Nurseries around the nation are already reporting increased sales from a national campaign to translate the concept of work-life balance into plant-life balance, where consumers are encouraged to put more greenery into their indoor and outdoor spaces. Plant Life Balance uses a free mobile app to encourage consumers to select […]
Congratulations to two very worthy HMA members who were acknowledged in the Australia Day 2018 Honours. Judy Horton – OAM for service to horticulture and to the promotion of gardening. Kelvin Trimper – AM for significant service to horticulture and the promotion of gardening, to urban development and […]
Haynes, Eric (Eka) 18/6/1936 – 18/12/2017 Words and images from Seasol Sadly, on Monday 18th December 2017 we lost our beloved “Eka”, owner of Seasol International. Loving husband of Molly, and father to Lisa and Gary (dec), Eric was a true entrepreneur with a pioneering spirit. His energy, business acumen, […]
HMA NSW will be holding their 2018 AGM online on Wednesday 14 March at 7pm via GoToMeeting. Members wishing to attend can do so via their computer, tablet or smartphone using the below details: HMA NSW AGM Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:00 – 21:00 AEDT Please join my meeting from […]
It is not often we get a release that keeps giving pleasure for so long as 20 years is a milestone. On top of all that this year at Green Expo a new Babybino named Kini was awarded the best new green stock product of the show. 2017 is a […]
Every two years a national Nursery & Garden Industry Conference is held in an Australian city and over the past 30 years it has attracted an average of 250 delegates – growers, retailers, suppliers and stakeholders. In 2018 the conference heads to Hobart, Tasmania from February 19-21. For further details […]
Six beautiful new varieties will be available from Treloar Roses in 2018, all bred by the world’s most reputable rose breeder W. Kordes’ Söhne of Germany. This is a very exciting time for roses with Kordes leading the way in producing healthy, disease tolerant roses. This is matched with the […]
Eden Gardens is thrilled to announce a final work to be added to Eden Unearthed, which is the largest exhibition of privately funded temporal art in Australia, titled LOVE.
The inaugural Sydney Gardening Show was held at Rosehill Racecourse in early September 2017. HMA NSW members Toni Salter, Steve Falcioni, Judy Horton and Phil Dudman all took part in the popular talks program. They were joined on one of the various stages by Jeremy Critchley (HMA NSW) from The Green […]
Supermarket demands for premium, unblemished fruit and vegetables are contributing to alarming waste in Queensland’s tomato growing industry, according to a University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) study. Researchers followed two supply chains from Bundaberg, one of Australia’s largest tomato growing regions, and found up to 87% of undamaged, edible […]