Program Overview

Strategies and Expectations 2008-09

Key strategies for 2008-09

• identify means of optimising irrigation scheduling techniques for key wildflower crops 
• provide wildflower growers with a consistent scientific approach to balance soil chemistry on a wide range of soils
• examine product development/commercialisation methodologies in order to identify ways in which it may be possible to increase the speed and decrease costs of new plant commercialisation
• examine a suite of undeveloped or underdeveloped native floriculture products that display significant commercial potential but have yet to be fully assessed and trialled under commercial production conditions
• select and test new ornamental eucalypt varieties for floriculture and landscaping, and release them commercially

Expected key outputs for 2008-09

• a series of fact sheets/brochures outlining commercial production methods and related information to inform potential growers of plant requirements and manage their expectations of the return from each plant crop
• a review of the product development process with recommendations for streamlining the process in the future
• assessment of the financial viability of a range of grafted crops in a range of situations

Expected key outcomes for 2008-09

• improved capacity of wildflower growers to provide a high quality, high value product by engaging in a continuous improvement program, based on soil science