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.
Knowledge Archive
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Soil Is Alive: The Three Facets of Soil Health
Soil health is physical structure, chemical status and biological activity together: a record of the soil philosophy carried into the company's desert projects, and the replicated trials behind it.
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Ornamental Grasses for Hong Kong Disneyland
The ornamental grass palette proposed for Hong Kong Disneyland under the Birkdale International name: Miscanthus, pampas, vetiver, lemon grass and more, grown at the Zhuhai nursery.
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Bare-Root Export and the Cool Chain
Washing, cool storage, careful packing and an unbroken cool chain: the bare-root method that moves plants in volume across borders with no soil-borne quarantine risk.
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The Macau Years: Landscaping the Casino Resorts
City of Dreams and Caesars Golf in 2008 and 2009, Wynn Palace and MGM Cotai in 2016: a decade of casino-standard landscapes delivered through a border on fixed opening dates.
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From Little Things: Barbara McGeoch and Three Decades of Plant Export
Barbara McGeoch's APEC keynote in Lima on building a horticultural export business, and a career recognised by Australia's export Heroes Award and FCEM Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Beijing and Shanghai Landmarks: Huadu Centre and Fairlake Villas
A Bvlgari hotel precinct in Beijing with sculptural specimen conifers, and six years keeping Shanghai's Fairlake Villas at show standard.
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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.
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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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Nine Kilometres of Berms: The Groundwork Beneath the Theme Parks
Decomposed granite berm cores, perforated subsoil drainage, two metres of topsoil and J-channels: nine kilometres of engineered ground delivered through a wet season.
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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.
