By Daniel Fuller
For specifiers, flowers are important for several reasons. Of course they provide aesthetic value, but they also provide environmental support for pollinators. Flowers also attract biological pest control including the adult life-forms of predatory flies and parasitic wasps, whose larvae are incredibly effective at keeping sap-sucking and munching pest populations under control.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Joe Rogers
Australia’s turf industry is built on innovation, and occasionally, a new variety emerges that reshapes what professionals expect from their turf. That moment has arrived again, with the introduction of Stampede Hybrid Buffalo™. Stampede is a next-generation turfgrass that is the result of years of rigorous research, trials and development in Australia and internationally.… Continue reading
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A high health mother plant nursery at Ball Australia, Melbourne, with plants on fixed mesh tables and drip irrigation
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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreIn 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
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