ON THE COVER:
Exhibitors and visitors to Christchurch Trade Day in July faced
some daunting conditions -- this was the scene outside the
Hort Society Hall venue in Hagley Park. See report page 30.

CONTENTS:
NEWS                                                                                    2
Obituaries: Nola Simpson, George Pratt 
-- Honours for Peter Waugh, Stan Palmer
KERRY JOHNSTONE BIDS FAREWELL                                6
Comm Hort’s popular editor is retiring. We bring you a profile
NGIA CONFERENCE REPORT                                               8
RETAIL ROUND-UP                                                               13
NURSERY ROUND-UP                                                          17
AUSTRALIA                                                                          22
Survey shows success for plant give-away promotion
NGIA FORUM                                                                       23
John Liddle looks at positives from the NGIA conference
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2011                                         24
FEATURE NURSERY – TREELINE NATIVE                           27
Reveg is the name of the game at this Rotorua nursery
CHRISTCHURCH TRADE DAY REPORT                                30
JOHN STANLEY SAYS . . .                                                   35
Is your pricing policy the right policy?
ARE THERE LESSONS FROM THE ALBANY TORNADO?    36
Graeme Platt looks at how trees fared
PEOPLE PROFILES                                                             38
Meet Athalee Gill of Vibrant Earth and
Alana Lusty of Taupo Native
IMPLEMENTING AN IPM PROGRAMME                             42
Ema Hewson shares the Southern Woods Nursery experience
BOOK REVIEWS                                                                  43
“New Zealand’s Native Trees” and
“The Growing World of Duncan & Davies”
PLANT BASICS                                                                    46
Fiona Eadie tells all about Oedemas