R&D projects
Discover nursery levy investments into Nursery Fund R&D initiatives
The nursery levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Nursery Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Nursery Emerging Leaders Program (NY24004)
This project is equipping and encouraging emerging and aspiring leaders with the right knowledge, skills, and confidence to make informed decisions about their business, help shape industry strategy and enter nursery industry leadership roles, through the development of a leadership program.
18 June 2025
Regulatory support and response co-ordination (pesticides) (MT24008)
The regulatory support and response coordination project aims to provide Australian horticultural industries support to navigate complex domestic and international pesticide regulations.
6 May 2025
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2023/24 to 2025/26 (MT24005)
Hort Innovation engages independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts that are being generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.
10 October 2024
Nursery industry consultation agreement (NY23002)
This project is supporting Australian nursery growers to have profitable, competitive, and sustainable businesses through sound investment of the nursery levy by Hort Innovation.
20 June 2024
Validating water disinfestation systems in nursery production (NY21002)
This project is evaluating and comparing the effectiveness of current and alternative irrigation water disinfestation methods so that guidelines on their use can be provided to the Australian nursery industry.
19 April 2023
Nursery sustainability – undertaking a lifecycle assessment (NY22001)
This investment is developing a benchmarking tool for nursery growers to compare their environmental performance against industry-average benchmarks.
9 February 2023
Nursery industry communications program (NY22000)
This investment develops interest within greenlife businesses in the research, development, marketing, and extension projects funded by the nursery levy and encourages their participation in these projects for the direct benefit of their businesses, as well as for the wider benefit of the industry.
19 December 2022
Nursery usage and attitudes benchmark program (NY22200)
This project is benchmarking consumers’ attitudes and perceptions of the nursery category.
31 August 2022
Nursery industry statistics 2020-21 to 2024-25 (NY21000)
This investment is tasked with collecting a range of data related to the volume and value of nursery production
23 November 2021
National biosecurity and sustainable plant production program (NY20001)
This investment will prepare the nursery industry for plant pest and disease incursions, adapt to climate change risks through sustainable practices and maintain business continuity.
19 February 2021