acknowledgements

The Grow Me Instead project was first initiated by the Nursery and Garden Industry of NSW & ACT (‘NGINA’) as a voluntary partnership with its member nurseries to encourage the removal from production and sale of plants known to be invasive in the natural environment.

The first GMI booklet was produced with assistance from the New South Wales Government through the Environmental Trusts Grants Program.

The current Grow Me Instead project is being developed by NGIA and funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and Arts.

We sincerely thank all of the people who generously contributed their time and expertise and who provided a wealth of information towards the production of these webpages; with special thanks going to the members of the original NSW GMI Committee.

Australian Government Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and Arts Mail: GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Phone: +61 (0)2 6274 1111

• The Nursery & Garden Industry Australia through it’s National GMI Committee Delwyn Thomas (Project Manager), Robert Prince (Chief Executive Officer NGIA),Tracey Wigg (National PR and communications manager) and Robert Chin (NGIV)



• The Nursery & Garden Industry thank members for their support and expertise in the development of this resource, with special thanks to the following people who provided valuable information and photographs, Glenfield Wholesale Nursery, Paradise Plants,Sonter’s Fern Nurseries, Flemings Nursery, Ozbreed Pty Ltd, Macbird Floraprint, Sydney Wildflower Nursery West, Jamberoo Native Nursery, Yarralumla Nursery, Bywong Nursery and Ramm Botanicals among others.



• Lorna Rose, Brooker & Kleinig (c), Australian National Botanic Gardens’ (ANBG), Jackie Miles and Max Campbell for their information and generous use of their photographs.