Historical document
Water program 2 - Developing and promoting industry best practice water use for production and retail nurseries (industry best practice communication) (NY05503)
Publication date: August 1, 2006
Delivery Partner: Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA)
This is a final research report from Hort Innovation’s historical archives. Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.
With an increasing focus by government and the community on water availability and water management there was an increasing need for the nursery and garden industry to demonstrate that it was an efficient and responsible water user.
The industry needed to continue to build on its achievements and investments over the previous ten years to ensure it could achieve on-going improvements in water use efficiency and environmental performance across all sectors. There was also a continuing need for the nursery and garden industry to be proactive in promoting responsible garden water use to consumers and to contribute appropriate and positive messages about responsible garden water use to the media and through garden centres.
The project focused on two key areas for developing industry best practice and the communication of this:
Through the adoption of this project the nursery and garden industry would be able to:
This historical project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Nursery Fund
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