https://www.spetchleyparkestate.co.uk/events/plant-fair

I've just bought us some early bird tickets for the Spetchley Gardens specialist plant fair on the 27th of April.

Ooh, exciting! 😊

#plantfair
#gardens
#flowers
#alwaysroomformoreplants
#bestdayout

Are you bringing a pot plant from Queensland to NSW? You could be risking a million-dollar fine

"The NSW government is warning those convicted of breaking biosecurity controls could face enormous fines as it ramps up efforts to keep dangerous fire ants out of the state".

"The control order prevents high-risk materials such as mulch, woodchip, soil, compost, sand, gravel, baled hay, and turf being moved from within a five-kilometre radius of a site where fire ants were found unless inspected and issued with a certificate by the Queensland Agriculture Department."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/two-million-dollar-fire-ant-fines-nsw-invasion-fight-ramps-up/102737340
#pests #NSW #biosecurity #FireAnts #PotPlants #trade #PlantFair

NSW Fire ants alert
"NSW imposes movement restrictions on materials from Qld in fight against fire ants
The NSW government is trying to keep the destructive pest from entering the state."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/nsw-imposes-movement-restriction-queensland-fire-ants/102638106

"Red imported fire ants
are invasive exotic ants that cause serious social, economic, and environmental harm. They are aggressive and have a severe, burning sting.
Anyone bringing hay, turf, soil, mulch, potted plants or machinery into NSW from Queensland should check the measures that must be implemented before entering NSW."
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/insect-pests/fire-ants

Report an Exotic Ant, NSW DPI
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/forms/report-exotic-ants
#ants #Biosecurity #insects #machinery #vehicles #trade #PottedPlants #PlantFair #exotic #flora #Bellingen #NSW #GoldCoast #pests #biodiversity