ON THE COVER:
Van Loon’s Garden Centre, Victoria, was one of the winners of this year’s Australian GC of the Year Awards. See our full report, page 22

CONTENTS:
NEWS                                                              2
Palmers to open a new-concept store
– Steady trading is the norm
– Obituary: Ron Phillips – Myrtle Rust update
NURSERY ROUND-UP                                      8
Awa Nursery, Woodleigh Nursery, Butler’s Nursery
UK EUROPE REPORT                                     12
LANDSCAPE ROUND-UP                                14
Ben Edgar, Anita Sloot
RETAIL ROUND-UP                                         16
Te Horo Garden Centre, Nook Road Closes,
Palmers Remuera
AUSTRALIA                                                    19
Interview with Alan Hollensen of the
Victoria Nursery Industry Assn
NGIA FORUM                                                  20
AUSTRALIA’s TOP GARDEN CENTRES            22
NGIA’s awards go to Van Loon’s, Newman’s Nursery,
and Gisborne Nursery
FEATURE NURSERY                                        26
Planters Seedling Nursery, Havelock North,
grows 4 million plants per year
BOTTLE TREES                                               29
Meet Brian Keucke and his Queensland specialty trees
EXCELLENCE THE AIM AT CLASSIC PATCH    30
A look at this new Timaru nursery and garden centre
High N DRY IN CENRAL OTAGO                       32
Hayden Foulds reports on the recent IPPS Conference
RICHARD BEAUMONT IN JAPAN                       38
PLANT BASICS –
SHOWING WEEDS NO MERCY                         40
PRODUCTS and SERVICES                              43
Fodda Soil Enhancer & Fertiliser, Agricovery Recycling