GIQ Nursery Tour – Far North Queensland Series

Join Greenlife Industry Queensland and Fernland for an exclusive two-day nursery tour experience through Far North Queensland, showcasing some of the region's leading wholesale nurseries and garden centres.

Designed only for GIQ members, this unique tour offers growers, nursery professionals and industry suppliers behind-the-scenes access to three diverse horticultural businesses. Attendees will gain valuable insights into production practices, business operations and innovation within tropical growing environments.

Along the way, you'll have the opportunity to network with fellow industry members while exploring a variety of production systems and discussing the opportunities and challenges unique to Far North Queensland.

🌿Tour Highlights

• Exclusive access to three Far North Queensland horticultural businesses

• Behind-the-scenes nursery and garden centre tours

• Practical production insights from experienced growers

• Networking opportunities across two days

Thursday, 10 September 2026

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Mad About Plants
25 Davis Rd, Wrights Creek QLD 4869

Wholesale Nursery Tour

Commence the tour with an exclusive walkthrough of Mad About Plants. Established in 1998, Mad About Plants is a wholesale nursery supplying quality plants to the Landscape Trade, Wholesale Nurseries and Retail Outlets, from the Torres Strait to Melbourne. Located on 16 acres on the southern side of Cairns, their growing conditions in the Far North allow them to grow 12 months of the year. With over a 1000 plant varieties their extensive range covers lush tropical plants, architectural species, ground covers, native and exotic shrubs, and trees for your civil and landscaping projects.

Thursday, 10 September 2026

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Limberlost Garden Centre
113 Old Smithfield Rd, Freshwater QLD 4870

Garden Centre Tour

Continue the afternoon with a visit to Limberlost Garden Centre. Their team in committed to providing the finest garden plants, top-notch landscape products, and premium landscaping materials. Their extensive selection of quality mulches, garden mixes, sands, pebbles, stone, potting mix, and raw materials aim to help customers complete their landscaping project successfully. With a mission to create a beautiful natural experience and help customers bring a touch of it into their own living spaces, their team aims to tirelessly to excite and inspire customers with their ever-changing displays and diverse product range.

Friday, 11 September 2026

9:00 am – 11:00 am
Flourish Plants Nursery
155 Martin Ave, Mareeba QLD 4880

Wholesale Nursery Tour

Start the second day of the tour at Flourish Plants Nursery, a family-owned wholesale nursery with more than 35 years of industry experience. Commited to the highest standards of production, this nursery maintains exceptional site management and crop hygiene to create the ideal environment for strong, healthy plant growth year-round. From seeding to transplanting, soil mixing to potting, their advanced machines streamline every stage of plant production, ensuring consistency, speed and top-quality results.

Friday, 11 September 2026

11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Gateway Hotel Mareeba
123 Byrnes St, Mareeba QLD 4880

Networking Lunch

Enjoy lunch with fellow industry professionals at the Gateway Hotel to conclude the tour.

✔ Free for Thrive members

✔ $50 for Nurture members

✔ $50 for Seed members

✔ $25 for Seed members under 30

Proudly Sponsored By

This Far North QLD Nursery Tour Series is proudly sponsored by Fernland, GIQ's 2026 Horticultural Production Partner — standing beside growers where it matters most.

Whether you're looking to strengthen your production knowledge, discover new growing techniques or build valuable industry connections, the Far North Queensland Nursery Tour Series offers an outstanding opportunity to experience some of the region's leading horticultural businesses firsthand.