Sunday, December 21, 2025
Careers & EducationHorticultural Careers

Write a killer resume that makes employers pay attention

By Daniel Fuller

Whether you’re seeking a role in horticulture production, landscape construction, or parks and garden maintenance, your resume should demonstrate how you are exactly what the employer is looking for. Here are twelve expert-level tips to help you create a standout resume so you no longer go unnoticed by employers, and you can finally land that job you’ve been dreaming of.Continue reading

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EditorialNewsbuds

Xylella biosecurity alert

Greenlife Australia has issued a Biosecurity Alert for the bacterial disease pest Xylella spp. following the release by The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of a draft pest risk analysis report for pathogens in the genus. Xylella fastidiosa is the highest ranked pest threat to Australian horticultural and plant-based industries, and the environment.Continue reading

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Editorial

Rare plants stolen from Kings Park

Conservation efforts of WA’s rare orchids have been impacted by theft

  • Up to 900 of WA’s rarest orchids have been stolen from the Conservation Garden in Kings Park
  • The Conservation Garden provides an opportunity for the public to engage with rare plants
  • Illegal poaching also impacting natural populations across the State and around the world

Display plantings of threatened orchids have been targeted by thieves in Kings Park and Botanic Garden (KPBG).… Continue reading

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Horticultural Therapy

New markets open up through horticultural therapy services

By Leigh McGaghey

Green puns abound when talking about the growth and spread of therapeutic horticulture in Australia. But growing it is, with people from the allied health and community services world branching into horticulture, gaining horticultural qualifications and spreading the benefits of nurturing plants to their clients.Continue reading

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