: Nursery and Garden Industry Australia

It’s a long and winding road to your garden bed
By Kathy Errey

Overheard anyone muttering about the price of plants these days? It’s easy to jump to conclusions about how easy it would be to stick a few twigs in a nice pot and start your own growing concern. As the price of basic living sky-rockets, we decided to explore why plants are actually still great value for your money.

So you are walking around your garden centre, hardware store or supermarket looking at some glossy foliage in a snazzy pot. But where did it actually originate? Well, not from out the back of the shop. It started its journey on the long and winding road to your garden bed quite some time before.

The plants in your trolley made their way from one of 4,000 production nurseries Australia-wide.

Welcome to the Life is a garden website

Gardens have been an important part of our lives throughout history and continue to be an essential part of Australian lifestyle. Gardens come in all shapes and sizes and different types of gardens suit different people.

Consumer research by the nursery and garden industry found that although gardens mean different things to different people, Australians overwhelmingly agree that gardens evoke positive images and emotions. The resonating message is that gardens are Australian for good times and that green-life, gardens and gardening are all about creating the space to enjoy life - Life really is a garden!

Life is a garden is a gardening site for everyone; garden novices, green thumbs, and everyone in between. It aims to inspire you, inform you and help you to get out and get gardening.

The Life is a garden website was developed and is maintained by Nursery & Garden Industry Australia with funding from Horticulture Australia Ltd.

Note: To best view this website it needs to be viewed through Mozilla Firefox. Click here to download

Environmental Programs

	Help prevent the spread of weeds - they cost the Australian agriculture industry $4 billion a year! Click here
	It's easier to be water wise than you think! Click here
	The best place to start making a difference to the environment is in your own backyard! Click here
	Learn how to create a safehaven for native Australian fauna in your garden. Click here

Welcome to the Life is a garden website

The Industry's Green Credentials

Green-Life Careers website

Meet our industry's best!

Good Green!