YATES MEDIA PRESENTATION

Yates held its 28th Annual Media Presentation, and celebrated its 125th birthday, on July 11 at Moore Park Golf Club in Sydney.

Yates is proud to be celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2012. From the beginning, Yates has prided itself on supplying quality products, and this policy is still of paramount importance today.

Yates is a long-established Australian brand that has become a household name. This familiarity has been encouraged by the widespread popularity of the Yates Garden Guide, which was first written by Arthur Yates in 1895. During more than a century of publication, its 43 editions have become an Australian gardener’s bible.

Today, Yates is engaging successfully with another generation of gardeners through its website, its online garden club and by connection through social media.

Yates grows its seed range

An astonishing 49 new varieties have been added to the Yates packet seed range including:

• New Yates vegetable seeds
• New Yates herb seeds
• New Yates organic seeds
• New Yates flowers

For more information contact Judy Horton via email: judy.horton@yates.com.au

Yates Tomato Seedlings

To celebrate its 125 birthday in Australia, Yates is releasing two ‘heritage meets new’ tomato seedlings that communicate Yates’ commitment to staying true to its heritage, whilst remaining at the forefront of what is the latest in the world of gardening.

2012 Yates Junior Landcare Backyard Challenge

Yates and Junior Landcare have a long-running partnership based on the common vision to get kids excited about gardening, nature and their local environment. The Yates Junior Landcare Challenge is an annual activity that has engaged over 120,000 kids through primary and secondary schools, youth groups, Scouts and Girl Guides groups, and their own families.

The 2012 Yates Junior Landcare Backyard Challenge will ask kids (aged 8 – 16) to enter a short video or photograph around the theme of ‘how does your backyard grow?’

Registrations open September 10; deadline for entries is November 16; with winners announced November 26.

Visit: www.juniorlandcarechallenge.com.au

For more information on Yates visit the website: www.yates.com.au