North Shore - Zoom meeting & talk by Jonathan Lidbetter: 'a surprise'

Jonathan Lidbetter B.Sc.Agr (Hons), M.Sc. (Hons) - Farm Manager for East Coast Wildflowers will speak on a surprise topic.

APS members from other groups may contact Sue Fredrickson paulandsuefreddo@bigpond.com or 0401 362 921 for a Zoom invitation.

Jonathan writes:

I have close to 30 years experience working in the horticultural sector largely as a plant production researcher in government but more recently as a farm manager for East Coast Wildflowers. My main passion is propagation and development of native plants for commercial cultivation and my experience covers the full range from seeds, cuttings, budding and grafting to tissue culture. My current focus is the propagation and management of over 100 species of commercial cut flower and foliages for the domestic floristry trade.

East Coast Wildflowers is one of the premier native cut flower wholesalers in NSW and is owned and run by Mr Craig Scott, a 4th generation flower grower who has been growing native flowers commercially for over 30 years. We have 20 hectares under cultivation with 0.5 ha under cover at Mangrove Mountain (growing almost exclusively native products),  and have a warehouse at Flemington markets as part of operating stands in the flower shed 6 days/ week 51 weeks a year (COVID pending). We wholesale product for growers from all mainland states. More visual information can be found on Instagram @ craigioscottt or @jonathinny. Craig's daughter Bess is a leading NSW florist using native flowers and can be found @bess_paddington.