What's up in the Register?

The Australian & NZ Nursery Registers are work–a-day books about companies, their people, plants, and products. It does not pretend to be an academic botanical reference. This is why in the index you will see that sometimes we have used true botanical names and at others common names, our rule being to adopt what is most often used by the trade.

Where the information comes from

Information in the Registers is updated throughout the year and confirmed in most cases by printed or electronic questionnaire or phone prior to publication. All information is published free. Checks are made where possible, but in general information supplied by companies is published in good faith as being accurate.

Locating Companies

For simplicity and ease of use, the Register's contain a single A-Z listing of companies regardless of type. This is supported by two indexes: a general Plants, Products and Services Index; and a secondary Locality Index. Companies are also grouped by type within the general index – see for example Consultants, Landscape Architects, Nurseries Wholesale etc. The Locality Index is invaluable for travellers or for target marketing.
When consulting the Plants, Products and Services Index, a guide to company locations is provided by the postcode published beside each name. 

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Contact Details

Contact details provided for each company include postal and physical addresses, phone, fax, mobile, after hours, free phone and free fax numbers, email and web addresses.
Where the information has been provided, manager's names are given and also sales manager’s. Other contact names, such as nursery manager or branch manager, are provided where relevant.

Specialists

All companies were invited to highlight their areas of specialisation and these are noted in listings in the Companies A-Z section and also in supporting advertising.

Established

The word “Est.” beside a company names gives the date the company was established.

Retailers

Retailers are classified as garden centres, garden shops, garden departments of larger stores, garden centres with attached florist, landscape suppliers – or some combination. Where they have an on-site café, this is also noted and indexed. Opening hours are given. Any specialty areas are noted in listings in the Companies A-Z section and indexed in the Plants, Products and Services Index under Retailers with Speciality Lines.

Nurseries / Growers

These are described by the general categories of plants they grow (ie bedding, houseplants, trees & shrubs etc), the grades offered, where relevant the method of growing (field-grown, glasshouse grown) and finally specific genera offered. Most of this information is also Indexed and cross-referenced. Nursery area is given where known. If the nursery has quarantine facilities available this is also noted.

Supply Companies

Companies in this category include general dry goods suppliers, manufacturers and distributors of horticultural machinery/equipment, greenhouses, hydroponic equipment, irrigation equipment, etc.

Service Companies

These include education providers, arborists, plant brokers, consultants, hire plant operators, landscapers, tissue culture laboratories, analysis laboratories, fumigation contactors, research & development organisations, specialist printers, plant breeders, market research organisations, permaculturalists, project management people, cartage contractors.

Other Organisations

Included here are local bodies, various industry organisations and government agencies.