Investment analysis
As seen on the Fund management page, investments specific to the Hort Innovation Nursery Fund are guided by the nursery Strategic Investment Plan (SIP). The SIP features priority outcome areas that have been identified and agreed upon by the industry, and Hort Innovation works to invest in R&D and marketing initiatives that are aligned to these.
In the below interactive chart, you can see the most up-to-date information on how project expenditure in the Nursery Fund is aligned to the SIP outcomes. This reflects project investment across the life of the SIP to date.
How investment expenditure aligns to Strategic Investment Plan outcomes
How specific projects align to Strategic Investment Plan outcomes
Click on the below panels to see which projects in the Nursery Fund align to which SIP outcomes. Because some projects address more than one SIP outcome, they may be listed more than once.
Increased demand and sales of green-life products by four per cent per annum plus CPI
Ongoing and completed investments
- 202020 Vision: living network (NY16501)
- Plant Life Balance – Bunnings activation (NY17518)
- 202020 Vision: Goods line monitoring and evaluation research (NY13024)
- Capacity Building Workshop for the 202020 (NY15007)
- Extension of barriers to adoption of 202020 Vision goals (NY15008)
- 202020 Vision: Training and capacity building program (NY16002)
- 202020 Vision: Training and capacity building program (NY16009)
- 202020 Vision: Various projects (NY16501 to NY16507)
- Where should all the trees go? (NY17000)
- 202020 Vision: Independent review (NY17004)
- Metropolitan urban forestry (NY17005)
- Plant Life Balance marketing campaign (NY17500)
- Nursery industry marketing program (NY17519)
- 202020 Vision: Five-stop national tour (NY18007)
- Where should all the trees go? Investigating the impact of tree canopy cover on socio-economic status and wellbeing in LGSs (NY16005)
- Healthy Homes index (NY16008)
- 202020 Vision: Training and capacity-building program (NY16009)
- Developing cost benefit analysis tools and business case methodology to promote the case for urban green space (GC15000)
- Integrating plant life into building and infrastructure rating tools (NY16007)
- Plant Life Balance trademark (NY17516)
- Industry extension and development of Plant Life Balance (NY18005)
- Alive & Thriving – Phase 1: Plant survival matrix (NY18009)
The Hort Innovation Nursery Fund contributed to other marketing-related projects and activities in this outcome. For information and updates on marketing visit the fund's grower pages.
Increased marketing effectiveness and efficiency and better decision-making based on increased industry knowledge
Ongoing and completed investments
- Evaluation of nursery tree stock balance parameters (NY15001)
- Incentivise the establishment and retantion of trees (NY18002)
- Developing cost benefit analysis tools and business case methodology to promote the case for urban green space (GC15000)
- Measuring Australia’s green space asset (GC15004)
- Nursery industry statistics and research 2016/17 (NY16004)
- Where should all the trees go? (NY17000)
- Nursery industry statistics 2017/18 to 2019/20 (NY17008)
- Budget tool to calculate the cost to successfully establish trees in the urban landscape (NY18003)
- Understanding the attitudes to urban green space for government and business audiences (NY18006)
- Communication program for the Australian nursery industry 2015-18 (NY15006)
- NGIA – Consultation on project NY15006 (NY15009)
- Nursery industry statistics and research 2016/17 (NY16004)
- Nursery industry conference partnership (NY17001)
- Nursery industry statistics 2017/18 to 2019/20 (NY17008)
- Plant Life Balance – Marketing campaign (NY17500)
- Plant Life Balance – Bunnings activation (NY17518)
- Nursery industry marketing program (NY17519)
- Australian nursery industry communications program (NY18001)
- Global review of incentive schemes for the retention and successful establishment of trees on private urban land (NY18002)
- Plant Life Balance – Support for state activities (NY18502)
Improved industry protection from exotic, emerging and endemic pests and diseases
Ongoing and completed investments
- RD&E program for control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer (MT16004)
- National surveillance of tomato potato psyllid and zebra chip disease (MT18008)
- Building the resilience and on-farm biosecurity capacity of the Australian production nursery industry (NY15002)
- National Nursery Industry Biosecurity Program (NY15004)
- A review of diagnostic technologies to benefit the Australian nursery industry (NY16003)
- Improving the biosecurity preparedness of Australian horticulture for the exotic spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) (MT17005)
- Xylella coordinator (MT17006)
- Improving pest management for the nursery industry (NY17009)
- Improving plant industry access to new genetics through faster and more accurate diagnostics using next generation sequencing (MT18005)
- Managing pesticide access in horticulture – SARP (MT10029)
- AgChem plant industry collaborative RDC annual forum (ST16008)
- PBRI Symposium (ST18003)
Improved productivity, profitability and professionalism through the creation of opportunities through innovation and adoption of industry best management practices
Ongoing and completed investments
- Evaluation of nursery tree stock balance parameters (NY15001)
- Global review and gap analysis of nursery industry research and development initiatives (NY17006)
- Improving pest management for the nursery industry (NY17009)
- Nursery industry natural disaster risk mitigation and recovery plan (NY18008)
- Nursery industry conference partnership (NY17001)
- Technical communications and policy development for the Australian nursery industry (NY12012)
- Communication program for the Australian nursery industry 2015-18 (NY15006)
- NGIA – Consultation on project NY15006 (NY15009)
- Australian nursery industry communications program (NY18001)
- Greenlife Industry Australia National conference and field day (NY19005)
Better career development
Ongoing and completed investments
- Attracting new entrants into Australian horticulture – promoting careers in horticulture (LP15006)
- Engaging leaders in the Australian horticulture industry (LP16001)
- A review of diagnostic technologies to benefit the Australian nursery industry (NY16003)
- Review of nursery industry career pathways (NY17002)
- Green industry growing leaders program (MT16002)
Expenditure on projects classified as 'enabler' support the broader delivery of the industry’s project investments. Examples of enabler projects include annual reporting and monitoring and evaluation capacity.
More information
The Nursery Fund has a dedicated Industry Strategic Partner, details below, who would be more than happy to answer your questions or discuss in more detail the information presented on this page, investments in the Nursery Fund and how the investments align with the SIP.
