International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) Australia in Mount Cotton, Queensland | Non-profit organisation

International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) Australia

Locality: Mount Cotton, Queensland

Phone: +61 412 993 386

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25.01.2022 The July newsletter is waiting in your inbox (or promotions folder)! We have a lot of great things coming up including new videos on the IPPS SR YouTube channel... More details on our fall virtual events will be included in the August newsletter, so be sure to sign up if you havent already! See more

25.01.2022 Don Ellison 1934 to 2020 May he rest in peace #DonEllison author, propagator, exporter, plant hunter, speaker, seed specialist, lover of Frangipanis ... an hort...icultural world legend passed away yesterday from the effects of a massive stroke a few months ago. Don, a second generation horticulturist, was born February 1934 and has spent a lifetime working with plants... starting his entrepreneurial journey selling carnations at the age of 12. He has left a wonderful legacy for us all through his passion for plants and photography being available in his many fabulous published reference books ..... topics ranging from Camellias to palms. The one we were all awaiting was his upcoming frangipani book .... hopefully someone will take up the project? His fellow plant hunters AKA 'fellow obsessive horticultural travellers' will vouch for Don's thirst for plant knowledge and his desire to share with everyone. Condolences to Don's family and close friends, he will be missed. RIP in your new garden Don. See more

25.01.2022 Join us for the first IPPS Eastern Region microMeeting on July 23! Liz Dunham, VP of Knight Hollow Nursery, Inc. will share a FREE Virtual behind-the-scenes tou...r of her company's one-of-a-kind woody tissue culture lab. Registration for the microMeeting is free and you must register to receive instructions for joining the tour. https://tinyurl.com/KnightHollow See more

25.01.2022 I encourage our members to think of and contact our friends in Victoria at this time.

24.01.2022 This may be timely for our berry growers wanting to have healthier plants https://www.youtube.com/watch

23.01.2022 Must take a look next time there

23.01.2022 Boomaroo Nurseries, along with Pilton Valley Produce, were lucky enough to be invited by Hort Innovation to feature in My Market Kitchen, a program focusing on ...the origins of Australian fresh produce and the delicious ways it can be prepared. Tune into Channel Ten at 3.30pm this Thursday 2nd July and check it out. Heres a couple of cheeky behind the scenes shots during filming.... special shout out to honorary crew member Aaron Vivian for his handy reflector skills! #mymarketkitchen #hortinnovation #thegoodmoodfood #piltonvalleyproduce #australianproduce #farming #vegetableseedlings #boomaroo #growingabetterfuture

22.01.2022 Mike Bone of the Denver Botanic Garden will kick off the final day of the North American Summit with a tour of the Steppe Collection. If you haven't heard Mike ...present before (and even if you have) you're in for a huge treat! FREE registration at www.IPPSNorthAmericanSummit.com. International Plant Propagators' Society- Western Region IPPS Southern Region Denver Botanic Gardens See more

21.01.2022 Coming up next month! Get your tickets to a live Zoom presentation with Tim Wood of Proven Winners and early VIP access to a fantastic online plant auction. https://www.facebook.com/events/3777312945612171?active_tab=about

21.01.2022 Boolaroo looks astounding

21.01.2022 It is good to be reminded of this

21.01.2022 Nice to visit sometime in the future

20.01.2022 Join us for southern Region happy hour! October 28, 2020 starting at 6:30 eastern!

20.01.2022 Dr. Erik Runkle of Michigan State University is giving an enlightening presentation on LED Lighting for Greenhouses. Outstanding! #microMEETING #IPPSER

17.01.2022 Pythium and Phytophthora can cause huge losses - not only in the agricultural industry, but in your garden as well. Because of the differences between true fun...gal pathogens and oomycetes such as Pythium and Phytophthora, some of the antifungal agents dont work against them as well. Neutrog's Microbiologist, Dr Uwe Stroeher says there are a number of bacteria and beneficial fungi which help to control pathogens such as these. Here he chats to Graham Ross about how Whoflungdung can help. About Whoflungdung - a biologically activated, nutrient rich, weed free, absorbent super mulch, Whoflungdung is composted, inoculated with eNcase and filled with nutrients, so that when added to soil it introduces a wide diversity of beneficial bacteria. These beneficial bacteria readily proliferate through the soil, acting as a barrier/deterrent to pathogenic bacteria, providing a safe environment for healthy plant growth. Additionally, Whoflungdung is sustainable - it is a recycled waste product, made up of straw and wood shavings screened from chicken manure. In many instances Neutrog supplies the fertiliser that grows the crop from which the straw is sourcednow thats sustainability! Most significantly, Whoflungdung reduces, if not eliminates, the nitrogen draw-down which is often reflected in plants after mulch has been applied. Apart from reducing weeds, many users also happily report that blackbirds dont like it. www.neutrog.com.au

17.01.2022 We are THRILLED to open registration for the CHARLIE PARKERSON STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION. This year's virtual competition will be held on Wednesday, 14 October from 2 - 5 pm EDT. https://ksu.zoom.us///tJUpcOuprzgpH9SxENEYFZw68Bu4jxnnUYAv

16.01.2022 Would you like to see an Australian grown label on flowers? Last week, we featured a story on how some local flower growers feel theyre at risk from big imp...orters. Theyve now come up with their own label, with more than 16 growers already using it on their packaging. Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has written to the Federal Industry Minister asking for country-of-origin labelling to be made compulsory for imported flowers. Full story: https://ab.co/2XRwJfT : Supplied

16.01.2022 A bit of research that may not only help breeding plants for seed production, as well as improved varieties.

16.01.2022 Dr. Michael Dirr giving a sneak peak of the new plants that he is breeding! Good roots are critical!

15.01.2022 Memories of days before Social distancing

13.01.2022 Would you like to see an 'Australian grown' label on flowers? Last week, we featured a story on how some local flower growers feel they're at risk from big imp...orters. They've now come up with their own label, with more than 16 growers already using it on their packaging. Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has written to the Federal Industry Minister asking for country-of-origin labelling to be made compulsory for imported flowers. Full story: https://ab.co/2XRwJfT : Supplied

13.01.2022 Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. The Bureau is working with communities that wish to record and share valuable seasonal and envir...onmental information and traditional knowledge. Did you know that JuneAugust is Barrgana (the cold season) in the seasonal calendar of the Yawuru people? They are the native title holders of land and sea in and around Broome, Western Australia. During Barrgana, it's usually dry, but winter rain can fall. Fog also occurs at this time, particularly at the beginning and end of the season. The dry wind blows strongly from the southeast, off the desert, and can bring dust storms. There's lots of seafood and fish traps are used to catch the now fat salmon and mullet. Dugongs were also hunted at this time of year. On the land, the possums, porcupine, wild cat, wallaby and kangaroo are all fat. Bunung and conkerberry are in fruit and there are many bush onion bulbs to eat. You can learn more at our Indigenous Weather Knowledge website: http://ow.ly/CLUA50AT8Ta

12.01.2022 Happy last day of August everyone! Are you getting ready for autumn? . Registration will be live for the IPPS NORTH AMERICAN SUMMIT this week! All three region...s have great speakers and nursery tours- this is going to be a world-class virtual learning experience! . @ippseasternregion 27 October 9am-12 EST . @ipps_southern_region 28 October 9am-12 EST with Happy Hour Awards and Question Box starting at 6:30pm that evening . @ipps_westernregion 29 October 3-6pm EST . The Southern Region newsletter will be out on Friday complete with all the details, including the registration link, so be sure to sign up if you arent receiving it! . Thanks to everyone involved for pulling together to offer these FREE LIVE SESSIONS for anyone to learn from. To seek and share is our motto, and we are living up to it in 2020. See more

11.01.2022 The November IPPS Southern Region newsletter is waiting in your inbox or promotions folder http://sna.ipps.org/ipps-profile/notes-from-the-president

11.01.2022 Save the date for the Charlie Parkerson virtual student competition on Wednesday 14 October from 2-5pm eastern. (there was a typo in the recent newsletter)

10.01.2022 Check you inboxes for the latest IPPS Southern Region newsletter!

09.01.2022 Interesting link with one of our speakers planned for Geelong next May.

08.01.2022 Position vacant

08.01.2022 Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden has been awarded a Level IV Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program. Level IV is the highest level an...d Kirstenbosch is currently one of 30 gardens accredited at level IV out of 2037 worldwide. Mr Mpendulo Gabayi, Kirstenbosch horticulturist and tree expert responsible for the arboretum, took the ArbNet application project on in 2019. Mr Werner Voigt, Kirstenbosch Curator, concludes that having an ArbNet accreditation and membership gives Kirstenbosch access to a global network of tree-focused professionals and facilitates the collaboration of knowledge-sharing. We are thrilled and grateful to have been recognised as one of the botanical gardens in the world for upholding high standards in the curations of our tree collection. We believe that this paves the way for more progressive conservation and collaborative work on South African woody collections at Kirstenbosch. #Kirstenbosch #ArbNet #Arboretum #Conservation READ MORE HERE: https://www.sanbi.org//kirstenbosch-awarded-level-4-accre/ For further media queries and interview requests please email: [email protected]

08.01.2022 IPPS member Karen Smith has been awarded the 2020 Golden Wattle Award by the Australian Institute of Horticuture. Congratulations Karen!

07.01.2022 A virtual tour from India

06.01.2022 Throwback to Christmas Day 2012, when the stunning Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), the largest flowering structure on earth, burst into flower in the Tropi...cal Glasshouse at Melbourne Gardens. Titan Arum is commonly referred to as corpse flower due to the stench of rotting meat it emanates to attract insect pollinators during its brief 48-hour flowering period. The seeds of Melbourne Garden's Titan Arum were collected in the wilds of Sumatra in the early nineties by David Attenborough, who was filming The Private Life of Plants at the time. Attenborough sent seeds to The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, who provided two small tubers to Melbourne Gardens.

06.01.2022 Australian grains being researched for growing.

05.01.2022 Scientists have reported the demonstration of a new, non-GMO technology to develop new crops at a fraction of the costs of traditional breeding. They engineer the genes of bacteria around target plants and claim the same outcome as adjusting genes from the plant itself. Read the paper at https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com//full/10.1111/nph.16867 or see for an ovrview: https://www.uu.nl//utrecht-scientists-discover-fast-forwar

05.01.2022 Another region has their AGM on Zoom

05.01.2022 For those whose passion is Elms.

04.01.2022 Looks like we could be heading for some interesting weather on the East Coast.

04.01.2022 Demographics of US indoor Propagation appears to be different to Australia. What do you think? Refer to the link: "Identifying Indoor Plant Propagation Research and Education Needs of Specialty Crop Growers in HortTechnology" Authors: Kristin E. Gibson 1 , Alexa J. Lamm 1 , Fallys Masa https://journals.ashs.org//article-10.21273-HORTTECH04622-

03.01.2022 Today is International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples. The Bureau is working with communities that wish to record and share valuable seasonal and envir...onmental information and traditional knowledge. Did you know that JuneAugust is Barrgana (the cold season) in the seasonal calendar of the Yawuru people? They are the native title holders of land and sea in and around Broome, Western Australia. During Barrgana, its usually dry, but winter rain can fall. Fog also occurs at this time, particularly at the beginning and end of the season. The dry wind blows strongly from the southeast, off the desert, and can bring dust storms. Theres lots of seafood and fish traps are used to catch the now fat salmon and mullet. Dugongs were also hunted at this time of year. On the land, the possums, porcupine, wild cat, wallaby and kangaroo are all fat. Bunung and conkerberry are in fruit and there are many bush onion bulbs to eat. You can learn more at our Indigenous Weather Knowledge website: http://ow.ly/CLUA50AT8Ta

02.01.2022 Congratulations IPPS SR fellow Dennis Niemeyer! Today he was honored with the highest award that a North Carolina Governor can present, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. The award was presented by North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. @bailey_nurseries