The nursery and garden industry in NSW is full of enthusiastic, successful young people who will shape the future of the industry. NGINA has now launched a similar forum to that initiated by the Victorian Association, and formed the NextGen group for 18 to 35 year old to meet, exchange ideas and work on
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We are pleased to announce that AILDM now has three National Council members in Victoria and Queensland
Bev Read – Victoria (continuing board member) Ruth Czermak – Victoria (new board member) Ted Maguire – Queensland (new board member)
As well as being closely involved with all decisions made by the AILDM National Council they
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Papua New Guinea Flora Wednesday 6 February, 10.30am to 12 noon Maiden Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Dr Barry Conn, Principal Research Scientist at the National Herbarium of NSW, will speak about the collaborative project with the PNG National Herbarium to develop a guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea. $18, Friends $12,
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‘Backyard’ and ‘Good Garden Design’ magazines offer AILDM members the opportunity to showcase projects without charge in a glossy national publication.This is a great marketing opportunity for individuals and AILDM. The more quality work readers view and the more times they see MAILDM after designers’ names the better it will be for all of
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The AILDM National Council continues to explore ways of encouraging greater cooperation with other industry bodies. Recent meetings with Universal Magazines, TAFE, LCA and AIH and contact with AILA regarding Climate Change have been promising. We will continue to create meaningful links with these and other groups for the benefit of our members and
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The recent election of National Council installed the following members to serve on the AILDM Board for the next two years. Please feel free to contact us if you wish to help AILDM in any way or discuss any AILDM issues.
Arthur Lathouris – President
Adrian Swain – Vice President
Dean Boone – Vice
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A grey-bearded Member of AILDM
Was awarded the title of FAILDM
This title extended for services rendered
as his poems and emails assailed ‘em.
(Did they do it to shut him up?)
Congratulations to Arthur Lathouris who was awarded the title of “Fellow” at the AGM.
It’s time to start thinking about your awards entries for next year. We’re in our 4th year now and the number of entries has increased each year. The categories are similar but with a couple of changes which we think will allow more members to enter. We’ve incorporated the Residential $120,000 + category with
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Students from a number of TAFE colleges and Universities entered our 2007 Student Design Competition. Once again the standard showed that there are some very talented designers about to enter the industry. Some very clever solutions and outstanding graphics kept the judges debating until the eventual winners were decided. Congratulations to all entrants. Winning
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