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Nursery and Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) is providing a unique opportunity to participate in the industry World Environment Day promotion throughout the month of June to get people out into their garden to make a difference in their own backyard.
This is a brilliant chance for industry members to celebrate 2008 World Environment Day, as well as position their garden retail centre or nursery as the local “green shop”.
The NGIA World Environment Day campaign encourages the public to “Think Locally, Act Globally”, and discover what they can do to support the environment.
World Environment Day campaign encourages Australians to “Reduce your footprint – plant your backyard”.
Nursery and Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) is providing a unique opportunity to participate in the industry World Environment Day promotion throughout the month of June to get people out into their garden to make a difference in their own backyard.
Prince to serve nursery and garden industry
After a meticulous process, Robert Prince has been selected to fill the role of CEO for Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA)
Results of the irrigation scheduling
At the 2008 Nursery and Garden Industry National Conference in South Australia last month, David Hunt, Scientist for the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, presented the results of the NGIA research project Increasing Adoption of Innovative Irrigation and Water Recycling Technologies in Australian Nurseries, which looked into the improvements in plant production that are achieved by correct irrigation scheduling, and how plants respond to variable irrigation schedules.
2008 NGIA National Conference
Click here to view a full photo gallery of the 2008 NGIA National Conference which was held in South Australia from March 26 to 28. Includes the Yates Nursery & Garden Industry Awards Gala Dinner.