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Production Tour

Departing the Grand Hyatt at 8.00am the Production Nursery Tour will make it's through suburbia, enroute to the Mornington Peninsula, visiting TGA Australia, specialist growers of advanced containerised trees and shrubs before stopping at Mansfields for morning tea. Mansfields are a wholesale plant propagation nursery. Lunch will be served at the magnificent Royal Botanic Gardens – Cranbourne. The Gardens are dedicated to the conservation, display and enjoyment of Australian flora. It is also home to the Australian Garden, the most significant new garden for 150 years. After lunch delegates will visit Faceys, growers of an extensive range of quality trees, shrubs, climbers and ground covers including PBR and promotional lines. The last stop for the day will be at Warner's Nurseries. Warner's are quality growers of advanced hedging and screening plants; popular foliage and landscape lines and major flowering crops – Camellias, Hydrangeas, Michelias and more! Magnolia ‘Little Gem' is their specialty. Afternoon Tea will be served at Warner's before returning the hotel around 4.30pm.

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Retail Tour

Retail Tour delegates will depart the Grand Hyatt around 8.30am stopping firstly at Going Going Green a retail nursery based in the inner city suburb of Hawthorn. Going Going Green use the unique building structure of an old taxi depot in the design of this extraordinary garden centre. Morning tea will be served at the multi award winning, Acorn Nursery. A short bus ride onto Pinewood Quality Nursery before travelling to the magnificent Royal Botanic Gardens – Cranbourne for a tour and lunch. A visit to Linton's Garden & Home is next. Linton's the largest garden centre on the Mornington Peninsula and prides itself on its vast range of plants, furniture and gifts. On the way back to the hotel, wander through the Gills Brighton nursery and be inspired. Established in 1920, Gills now has three locations around Melbourne. You will return to the hotel around 4.15pm.

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Retail & Production Tour

The tour takes in a range of exemplary production and retail businesses. Departing the Grand Hyatt at 8.00am you will see the best of both worlds on this tour beginning with Boomaroo Nurseries a large seedling producer with an innovate approach to service within the industry. Morning tea will be served at Plants Galore, growers of native and exotic trees and shrubs, with large range of grevilleas available. Plants Galore also specialise in rare and promotional lines. Lunch will be served at Werribee Gardens where you will also experience a guided tour of the State Rose Garden and Werribee Mansion Formal Gardens before taking a drive to Essendon Garden Centre who uniquely combine a beautiful garden centre with a Florist, Homewares area, licensed café and extensive range of outdoor furniture, water features, pots and garden ornamentation. Last stop, Poynton's of Essendon set on almost three acres of gently sloping land overlooking the picturesque Maribyrnong River. Enjoy breathtaking views of the river and city skyline from this amazing garden centre before returning to the hotel around 4.30pm.

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