The TDIC Prequalification: Proving Nursery Capability to Abu Dhabi
August 2009: the team's submission to Abu Dhabi's government developer for Saadiyat-era nursery and horticultural services, built on receipts rather than promises.
Knowledge Archive
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The Gulf Capability Statement: Taking the Method to the GCC
The 2009 Abu Dhabi joint venture prequalification: nurseries on three countries' soil, an ISO-certified facility built from bare ground in Manila, and clients from Disney to royal households.
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The 2005 Kentia Palm Proposal: Selling the Interior Specialist
A single-species supply proposal from the Asian resort build-out years: accurate botany, honest culture notes and specification a client could hold the supplier to.
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Method Statement: Moving Phoenix Canariensis Across Oceans
Why the Canary Island Date Palm earned its own export procedure: multi-tonne root balls, a single irreplaceable growing point and establishment stakes measured per specimen.
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Method Statement: Exporting Four Thousand Palms to Dubai
The working export method behind a landmark Dubai hotel tender: sourcing across five countries, transpiration control, soil-less root balls and CIF Jebel Ali delivery.
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The 2005 Hong Kong Freight File: Live Plants, Open-Top Containers
A freight negotiation file from the month before Hong Kong Disneyland opened: live plants from Brisbane to Hong Kong and onward to mainland China, customs included.
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The Seasonal Flowering Guides: A Year of Colour, Planned
Companion spring/summer and autumn/winter planting guides that together form a complete flowering calendar, with winter anchors most palettes are missing.
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South Australian Native Plants: A Regional Flora Worth Exporting
A photographic reference to the flora of Australia's driest state, and why species proven there travel so well to the world's arid project climates.
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The Rural Solutions Collaboration: When a Government Agency Came Knocking
A South Australian government agency's proposal to take its arid-flora expertise to a UAE zoo and landscaping project through the team's international delivery capability.
