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This year’s exhibit includes a community and sustainable garden at the Southee Pavilion Forecourt. Image: TAFE NSW

Design, Landscaping industry, Parks, Shows, TAFE, Updates

TAFE NSW at the 2025 Royal Easter Show

TAFE NSW’s landscape, construction, and horticulture design at the 2025 Sydney Royal Easter Show features plants propagated across three TAFE NSW campuses – Richmond, Padstow, and Ryde campuses – specifically for the show. Read More

Tom FosterApril 17, 2025, 1:17 pmApril 17, 2025

Summer garden in full bloom. Image: KarinD/stock.adobe.com

Accessibility, Institutions, Landscaping industry, Study, TAFE, Updates

Effective summer plant care

With high temperatures and people on holidays, a leading TAFE NSW horticulture teacher has given insight into effective summer plant care. Read More

Tom FosterJanuary 20, 2025, 9:07 amJanuary 20, 2025

Madeleine Wilson, apprentice at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Image: NSW Department of Education

Accessibility, Government, Landscaping industry, Parks, Plant care, TAFE, Updates

From copywriting to the Royal Botanic Garden

Madeleine Wilson, 38, recently made a significant career change from indoor work copywriting to working outdoors at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. She’s pursuing a prized horticulture apprenticeship at one of the world’s most spectacular gardens, located on the foreshores of Sydney. Read More

Tom FosterNovember 25, 2024, 10:07 amNovember 25, 2024

Juan Agustin Tolosa Paz worked as a real estate agent in his home city Buenos Aires in Argentina before completing a Diploma of Landscape Design with TAFE NSW to start a new career.

Accessibility, Landscaping industry, Study, TAFE, Updates

A new career in landscape design

A former real estate agent from Argentina has turned to TAFE NSW for a new career and to help bolster his thriving landscaping business’ succession plan. Read More

Tom FosterNovember 12, 2024, 8:51 amNovember 12, 2024

Two winners of sustainability scholarships.

Landscaping industry, TAFE, Updates

Sustainability scholarships for TAFE NSW horticulture graduates

For 40 years, Global Footprints has awarded scholarships to enable young Australians to travel overseas to enhance their learning around sustainability in their industry. The 2024 winners were recently announced, with 11 of the 25 recipients being TAFE NSW students and graduates. Read More

Tom FosterSeptember 28, 2024, 7:41 amSeptember 28, 2024

A portrait of Michael Bligh Who went from corporate advertising to landscape design success.

Awards, Design, Government, Landscaping industry, TAFE, Updates

TAFE NSW graduate Michael Bligh wins Landscape Design Institute Awards

Landscape design success came to a TAFE NSW graduate after a career change from corporate advertising, winning national awards and establishing a successful business only three years after graduating. Read More

Tom FosterAugust 11, 2024, 4:30 pmAugust 14, 2024

Girl tending plants in a nursery on a free TAFE course.

Accessibility, Government, TAFE, Updates

Fee-Free TAFE

Get the skills you need, without the tuition fees, thanks to the government-sponsored Fee-Free TAFE program. Read More

Tom FosterJuly 23, 2024, 9:25 amJuly 23, 2024

Institutions, Landscaping industry, TAFE, Updates

TAFE NSW graduate wins international scholarship

TAFE NSW graduate Kira Platt-Behrens has won a prestigious international scholarship to travel to the United Kingdom and grow her skills. Read More

Tom FosterJune 27, 2024, 11:12 amJune 27, 2024

Associations, Landscaping industry, Study, TAFE, TLA, Upcoming Events

Fostering the industry’s next generation

Fostering the industry’s next generation is an important goal of the leading industry association, The Landscape Association (TLA). TLA welcomes new and potential landscapers to the industry with support and the sharing of knowledge. Read More

Tom FosterJune 6, 2024, 9:28 amJune 6, 2024

Landscaping industry, State government, TAFE, Updates

TAFE NSW helps pave a new career in landscaping

TAFE NSW is supplying a new crop of skilled workers to the landscaping and gardening industry, which is predicted to grow 14% by 2026, with many of the industry’s newest recruits being driven by a desire to make more eco-conscious choices. Read More

Tom FosterApril 24, 2024, 8:28 amApril 24, 2024

TAFE

TAFE NSW at the 2025 Royal Easter Show

Effective summer plant care

From copywriting to the Royal Botanic Garden

A new career in landscape design

Sustainability scholarships for TAFE NSW horticulture graduates

TAFE NSW graduate Michael Bligh wins Landscape Design Institute Awards

Fee-Free TAFE

TAFE NSW graduate wins international scholarship

Fostering the industry’s next generation

TAFE NSW helps pave a new career in landscaping

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