ABSTRACT
In Australia, the nursery and garden industry provides significant economic, cultural, social and environmental benefits to the community (NGIA, 2014). The production nurseries support a diverse array of industries and end users, including retail outlets, landscapers, cut-flower growers, orchardists, vegetable growers, interiorscapers, sustainable forestry and revegetation enterprises. Overall, the gross value of production (GVP) of the broad “nursery, flower and turf” industry in Australia is A$ 1271 million, which is 17% of the total GVP of Australian horticultural industry (ABS, 2013).
