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Basking in a Golden Glow

What happens to the display gardens of Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show long after the show is over?

Landscape Designer, Stuart Johnson and  Horticulturalist Wes Fleming and their team won Gold and Best in Show in 2013 at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Chelsea Flower Show.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-21/australian-wins-top-prize-at-chelsea-flower-show/4704720

What happened next is the most exciting part of the story.

Fast forward ten years and last week, I visited the stunning garden that Phillip Johnson designed and has now recreated, but 20 times bigger than the Chelsea display garden in the stunning hills outside of Melbourne known as the Dandenong Ranges on Wurundjeri Country in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens. 

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Artificial Intelligence: will it really affect gardeners?

Everyone seems to be talking about Artificial Intelligence and how it will affect those of us working in the horticulture communications industry. Will Artificial Intelligence take my job as a garden communicator?

I recently attended a number of information sessions in the USA regarding AI and how it will affect my work as a garden communicator. Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence. It’s the hottest topic of conversation right now.

The Writers Guild of America and SAG Actors (and now the Los Angeles garbage collectors and airport workers as of yesterday) in the USA, are currently on strike. Unions are trying to get a better deal, in respect to AI technology and how it will affect their work and future earnings. This conversation needs to be had and a suitable and fair agreement needs to be met. Importantly, content creators like actors and writers, do need protection which they currently do not have. This is making news around the world and AI technology is advancing extremely fast.

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/striking-hollywood-writers-studios-meet-discuss-resuming-talks-2023-08-04/

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