The top 50 indoor houseplants for Australia and New Zealand — what's best and how to keep them healthy. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend — they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, [...]
Organic Crop Protectants (OCP) have been leading the way in organic horticultural solutions since 1991. Their prize pack is valued at $145 and contains the following products from their popular eco-organic garden range: eco-oil, eco-neem, eco-fungicide, eco-aminogro, eco- seaweed, eco-hydrate and Slasher Organic Weedkiller. Learn more about the range at www.ecoorganicgarden.com.au. Pack consists [...]
Are you the sort of person who usually avoids social media thinking it useless fluff? Well, think again! There is a myriad of Facebook groups and pages that you as an interior plantscaper may find more than helpful. Here I share some of my personal favourites. Seeking advice on a plant’s cultivation and [...]
As the year draws to an end I am wondering what happened to this year! Over the past months, I have been President, it has been great to catch up with many of you and learn more about your businesses and see the exceptional quality of work that is being done in our industry. [...]
The “houseplant” craze continues to grow and with it a new obsession with animal-like species. Dolphin Necklace Right now, Senecio peregrinus is hot in the social media world. If you haven’t seen the picture below, you must be too busy in the field away from your computer. According to the online Succulentopedia, Senecio peregrinus [...]
I recently enjoyed a trip on The Ghan and their motto is “Service beyond excellence” for the 47 staff members on the train, and I found that they could certainly lay claim to this being correct, as the quality of their service was exceptional! After speaking with members recently it was encouraging to hear [...]
When seeking to do something botanically different indoors, we usually look to new varieties of plants and planters to give us the creative edge. There are other ways though that plants can be introduced into the interior plantscape. Attending “The Growing Edge” conference in Hobart earlier this year, I listened intently as Chris Beytes, [...]
Recently I was asked by a client ‘Why did I decided to start a Plant Hire Industry?’ I thought at the time what an odd question! But it appears to be a question I am constantly asked lately ‘What is my WHY?’ What inspired me to do what I have been doing over so [...]
Some of you in the industry may know Anne Briggs, who has previously run a series of marketing workshops for IPA a few years ago, and prior to that worked for many years as Marketing Manager for Ambius Pacific. Anne has agreed to do some more work for IPA, heading up special projects, [...]
By Julie Watson- In The R.A.W. Creative/IPA Board Member If you haven’t embraced social media as part of your marketing strategy now is the time to re-consider as social media is the way of the future and too important to ignore. Maybe you are unsure if any digital platforms will target the right audience [...]
