With Queenslanders currently estimated to use over 1 billion single-use, lightweight plastic bags per year — most of which end up in landfill and the balance in our natural environment — it’s great news that the plastic shopping bag as we know it, will be no more from 1 July […]
HELP us please with a garden for filming. Rawkus a boutique content agency needs garden locations across the country….in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin as well as Auckland and Christchurch. We want to film at these locations for content for a website. The gardens don’t need to be fancy, […]
Therapeutic Horticulture Australia Inc. (THA) welcomes the announcement that a new management committee has been appointed to oversee the operations of their recently established national body responsible for guiding the practice of horticultural therapy and therapeutic gardening in Australia. The management committee represents a strong cross section of people working […]
Fully revised and updated Third Edition By Ian Brooker and David Kleinig ( Bloomings Books, 2016, Hardback, 562 pages, $129rrp) The Eucalypts are the epitome of the Australian landscape, expressing in its one genus its essence and distinctiveness. — Sir Otto Frankel This series is widely regarded throughout the world […]
By Michael Bates (Murdoch Books, Aug 2017, hardcover $59.99rrp) I was delighted to be asked to review Michael Bates’ latest book ‘The New Australian Garden’. Michael is a landscaper with over 30 years’ experience in the garden industry. In this book he gives an overview of 18 different gardens. The […]
By Angus Stewart and Simon Leake (Murdoch Books, November 2017, paperback $45.00rrp) Over the years I have found that young people have not had the same experience or knowledge handed down from parents and hence do not feel confident in growing vegetables. Here is a book that is an up […]
On Monday 26 February 2018 a group of HMA NSW members met at the Common Ground Bakery and Café in the outer Sydney suburb of Picton ready for an exciting day out in the area. After a refreshing cuppa we set off for Mal and Jan Morgan’s Glenfield Wholesale Nursery. […]
HMAQ met for its AGM at Mitchelton Library in Brisbane on the weekend. Re-elected President Kim Woods Rabbidge congratulated those present on a productive year, which involved participation in no less than fifteen industry events or meetings. The year ahead promises to be just as exciting and includes a meeting […]
HMA NSW launched National Gardening week in October with an event at Eden Gardens that was a great success. Representatives of HMA, Hortigroup and the general public gathered together to mark the launch. With special thanks to Gil Teague from Florilegium who spoke to the group and introduced some new and […]
HELP us please with a garden for filming. Rawkus a boutique content agency needs garden locations across the country….in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin as well as Auckland and Christchurch. We want to film at these locations for content for a website. The gardens don’t need to be fancy, […]
It’s been a big 12 months for us! Last week saw the finalisation of the purchase of a 75 acre property just outside of Benalla for the production of Speciality Trees material to service regional Victoria and southern parts of New South Wales. Previous owners, David and Jill Rush are […]
Australia’s largest sub-tropical garden expo is back for another bumper year, with organisers announcing the 2018 Queensland Garden Expo will be held on the Sunshine Coast between 13 and 15 July. The event – now in its 34th year – is expected to attract more than 40,000 visitors from across […]
On Monday 26 February 2018 a group of HMA NSW members met at the Common Ground Bakery and Café in the outer Sydney suburb of Picton ready for an exciting day out in the area. After a refreshing cuppa we set off for Mal and Jan Morgan’s Glenfield Wholesale Nursery. […]
HMAQ met for its AGM at Mitchelton Library in Brisbane on the weekend. Re-elected President Kim Woods Rabbidge congratulated those present on a productive year, which involved participation in no less than fifteen industry events or meetings. The year ahead promises to be just as exciting and includes a meeting […]
Loropetalum ‘Plum Gorgeous’ is one of the most popular PMA managed varieties globally, and generates great interest in all socials – Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. To celebrate its continued success, and to promote this spectacular Australian breeding, PMA is pleased to launch our Gorgeous Destination Competition. Giving our customers the […]
Receiving a 2015 Churchill Fellowship to research the development, use and management of therapeutic gardens in healthcare settings in Singapore, the UK and the USA was a turning point for Melbourne nurse and horticulturalist, Steven Wells.
