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The autumn senescence gives a wave of colour to the texture of the ginkgo fan-like leaves (Image: Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery)

Plant Palette Plants

An ancient tree for contemporary gardens

16/03/2026 Caleb Roberts 155 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Caleb Roberts

Botanical name: Ginkgo biloba

Common names: Ginkgo, maidenhair tree

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Origin or native range: Ginkgo biloba is the sole surviving species within its entire division, class, order and family. This monotypic ‘living fossil’, so called because fossils nearly identical to the modern tree date back to the Jurassic period (around 170 million years ago), is now found virtually unchanged from its earlier iterations in small, woodland populations in temperate China.… Continue reading

The Summer Soiree kicks off the Australian Horticultural Trials Week (Image: Ludovic Vilbert, Inwardout Studio)

Editorial Industry Event

Australian Horticultural Trials Week

05/02/2026 admin 406 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

The 2025 Australian Horticultural Trials Week kicked off on Monday 1 December with a Summer Soiree held at KCC Park in Skye. The Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria (NGIV) announced the winners of its 2026 Plant of the Year awards during the evening, with Mansfield’s Propagation Nursery taking out the top gong for Corymbia ficifolia ‘Precious Pearl’.… Continue reading

Interflora Lokaren, the Netherlands (Image: Supplied by authors)

Garden Centres Nursery Industry

Reinventing the independent garden centre

05/02/2026 John Stanley 300 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Stanley, Sid Raisch and Dries Jansen

This series of articles aims to look at the future opportunities, changes and challenges that independent garden centres around the globe face in the next few years. Before we look into our crystal ball, we should first look back.… Continue reading

The author (at back) harvesting African yams with volunteers from the United African Farm

Edible landscapes Landscape

Edible landscapes in the public realm

05/02/2026 Chris Williams 412 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Chris Williams

In this article I outline reasons for integrating community-based food production into municipal-level open space strategies. I argue that food production in public landscapes should be a fundamental part of a multi-functional urban green space system. Within this framework, thinking of crops and food plants as potentially edimental (both edible and ornamental) offers a powerful way to achieve the following: high-quality aesthetic objectives for general open space users; increased cultural relevance (through so-called culturally appropriate foods); and production of food for use by volunteer growers or for donation to food relief organisations.… Continue reading

Focal tree, Canistel (Pouteria campechiana) accompanied by an understorey of turmeric, Salvia sp., Hemerocallis sp. and Taro ‘Black Magic’ (Images supplied by Pauline Haydock)

Food Forests Landscape

Food forestry in the urban landscape

05/02/2026 Pauline Haydock 339 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Pauline Haydock

Australians have been avid gardeners for many decades. We have come a long way from the post war aesthetic of a front yard with a bed of roses, a cypress hedge and a competitively tended lawn. Things are changing.… Continue reading

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Editorial Research & Development

How to prepare a successful R&D Tax Incentive claim

05/02/2026 Tania Harman and Daniel Knox 344 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

A practical guide for horticulture businesses

By Tania Harman and Daniel Knox

The Australian Government’s R&D Tax Incentive offers horticulture businesses a valuable opportunity to fund innovation and reduce costs. This practical guide explains how to prepare a successful claim, avoid common pitfalls and maximise benefits.… Continue reading

Dianella caerulea 'DCNCO' Trade Name Breeze® (Image supplied by Ozbreed)

Advertorial Editorial

Edimental Australian landscape plants

05/02/2026 Daniel Fuller 271 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Daniel Fuller

Australia is home to many plant species that have fed people for thousands of years. Did you know that the following ornamental species are edible?

Dianella caerulea berries are almost like little blueberries with pleasantly crunchy seeds.… Continue reading

Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (globe artichoke) (Image: Björn S via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Landscaping Plants

A taste for landscaping

05/02/2026 Patrick Regnault 318 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Patrick Regnault

During COVID-19, the popularity of growing one’s own food increased dramatically. However, food production to the level of self-sufficiency requires more land and effort than most people are willing to do or capable of making. That said, we can add trees, shrubs and climbers, or even aquatic plants to our plant palettes that will look good and produce food.… Continue reading

Joshua (left) and Mitchell (right) at The Landscape Association’s annual awards ceremony where their team also took out the Landscaper of the Year ‘Residential Construction’ category for their ‘Mosman Hideaway’ project (Image: Supplied by Mitchell Kushturian)

Landscape Landscape event

From family roots to recognition: Mitchell Kushturian’s journey

05/02/2026 Gabrielle Stannus 279 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

Sydney-based landscape designer Mitchell Kushturian was named Emerging Designer of the Year at last year’s Landscape Design Institute’s annual awards. I spoke with Mitchell recently about family, plants, landscaping and his award-winning design, ‘Grounds of Glossodia’.

Mitchell’s passion for design is contagious and started when he was young, thanks in great part to his family.… Continue reading

Dwarf fruit trees, including apples, have been highly popular home edibles in small spaces (Image: John Fitzsimmons)

Editorial Retail

Evolving edibles: What today’s gardeners want to grow

05/02/2026 John Fitzsimmons 236 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

For the last couple of decades, the edibles category in garden centres has been one of this sector’s most consistent stars. However, this category remains dynamic as plant breeders refine and expand their catalogues, and retail buyers expand their skills and expectations.… Continue reading