Glenn Fenton and Peter Vaughan had a teleconference with John van der Horst and Leigh Siebler (Garden Centres Australia), Graham Ross (Australian Garden Council) and Peter Thorburn and Evan Muller (Independent Garden Centres) to discuss the areas of common advocacy across the “gardening” nursery supply chain from production nurseries to garden centres to the gardening community. The aim of the meeting was to ensure a consistent, coordinated and harmonised approach to messages delivered on the industry as they manage operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two main messages from this meeting are that 'Garden Centers are open for business' and that they want to 'ensure your customers are successful gardeners.'
Read more about this and other subjects in the latest Greenlife Industry Australia update.