What's new?
Show us your new release plants
NGIA will be starting a new section on the Life is a garden website dedicated to new releases, as well as Clippings articles where appropriate.
So if you have new release that you would like both the industry and consumers to know about, email a high resolution photo and a 200 word description to Sarah McMahon at NGIA sarah.mcmahon@ngia.com.au
*Pic: Proteaflora Nursery
Working together as one industry, one voice
The 2009 Nursery & Garden Industry National Conference & Exhibition, held at Canberra, will be an experience not to be missed. Preceded by the first ever, ground breaking Urban GreenScapes Symposium and with a conference makeover like never before, delegates will be provided with the solutions and the tools to create a sustainable future - working together as one industry, one voice.
Biosecurity update
An exotic plant pest called Vegetable Leaf Miner (Liromyza sativae) has been detected in the Torres Strait on Warraber Island, during routine surveillance carried out by the Northern Australian Quarantine Strategy (NAQS). This pest has not previously been detected in Australia.
Student Scholarship closing soon!
In July, entries opened for the industry’s Certified Nursery Professional (CNP) Student Scholarship. This scholarship is offering two lucky horticultural students an all expense paid trip to attend the Urban GreensScapes Symposium 2009 and the Nursery and Garden Industry National Conference and Exhibition to be held in Canberra from February 17 to 19, 2009.
Proposed removal of Gladiolus Rust restrictions in Western Australia
The Department of Agriculture & Food WA (DAFWA) believes the current restrictions due to the threat of the disease Gladiolus Rust are no longer justified and should be removed.
What's in a name? - free conference
The Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA) in conjunction with Horticulture Australia (HAL) is holding a free conference that looks at the important role that naming and branding plats in Australian horticulture.
New Board appointed for Agri-Food
The Agri-Food Industry Skills Council is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Board of Directors.
