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4th Annual meeting of NSW Native Flower Growers
‘Native
cut flowers for profit’
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Monday February 26, 2001 – Industry meeting
at Port Macquarie
MORNING SESSION
Keynote address: New native
flower crops – making them profitable. Brian Mills, IHM Pty Ltd
Wildflower industry survey 1998
season –
Survey
outcomes – Bettina Gollnow
Comment from panel of speakers including exporters,
wholesalers and growers – Brian Freeman (IHM Pty Ltd), Jamie Creer (The
Australian Flower Company), Brian Harris (Collina Export), Paul
Dalley (Mountain Nursery), Jeremy Smith (The Wildflower Farm), Craig Scott (East
Coast Wildflowers), Frank Allat, AFPGA
‘Crystal ball gazing –
looking towards 2003’. What will be the key markets? What will be the key
crops? Who will be our overseas competitors? Price trends? Market trends?
Panel
speakers: Brian Freeman, Jamie Creer, Brian Harris, Paul Dalley (Grandiflora
Growers), Craig Scott
AFTERNOON SESSION
2000 season in review: new
trends, new varieties, market trends.
The meeting was organised and run with great skill by
Bettina Gollnow, Development Officer (Floriculture), and the rest of
the team from NSW Agriculture. Nola Parry made
the beautiful floral arrangements.
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