Nurseries Articles
Trident Blue Helps BeyondBlue
Ramm Botanicals is proud to support BeyondBlue with every purchase of the new Trident Blue succulent. Feature this gorgeous, low-maintenance variety in your next project and help millions of Australian’s at the same time.
Plantmark Opens Sydney Location
Three decades strong and Plantmark is showing no sign of slowing down! As the company celebrates its 30th year as one of Australia’s leading wholesale nurseries, why not drop in to their new Sydney premises from March 27th onwards.
Plant Multi Nursery Has Moved!
For premium quality landscape supplies and consultation services, visit Plant Multi Nursery at their new, larger premises in Kilsyth, Victoria.
New App: ‘Shazam’ for Plants
The PlantNet app is helping budding plant enthusiasts and industry professionals to identify, catalog and share plant species. Hailed as the new ‘Pokemon Go’ for green thumbs its encouraging users to get outdoors and capture them all.
Go Green Online
Andreasens Green Wholesale Nurseries is delighted to announce the official launch of their new website; making it easier for valued customers to source plants and information, and place orders online.
Best in Trade
Wholesale Plants & Products is a trade-only market catering specifically to the horticultural industry. With an extensive range of products refreshed daily and convenient delivery service, orders are filled and dispatched with professional efficiency.
One-Stop Shop for Landscaping
For over 20 years Plant Multi Nursery has been fulfilling multiple project requirements for the landscape industry from their varied selection of premium plants and allied products with unqualified success.
Contract Grow For Peace of Mind
Growing unique and diverse green stock for projects is a time consuming process that requires forward planning to ensure availability and suitable maturity. Put your mind at ease and ensure professional results with a grow contract from plant specialists
Troubleshooting Crops with AI
Farmers may soon be able to use their own smartphones and a simple app to identify crop diseases that cause their yields to fail thanks to technology created by Penn State University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
New Ausflora Pacific Website
Ausflora Pacific is excited to announce the launch of their new and improved website, which is now easily accessed from your smartphone tablet or PC. Check out their latest updates!
Fairy Tale Hybrid Bears Fruit
A Syracuse University professor has created a hybrid tree of magical proportions, capable of growing more than 40 kinds of stone fruit as well as a mosaic of multi-coloured blossoms.
It’s Show Time!
The 2016 NGINA Sydney Trade Day and Expo is fast approaching. Join the biggest Nursery trade show of the year on 20 September 2016 and connect with over 170 exhibitors on the day.
Aloes Ain’t Aloes
Not all aloes are created equal! Aloe-Aloe Horticulture’s range of flowering cultivars are uniquely created to produce prolific and extended flowering seasons that thrive in Australian conditions.
Revolution in Native Plants
Native plants are undergoing a revolution, thanks to the experimentation of dedicated experts who are creating new breeds to better fit within the modern plantscape.
The Touch Response
A new study shows that touch may have such a dramatic effect on plants that it instigates deeply rooted survival responses that can alter their genetic structures.
A Great Time for Trees
Autumn is a great time for trees! Putting on a spectacular show of autumnal colour each season, deciduous trees provide a change of colour and texture that brightens any landscape.
Plan Ahead With Contract Growing
Planning ahead with a contract growing service from Plants Direct QLD is a sure-fire way to ensure your landscape project completes on time, on budget and with superior quality stock.
The Season for Colour
Autumn is always a great time of year in the nursery; the weather is reasonable, and a large range of deciduous stock means there is plenty of colour around.
Proudly Supplying Barangaroo
With over 150 acres across 4 nursery sites in NSW and QLD, Andreasens Green is a major supplier of plant material to the landscape industry.
Botanix at the MIFGS
Botanix Plat Supply was proud to be a supplier at the 2016 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show; stocking several of the show gardens and displays for the delight of thousands of visitors.
2016 Plant of the Year
The earliest and longest flowering of all Daphnes – Daphne Perfume Princess - has just been named 2016 Plant of the Year by Australia’s Nursery & Garden Industry.
A New Beauty
Ausflora is proud to announce the release of a new selection of dwarf flowering plant – Leucadendron ‘Bella’s Buttons’ – that is drought tolerant and frost resistant.
Introducing the ‘Pink Flamingo’
Botanix Plant Supply is proud to introduce a new addition from the Touch of Class Plants range, the Agonis Flexuosa ‘Pink Flamingo’.
The Plant Experts
Plantmark is one of Australia’s largest wholesale plant nurseries, proudly supplying the landscape and gardening industry with quality plants for nearly 30 years.
Sustainable Natural Resources
Dream-time Wholesale Nursery is at the forefront of environment sustainability with a long-standing commitment to remaining the market leader in all aspects of natural resource management.
Sun-Hardened to Go the Distance
Plants Direct QLD are a leading production nursery with over 25 years’ experience in supplying the landscape industry with quality plants fit for the Australia climate.
Versatile Aquatic Plants
With the growing season well underway and many a spring overhaul happening in gardens across the country, Ascot Vale Garden Centre’s newest supply of aquatic plants are in huge demand.
56 Years and Still Growing
Din San Nurseries offers a choice of quality plants from more than 200 growers in one space. With over 56 years of industry experience, Din San’s range meets even the most discerning landscaping needs.
Encourage Children to Garden
Gardening with children can be fun. It is important to remember the future is in their hands, and we should be encouraging them to get their hands dirty. So why not find ways to encourage children to engage with nature through your store.
Wonderful Waratahs
Ausflora Pacific is proud to have been providing Waratah (Telopea) plants and cut flowers to retailers, wholesalers and landscapers for over 30 years. Their favourite waratah for gardens is the ‘Corroboree Waratah’.
30,000 Plants at Your Fingertips
Specifically designed to aid trade customers in plant searches, quotes, online orders, and more, Plantmark’s mobile app is an awarding winning design that allows you to plan and order on the go.
Quality Range and Exceptional Value
Ascot Vale Garden Centre specialises in succulents, water plants, pots, garden ornaments, water tanks and much more – making them a one-stop shop for all your landscaping needs.
Winter Flower Power
Victorian councils are increasingly recognising the need for new tough autumn and winter flowering plants that are more suitable to our climate, offer residents and visitors increased visual impact and cost ratepayers less.
An Odds on Favourite
Fleming’s Group of Companies creates the place to race at Pakenham Racing Club. Designed, created and executed by Fleming’s, this new equine facility in Victoria is already proving a winner.
Pioneers of the Pre-Grow
Andreasens Green has been recommending the Pre-Grow approach for years – in fact, we are the pioneers when it comes to Pre-Grow or forward order contacts.
Award-winning nursery
Dream-time is an award-winning wholesale nursery passionate about growing trees to the highest quality possible.
Second site now open
Botanix Plant Supply has opened a second site, significantly increasing the company’s capacity while also allowing for expansion.
Incoming NGIA CEO
Peter Vaughan has been announced as the new CEO of the Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA), replacing Robert Prince.
Plant contract secured
Andreasens Green’s proven success as a Pre-Grow Specialist has secured it the plant supply contract for the new 6-Headland Park at Barangaroo in Sydney.
Autumn Red Leucadendrons
Autumn is the optimum time to enjoy the spectacular flowers and foliage of red Leucadendrons.
A Place to Race
Fleming’s has been engaged to design, create and execute the landscape plan at the new equine facility at The Pakenham Racing Club in Victoria.
Graham Ross announced as patron
Graham Ross has been announced as patron of the new Garden Centres NSW and ACT group.
Over 30,000 plants at your fingertips
One of Australia’s largest wholesale nurseries, Plantmark has just released a brand new App that has been designed specifically for the industry.
Maximum flower power, with minimum effort
The Aloe-Aloe range of selectively bred sun perennials has set the benchmark for spectacular, long-lasting flowers that can thrive in harsh and extreme climates.
20-year anniversary
Offering a vast and extensive range, Wholesale Plants and Products is a one-stop shop for the horticultural trade market and celebrates 20 years in business this year.
Dirty Ideas for Everyday Gardens
NGINA’s ‘Dirty Ideas’ Garden attracted thousands of people at this year’s Australian Garden Show Sydney.
Plants at wholesale trade prices
Plantmark is one of Australia’s largest wholesale plant nurseries, and has been supplying the trade with quality plants for over 25 years.
Advanced yet simple
Farmers Advanced Trees offers a diverse range of ornamental and Australian native trees from 30cm pots to 155-litre containers.
Showing off time
Its autumn – that means, showing off in the tree world! And at Olinda Nurseries our advanced trees are putting on a great show.
Green Expo Sydney 2014 has arrived
Don’t miss Green Expo Sydney, featuring the best products, plants and concepts the industry has to offer, GES 2014 is a must – book your tickets today!
New plant variety
‘Misty Sunrise’ is a new beauty from Ausflora Pacific and will be showcased at this year’s Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
Trees Save Lives
Urban trees and forests are saving an average of one life every year per city, according to a study conducted in the United States.
50 years of nursery innovation and quality supply
Benara Nurseries celebrates 50 years of providing quality, affordable plants, using the highest standards of horticulture.
Turning the concrete tide
National initiative to increase urban green space by 20% by the year 2020 launches in Sydney.
Blue Sky Thinking Real Green Living
Registration is now open for the NGIA 2014 National Conference, which will be held next March in Sydney.
202020 Vision
The Nursery & Garden Industry Australia is on a mission to create 20% more green spaces in urban areas by 2020.
Plantmark launches new website
Plantmark has launched its new website and it is packed with new and improved features.
Join in the Celebración
This year, the Nursery and Garden Industry for NSW and ACT will be celebrating their annual awards dinner 2013 in Spanish style. Olé!
Blooming gorgeous
Protea ‘White Crown’ can be used in large scale landscapes as a border plant, or grow happily in a tub and produces flowers throughout the year.
Australian Garden Show Sydney to return next year
Over 25,000 people embraced Australia’s newest and most exciting outdoor event, the Australian Garden Show Sydney, in Centennial Park last week.
Specialised seed collectors
For many years, Andreasens Green has offered a provenance collection and propagation service, based at its Lansvale operation, in Sydney’s South West.
The PDQ advantage
The Plants Direct Queensland advantage is the convenience of being to be a one-stop shop for all your plantscape requirements.
For landscaping professionals
Logan’s Nursery grows plant sizes from native revegetation tube stock through to huge 2000ltr containerised trees.
Choose quality
Mt William Advanced Tree Nursery has been established for more than 30 years, specialising in both Australian Native and Exotic Trees.
Family business is thriving
With so much gloom and doom in the business world, it is encouraging to discover a good news story about a business that’s is not just thriving, but expanding to involve all the family.
Get planting today!
With 80 hectares of growing area in Brisbane and Mackay, Greenstock Nurseries can supply and deliver your plant requirements to anywhere along the East Coast and welcome enquiries Australia-wide.
Last days to enter the NGIA awards!
With less than one week to go until applications close, get involved in the 2014 Nursery & Garden Industry Awards and view their exciting new program and awards categories.
Judges announced for NGIA Awards
NGIA has secured the horticultural expertise and industry knowledge of Jennifer Stackhouse and husband and wife team, Peter and Carol Fraser, for the 2014 onsite categories.
National Tree Day 2013
Matthew Carroll from NGIA got together with Costa Georgiadis in Darwin to record a video to promote the event. See the call to action for Garden Retailers for Tree Day 2013 here!
NGIA announces new Greenlife Infrastructure Award
The 2014 Nursery and Garden Industry Awards will include an exiting new category - The Greenlife Infrastructure Award - which will be sponsored by Universal Magazines.
Chelsea winners honoured
Following their historic ‘Best in Show’ win at Chelsea, Wes Fleming, Phillip Johnson and the volunteer team have been honoured by the Victorian Government.
Prestige Plants opens new trade outlet
After 15 years as a leading wholesale and production nursery, Prestige Plants is excited to announce the opening of a brand new Trade outlet concept.
Fleming's finale
Wes Fleming, of Fleming’s Nurseries, has entered the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London nine times since 2004, with 2013 marking their final year.
Free FMS Information Pack valued at over $50
Time still remains to secure your FREE Nursery Production Farm Management System information pack valued at over $50.
Quality wholesale plants
If you need quality wholesale plants anywhere in Australia – Darwin Plant Wholesalers has the stock, the contacts and the know-how!
Free FMS information pack
For production nurseries, greenlife markets and growing media suppliers that are not accredited under the Nursery Production Farm Management System, NGIA is offering free information packs.
Aussie native plants are winner in green roof trials
Research shows Australian native plants out perform all others in green roof trials.
Proteaflora knows Proteas inside out!
Its plant selections, growing systems and promotions deliver superior sales results, profit and garden success.
New grafted Lemon-Scented Gum
Corymbia citriodora ‘Scentuous’ is a popular Lemon-Scented Gum, making it perfect for space-restricted sites.
Rose supplier blooms at MIFGS
Treloar Roses’ Perfume Passion was awarded the People’s Choice Award at MIFGS at the end of the show. Order now to secure your roses for this winter!
Australia’s Leading Rose Supplier
Supplying quality bare root rose plants Australia wide for over 45 years.
Your next garden project is covered!
Prestige Plants has your next garden project covered, no matter what the size - we have it all!
Hybrid Streetscape survives
Over summer Dianella Streetscape survived months of rain while other Dianella varieties suffered.
Working with a Wholesale Nursery to Buy Advanced Trees or Mature Trees
When working with a wholesale nursery, it’s important to understand a few things about advanced trees and mature trees.
Nursery & Garden Industry Australia
Nursery & Garden Industry Australia is the preeminent professional standards body governing this incredibly vast industry throughout the nation.
Amazing Australian Natives
Emaho -Tibetan Sanskrit for "wonderful and amazing" – is a fitting title for this boutique tree farm located in Brisbane.