Gardenworld

Hortivations at Ball Australia

by James Wall

 

Hortivations is an industry only event for businesses involved with and related to horticulture. It has been going for a few years now and is one of the premier events in the Australian horticultural calender. The thing people seem to like about it is that it is a fun event and a great place to catch up with whats going on. There is everything from new plants to new potting machines, but more than anything, it is a place of new ideas. Its a bit of fun, and we need that.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

By Sarah Naumoff 

I first heard about the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, when I attended the Australian Landscape Conference in September 2009. Stephanie Alexander was one of the many wonderful experts who spoke at the conference. 

Jane Edmanson releases new book.

As reported by James Wall.

Last night was one of Melbourne's night of nights. Horticulture's media elite were gathered for the release of Jane Edmanson's new book FromThe Ground Up. Fittingly it was held at Flemington Racecourse where the rose gardens are sacred.

This book was originally instigated by Neutrog, a South Australian company famous for their quality fertilisers, including Sudden Impact For Roses, as used by head gardener Terry Freeman at Flemington.

Japanese Maple finds a new home.

 A couple of weekends ago Judy from Mordialloc (one of our regular customers) came in and bought a 4 ft standard japanese maple which another staff member and I had to duly stuff into the front passenger seat of her car. The next week she came in and bought another. These things are quite brittle, and it was equally challenging to also get this one in the car. The next week Judy decided to buy the biggest one we had, and there was no way this was getting into her car. We struggled to get it in the truck. We also agreed to plant this one and so its epic journey to its final resting place began.