NGISA Inc Membership Benefits

Industry Development Officer (IDO)
NGISA continues to supply an industry development service to members for technical advice on pest and disease management, wastewater management and other nursery production technical issues. An initial consultation is provided as part of the membership service. Any further inputs are agreed on a fees basis.

NGISA Nursery Notes
The e-Nursery Notes are produced on a weekly basis and keep members informed over a wide range of issues via electronic media.

Contact NGISA at [email protected]

“What’s Growing On”
The Nursery & Garden Industry SA produce a bi-monthly colour newsletter for the industry. It is designed to be read by employees of member businesses, industry stakeholders and councils throughout SA and is posted to over 400 sites.

The newsletter welcomes advertising from industry members and is at very affordable prices. Classified advertisements from members are free.

SA Gardens & Outdoor Living Magazine
The Nursery & Garden Industry SA is the lead contributor among a number of not for profit partner associations that jointly support a quarterly full colour magazine designed for widespread distribution across South Australia. The magazine is published by Canongate Publishers and is called SA Gardens & Outdoor Living.

Garden centres are provided with copies free of charge to sell at $5.50 or use as a marketing tool to promote gardening in South Australia.. The magazine is also sold through in newsagents and has a distribution of 30,000 copies per quarter. It is the ultimate way to get your garden product noticed by gardeners across our target markets.

Legal – Jodie Bradbrook – Bradbrook Lawyers
NGISA has negotiated a special rate for its members with Bradbrook Lawyers. Jodie can be contacted by phone: 8227 2829, fax: 8277 2832 or email: [email protected] website: www.bradbrooklawyers.com.au
Bradbrook Lawyers,Level 1, 81-89 Hutt Street Adelaide SA 5000

Industrial Relations and business advice: Workplace Partners
NGISA operates under the Nursery Award 2010 (MA000033). Copies of the award are available online from Fair Work Australia.

NGISA utilises the skills and knowledge of Arvin Bisbal from Workplace Partners to assist in any matters relating to Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Workplace Safety and Workers Compensation. For advice and support including advocating, they can be contacted on 1300 116 400.

PIRSA – Biosecurity SA Plant Health
NGISA offers exclusively to its accredited NIASA & AGCAS members a discounted rate for all Interstate Certification Arrangement audits to its members.

Plant Health Diagnostic Service
Grow Help Australia (DAF Qld) have accessed (HIAL) Nursery Industry Levy funds to create a program which offers:

➢ Testing

• 10 free basic/complex samples (as per Grow Help website) for each NIASA accredited nursery. (Molecular tests and nematode extractions are still charged owing to the greater time/cost associated with the tests and outsourcing required.) Samples could be media/water tests for Phytophthora or actual plant samples;
• Discounted nursery samples for all production nurseries that are not NIASA, in the range of $60 to $140 per sample;
• NIASA nurseries that use up their 10 free samples receive the discount on all other samples until the following calendar year, when they receive another lot of free samples.

➢ Production of pest and disease management literature

• 4 fact sheets produced per year. The planned fact sheets for this year are:
• Aphids general
• Galling insects
• Gummy stem blight
• Dutch elm disease
• 1 pest management plan each year, some years have 2 pest management plans depending on other outputs.
• The planned pest management plans for this year are on Thrips and Scale Insects;
• 1 nursery paper per year. This year it is on baiting techniques for soil and water vectored pathogens – mainly focussing on phytophthora;
• 15 Pest ID tool pest descriptions.

➢ Training

• 1 workshop in South Australia each year
• 4 webinars per year. The planned topics for this year are:
• Insect pests vs beneficial’s (some common problems)
• Insects and pesticides
• Fungal vs bacterial leaf spots
• Fungicide management of leaf spot

Education and Training
Occasional workshops are facilitated by NGISA. These workshops are designed specifically for the Nursery and Garden Industry and include professional development and marketing and technical advice. These are offered at special rates to members.

Insurance
Arthur J Gallagher& Co. insurance brokers have developed the “Nursery Pac” which is specifically designed for members of the nursery industry. NGISA has negotiated competitive and relevant insurance policies rates. Contact Deborah Finlay on 08 81728012.

NIASA Members also attract a 10% discount for business insurance.

Trade Day
Trade Day is a vital feature within the NGISA network where wholesalers and allied traders display, promote and sell their products to retailers. Exhibitors include green life growers, allied traders, manufacturing agents and affiliated industries. Trade days are usually held in Autumn and Spring each year at Urrbrae Agricultural Centre.

Awards of Excellence
NGISA’s premier promotion acknowledges the industry’s highest achievers and all members are eligible to enter. The awards are presented annually in November at what has become the industry’s most prestigious social event.