News

NGIA is undertaking a skills analysis of 18-35’s in the industry as part of the Young Leader Development Program.

November 2010

At the NGIA Annual General Meeting held in Victoria last month Darryl South & Teena Sandford – Owners and Directors of Darwin Plant Wholesalers – were voted in as NGIA Life Members.

November 2010

The Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) Board was announced on October 20 at the NGIA Annual General Meeting held at the Novotel Glen Waverley, Vic with the re-election of NGIA Board members from Tasmania and South Australia.

Birdwood Nursery, Woombye, Queensland was shortlisted as a finalist for the inaugural 2010 Australian Biosecurity Farmer of the Year Award as part of the broader Australian Farmer of the Year Awards. ABC Rural and Kondinin Group coordinated the event and the award was sponsored by Plant Health Australia.

The Draft Australian Standard for Composts, Soil Conditioners and Mulches (AS 4454) is currently being updated by Standards Australia.

6th August 2010

Industry & Investment (I&I NSW) has declared a quarantine zone on the Gosford and Wyong Local Government Areas due to Myrtle Rust detections on a few properties within these areas.

23rd July 2010

Queensland landscape supply business Nursery Traders Pty Ltd has put sustainable nursery industry practice on the map by winning recognition as a finalist in the 2010 Premier’s ClimateSmart Sustainability Awards.

08 Jul 2010

NSW has increased its fight to eradicate all symptoms of the recently discovered Myrtle Rust from the NSW Central Coast.

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Nursery and Gardens Industry Australia (NGIA) has now created a Facebook page in order to increase the level of communication between industry members and the industry body.

This year’s National Tree Day, sponsored by Toyota will take place around the country on Sunday 1 August. Planet Ark is asking active gardeners who are looking for a way to make a positive environmental difference, to register as Site Coordinators. Get your local school, sporting or church group together and ask your local council if they can provide you with some land to care for and seedlings to plant.

Renowned biologist, restoration ecologist and expert designer of living architecture systems Paul Kephart will be speaking in Sydney at UNSW as part of the Architects Festival.

You are invited to attend the Green Roofs Australia Conference from October 20 -23 at the Adelaide Zoo, South Australia.

Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) is pleased to be a sponsor of Australia’s most well regarded water sustainability awards program, the savewater! awards®.

Victorian fern grower, Mr Fern won the 2010 Nursery & Garden Industry Export Award but owners Les and Rosemary were unable to make it to the Awards Gala Dinner, so we have given them their chance to have their say.

National water conservation bodies the savewater!® Alliance (Australia), Waterwise UK and the Alliance for Water Efficiency (USA) have joined forces to form the International Federation for Water Efficiency (IFWE).

Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme Australia (NIASA) and EcoHort guidelines for managing the environment have been given the Smart Approved WaterMark (SAWM) stamp of approval.

 Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) has developed a Crisis Management Protocol to assist industry in the event of a crisis.

Melissa and Simon Smith are the lucky owners of Go Green Rainforest Nursery in Glenview, Queensland which won the Josh Byrne promotion. As a result, they had garden media personality Josh Byrne in their nursery for the day.

The Landscape Australia Expo, Sydney will be taking place at Sydney Showgrounds from July 15 -16.  It is Australia’s largest event specifically dedicated to the Landscape Industry.

With growing consumer concern about the environment many businesses now promote their ‘green’ credentials to differentiate themselves and their product from the competition.

Consumers are more interested than ever in their health and wellbeing, including living in a healthy environment. Indoor plants and outdoor gardens have distinct and proven health benefits and through the across industry funded HAL project, Health and wellbeing in horticulture, the nursery industry will have access to a wealth of information, about the benefit of green-life, to use in marketing and communication activities.

As the great Aussie ‘quarter-acre block dream’ and inner city housing affordability put even greater pressure on the city fringes, understanding the issues around peri-urban land use planning and its impacts on horticulture is increasingly important. The concept of agricultural land ‘awaiting urban development’ via an ad hoc process of conversion is often regarded as an inevitable outcome of population and economic growth.

'Reportage' article featuring NGIA Environmental & Technical Policy Manager Dr Anthony Kachenko.