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President’s message April 2021
Hi Welcome to April and Happy Easter! With offices filling and construction again booming, particularly in capital cities, demand for Interior Plantscaping services is strong all around Australia and hopefully in New Zealand as well. [...]
Incoming President’s Vision for 2021
Thank you for the opportunity to be the President of Interior Plantscape Association (IPA) for 2021. This year holds the promise of life getting back to a ‘Covid’ Normal, with people getting back to the [...]
Making ‘scents’ at the 2020 Australian Horticultural Trials Week
The only downside of being a virtual visitor at the 2020 Australian Horticultural Trials Week in December was that you could not smell all the aromatic foliage plants on display! One of the ‘upsides’ of [...]
Extracts from an article: Make buildings safer stop sanitising them
Make buildings safe: stop sanitising them Written by Caroline Winter in the Financial Review and Bloomberg Businessweek Extracts from the article: ’We have done ourselves no favours by excluding nature from the built environment. Efforts [...]
Presidents Message – December issue
Merry Christmas to all After what has been a very different year for everyone, I sincerely hope you all manage to enjoy some time with family and friends over the festive season. It would [...]
Indoor Plants have a huge impact on your mental health
Just being able to see nature has been shown to increase both self-esteem and mood, particularly among younger people. Attention restoration therapy suggests that looking at nature can cause the brain to shift into a [...]