Horticulture and Nursery
Propagates and grows native tubestock, ornamental plants and advanced trees, manages the stone fruit orchard, and receives, prepares and dispatches plant orders to retail, council and revegetation customers to nursery industry accreditation standards.
What the team is accountable for
- Propagation from seed and cuttings
- Potting, growing on and plant care
- Orchard canopy, crop and harvest management
- Pest and disease monitoring and treatment
- Order picking, dispatch and stock records
How we know it is working
Who works here
Mei-Ling Chow
Manages propagation, growing on, the orchard and dispatch at the Shepparton region site, and joined Greenfield eight years ago from a wholesale nursery.
Ruby Okonkwo
Propagates, pots and cares for nursery stock and helps pick and pack dispatch orders, and has been at the nursery for eighteen months.
Where the work is recorded
Field Activity Log
The record of every paddock, orchard, nursery and conservation site activity, from sowing and harvest to planting, monitoring and weed control.
Chemical Use and Storage Register
The legal record of every chemical application and the store inventory, including product, rate, target, weather, applicator and withholding periods.
Work Orders
Scheduled maintenance, inspection, construction and conservation jobs for council, landscape and program clients, with crew allocation and completion tracking.