What's New?
What project was that?
Snapshots of completed wildflower R&D projects funded by RIRDC
Details of completed projects funded since 2000 under the RIRDC Wildflowers and Native Plants R&D Plans (2000- 2005 and 2008-2013) have been added to the website.
While this project information can be found on the RIRDC website (www.rirdc.gov.au), projects have been sorted here into groupings of relevance to growers, plant breeders and growers, florists and other industry supply chain members. This aims to make research outcomes more accessible to industry members, leading to increased awareness and adoption of this knowledge and information.
Links to final reports and publications are included.
‘Growing wildflowers for profit – the real story’
A proposed conference for people interested in growing wildflowers commercially
It is critical that new entrants to the Australian wildflower industry receive the right information before they plant. This two day conference aims to provide potential investors with details of what information they need to gather and where they can get it, and what questions they must ask in order to become a profitable and commercially focused grower. The basics of growing and selling will also be covered.
The proposed program comprises two days, one day of talks and a one day field trip to established farms.
The flower business - what’s it all about?
Information – where to go and what to get – the basics of a feasibility study
What should your farm provide? Soil, climate, aspect, water, frost etc.
Business planning and development
How to go about marketing – domestic or export?
Risks and common mistakes new growers make
What do you grow? How do you decide?
The basics of managing your crop – water, nutrition, pests and diseases, weeds and post harvest care
This conference will be run during 2012 only if there is sufficient demand. It will most likely be held in NSW. The event will be co-hosted by the national industry body WildFlowers Australia Ltd and the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation.
2012 NRIA National Conference
New Rural Industries Australia
You can register by logging onto www.nria.org.au
NRIA Conference 2012 brochure final_lr.pdf NRIA Conference 2012 DraftProgram_2.pdf
XI International Protea Research Symposium.
April 23-26, 2012, Santa Cruz (Chile)
The goal of the Conference and Symposium is to highlight the most recent and exciting developments in growing and researching Proteaceous species around the globe, with an emphasis on quality management and production, propagation, ecology, pre and post-harvest physiology, storage and transport technologies, pest and disease management, flowering manipulation and all quality aspects throughout the supply chain, marketing and distribution systems.
Wildflower agritourism and filming opportunities
Many farms are located a beautiful parts of regional Australia. Several members of WildFlowers Australia have the capacity to host agritourism visits.
Wildflower farms may also be of interest to companies looking for a location for a film shoot. Please note that commercial wildflower crops are commonly set out as row crops, rather than as 'meadows of flowers'.
Please contact us by email at management@wildflowersaustralia.com.au to find out more.