ON THE COVER
Mark Brown of Blueskin Wholesale Trees takes in the atmosphere outside the historic haunted Vulcan Hotel in St Bathans during the IPPS tour through Central Otago. See story page 30. See also Blueskin Trees feature nursery story, page 26.

NEWS                                                                                  2
Signs of improvement in the market – Palmers PN in liquidation
Obituaries: Vernon Harrison, Muriel Fisher, Barb Pownall  – Colorscape for sale – Zoo takes top landscape awards

AUCKLAND SPRING TRADE DAY                                         8
Full report on a successful show

NURSERY ROUND-UP                                                         11
Elliott’s Wholesale, Leafland, Oratia Native

RETAIL ROUND-UP                                                            15
Colin Macpherson GC, Mitre 10 Hornby

AUSTRALIA                                                                       17
Interview with Tim West of the Northern Territory Nursery Industry Assn

SOUTH AFRICA                                                                  19
Garden centre operator, Nick Stodel, reports from Western Cape

NGINZ FORUM                                                                   21

NGINZ CONFERENCE                                                         22
Kerry Johnstone reports on the Auckland conference

FEATURE NURSERY                                                           28
Blueskin Wholesale Trees & Shrubs of Waitati

IPPS TOUR THROUGH CENTRAL OTAGO                           30
Hayden Foulds reports from the Deep South

PERSONALITY PROFILE                                                    34
Award-winning landscape designer, Ben Hoyle

NURSERY MANAGEMENT                                                  38
New assessment regime for agapanthus fertility

PLANT BASICS – WEEDS PART 3                                      40

PRODUCTS and SERVICES                                               43
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