Gardeners

Create your own mini-website where you can upload photos, events and blogs about your garden. Document the seasons with a photo album, share your best blooms, great harvest or brilliant vision. Or you can simply connect with fellow gardens across Australia. By bringing together gardeners of different experiences, in different locations with varying conditions, gardenbook enables everyone to get most out of their outdoor space. From balcony gardeners to orchardists, you can engage with the people who share your passion.

Your privacy is absolute

• You control who sees your site and details.
• We don’t share your details with anyone, ever.
• Our security systems are extensive and offer complete protection

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We make it easy to compare suppliers: on gardenbook they all have exactly the same resources and facilities to present their business so you can get to the core of their skills and experience. You can search businesses, ask questions and get quotes quickly and easily. It all means you can make an informed decision about who you trust your garden too.

You can begin with a customised search using the profile information for each business that matches the criteria of what you’re looking for.

Things to look out for:
• Does their profile and blog tell you everything you need to know?
• Assess images of their previous work
• See what trade associations they belong to
• Chat to them online - do you click, do they think your way?
• Ask questions and get more information.

Use your own mini-website to showcase your gardens, coursework and projects. Gardenbook can put you in contact with fellow students, not just at your college but around the country. You can share information, discuss ideas, work together, publicise college events. Access professional help, advice and viewpoints through the Forum to help your studies. Explore interest groups and see what drives people’s passion for gardening.

Once you’ve graduated you can use gardenbook to further your career. If you’re establishing a business, you can create a a professional mini-site for free - access thousands of potential clients without the set up costs of an expensive website. If you’re looking for work you can post your resumé and course work to let potential clients and employers know what work you’re looking for. Search the professional listings for potential employers. Keep in touch with your classmates and support each other’s progress.

Use your gardenbook mini-website to promote your business - upload photos of your best work, offer client references, outline your services or products. You can announce events, new lines, new services or establish an interest group around your particular area of expertise. Look for potential suppliers for your business or establish a group for bulk purchasing of materials or equipment. With listings from horticulture students and graduates, you can find new employees, recent graduates and potential project partners.

As it’s free, gardenbook is the most cost-effective promotion you can do. It offers a precise target market - you can reach audiences pre-selected to be receptive to your message. It’s more accurate than general websites, search engines and traditional advertising. Through the individual mini-sites and interest groups you can conduct your own market research. What are the passions you can tap into. What are the needs you could fill or problems you could solve?

Whether it’s roses, frangipanis, potatoes or tiger worms gardenbook lets you create and join any gardening interest group you want. Once it’s established, your fellow enthusiasts will be able to find your group via the search engine. You can post a diary of events, send invitations, announce meetings, competitions and results.

Existing interest groups can use gardenbook as a free easy-to-manage web-home for your members without the expense and hassle of a separate website. Share ideas, tips, new varieties and your passion with gardeners wherever they are located. Do you hold an annual event? Create a photo album to record the event. You can update information quickly and easily without using a web designer.