Imagine losing your entire crop – and your market – to one unseen disease.
That’s what growers overseas have faced with Xylella fastidiosa, one of the world’s most damaging plant pathogens.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy 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 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 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
Read MoreBy 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
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Left to right, BBM Chair Marco Colli, 2025 Horticulture Scholar Jaimee Abrahams from NSW, and BBM CEO Suellen McCaffrey (Image: BBM)
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
Read MoreBy Denis Crawford
Varroa mite has spread significantly since it was detected in sentinel hives at the Port of Newcastle in June 2022. Varroa mite is likely to have a significant impact on the hives of commercial and recreational beekeepers, as well as decimate feral honey bee colonies.… Continue reading
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