourne-based Landscape Architect with a passion for restorative and therapeutic landscapes. Her book Restore demonstrates how green spaces support human restoration, whilst being underpinned by the guiding question, ‘HOW can you do that in practice?’… Continue reading

Close-up of ripe cherries hanging from an acerola tree

Plant Palette Plants

The perfect cherry for a tropical Christmas

10/12/2025 Caleb Roberts 58 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Caleb Roberts

Botanical name: Malpighia emarginata ‘Florida Sweet’

Common name(s): Acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, wild crepe myrtle, Antilles cherry

Family: Malpighiaceae

Origin or native range: Hailing from Central America and Mexico, the highest production of Malpighia emarginata (Syn.… Continue reading

Pearl Bridge with her teacher Hugh Monk from TAFE Wollongbar (Image: Patrick Regnault)

Careers & Education Education

Interview with Pearl Bridge, AIH Student of the Year 2025

10/12/2025 Patrick Regnault FAIH RH0062 47 Views 0 Comments

By Patrick Regnault

19-year-old Pearl Bridge is the 2025 recipient of the Australian Institute of Horticulture (AIH) Student of the Year Award sponsored by the AIH Fellows. Pearl is from the Northern Rivers of NSW and was nominated for this award by her Certificate III in Horticulture teacher, Hugh Monk from TAFE Wollongbar.… Continue reading

Editorial Marketing

Smart marketing: A conversation with Ineke Clark

10/12/2025 John Corban 47 Views 0 Comments

By John Corban

In October, I invited my friend and business ally, Ineke Clark, to speak with my clients in an 80-minute Zoom session about how to market our businesses more effectively. Ineke is the owner of Ambition Social, a social media and brand strategy company based in Adelaide that provides mentoring and consulting to business owners around Australia.… Continue reading

edible hibiscus Plants

Not just a pretty flower: The edible hibiscus

10/12/2025 Clive Larkman 49 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Clive Larkman

Over the years I have often written about edimental plants and how good they are for the urban garden. We all know that prior to the modern supermarket the home garden was a major source of edible plants.… Continue reading

Editorial Editors editorial

The business of growing people

06/11/2025 admin 225 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

In this issue, we focus on the theme of professional development. Before helping your employees to develop themselves professionally though, I ask you to consider firstly what it was that inspired you to enter the horticultural industry? How might this knowledge better help you understand the reasons why people enter (and perhaps leave) this workforce? … Continue reading

Careers & Education

Reclaiming horticulture’s lost skills

06/11/2025 Patrick Regnault 239 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Patrick Regnault

We want our workforce to be capable, skilled and knowledgeable. However, recent technological advances may result in fundamental horticultural skills being lost as we rely heavily on technology to do our jobs. Are we at risk of ‘deskilling’ our industry in the name of progress?… Continue reading

Left to right, BBM Chair Marco Colli, 2025 Horticulture Scholar Jaimee Abrahams from NSW, and BBM CEO Suellen McCaffrey (Image: BBM)

Careers & Education Scholarships

Global Footprints Scholarships

06/11/2025 admin 196 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Celebrate centenary year with exceptional horticulture scholars

The Global Footprints Scholarships program celebrated its centenary year on 22 September 2025 at Botanic House Sydney, honouring 25 talented young people in agriculture, horticulture and vocational trades. The scholarships, which focus on sustainability and practical leadership, provide scholars with the opportunity to gain international experience and broaden their knowledge in their chosen fields.… Continue reading