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The ‘Wedding Garden’ (Image: Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show)

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2026

12/05/2026 admin 39 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

Despite some wet and windy weather, the 2026 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show drew an impressive 108,672 attendees over five days at the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens. Your intrepid editor braved the rain to bring you this roundup of this annual industry event, focussing on the gardens on display, and the plants found within them, including some old favourites and new discoveries.… Continue reading

Hydroponic nutrient supplies will be impacted by both the Middle East conflicts and restrictions on Chinese exports

Editorial Industry News

Growing in uncertain times

12/05/2026 John Fitzsimmons 38 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

Amid continuing instability in parts of the Middle East, energy and supply lines for key greenlife production inputs are currently in a state of disruption. What challenges does this bring now and into the foreseeable future for our industry?… Continue reading

Garden Centres Nursery Industry

What garden centres around the world can learn from each other

12/05/2026 John Stanley 32 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Dries Jansen, Sid Raisch and John Stanley

Garden centres are places of routine and ritual. People visit them on quiet mornings, between errands or as part of a weekend habit. They are deeply rooted in local life, shaped by climate, seasons and long-standing customer relationships.… Continue reading

High-quality, crushed, sieved, nutrient-charged and biologically inoculated pecan nut biochar, ready for use in soils or potting mixes (Image: Erik van Zuilekom)

Editorial Research & Development

The biochar revolution

12/05/2026 Erik van Zuilekom 35 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

Engineering carbon-rich growing media for resilience

By Erik van Zuilekom

What if the most transformative amendment available to nursery production was not new at all, but ancient, misunderstood, and hiding in plain sight? Biochar is gaining traction across Australian horticulture, yet much of what is sold under its name barely qualifies as true biochar.… Continue reading

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Business File Editorial

How horticulture grants are assessed

12/05/2026 Tania Harman and Daniel Knox 34 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

What assessors look for (and why projects miss out)

By Tania Harman and Daniel Knox

This article is the second in our ‘Successful Grant Writing’ series for horticulture businesses, grower groups and researchers. In the first article, we focused on the strategic foundations of a competitive application: the right project, at the right time, for the right program (‘How to write a successful grant funding application’, Hort Journal Australia, April 2026).… Continue reading

Advertorial Editorial

Underground storage: A tactic for tougher landscape plants

12/05/2026 Daniel Fuller 29 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Daniel Fuller

Plants can be conceptualised as self-sustaining machines that do not eat food; they manufacture their own food using photosynthesis. Every leaf is like a solar panel, capturing energy that can be stored in the plant’s roots and other storage organs.… Continue reading

Careers & Education Professional Development

Growing futures through Global Footprints

12/05/2026 Carmen Weiss 32 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Carmen Weiss

Two young horticulturists, two very different journeys, and one shared opportunity that shaped their impact on the industry. Through the Global Footprints Scholarship, Olivia Williams and Charlotte O’Leary stepped beyond their everyday nursery environments and into completely new horticultural contexts.… Continue reading

Raingarden section (Image: Melbourne Water)

Clean Water Environment & Sustainability

Horticulture at the heart of clean water

12/05/2026 By Daniella Gerente 31 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Daniella Gerente

Kingston City Council is renewing 109 of its 197 raingardens in 2026–27, with 88 having been renewed in 2024-25, pairing evidence‑based plant selection with hands‑on horticultural training and a friendly ‘beautification’ competition across crews. The result: robust biofilters that look good, are easy to maintain, and keep tonnes of sediment, nutrients and pollutants out of local creeks and Port Phillip Bay.… Continue reading

Business File Editorial

Understanding and overcoming ‘Imposter Syndrome’

12/05/2026 John Corban 27 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Corban

Imposter syndrome is the feeling that you are not as capable, qualified or deserving as others think you are, even when there is clear evidence that you are. It is that internal voice that says, ‘I don’t really know what I’m doing… I’ve just been lucky.’… Continue reading

The black truffle, Tuber melanosporum (Image: Véronique Pagnier via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Plant Palette Plants

The hidden harvest

12/05/2026 Caleb Roberts 23 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Caleb Roberts

Botanical name: Tuber melanosporum

Common name(s): Black truffle, Périgord truffle, French black truffle

Family: Tuberaceae

Origin or native range: Found naturally in European forests, the black truffle’s highest producing countries remain Spain, France and Italy.… Continue reading

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