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The Nursery Group is an organisation that brings together,
supports and represents charitable organisations running horticultural businesses
that employ people with disability. The Nursery Group has 24 members, who
are located across northern New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and
Western Australia. These organisations employ over 500 individuals with
disability, over 130 support staff and have a combined turnover in excess
of $10million in horticulture activities.
The activities of The Nursery Group members range from small
wholesale nurseries through to substantial retail outlets. The Nursery
Group has been established to bring these individual organisations
together and to represent them for the purposes of buying and marketing.
The Nursery Group was conceived by Tony McElhinney, and is
funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
The Nursery Group’s aim is to help its members
to improve the quality of their output and to improve their profitability
to support their activities through collective bargaining and joint
marketing. Its goal is to help its members to grow their horticultural
activities and in turn grow employment opportunities for their employees.
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