Story: Awarding Ceremony for Plant of the Year
Episode: 19
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
Air Date: 20 December 2025

Celebrating innovation in Australian gardening, the Horticultural Trials Week showcases new plant varieties and crowns the Australian Plant of the Year.

• The Australian Horticultural Trials Week, held annually in Victoria at the end of spring, showcases new plant varieties in garden and pot culture for the greenlife industry.
• Plant propagators, breeders, nurseries, garden centres, and landscape companies attend to see, judge, and purchase the latest plant varieties.
• The week-long event culminates in the announcement of the Australian Plant of the Year, with category winners celebrated along the way.
• Presented by The Garden Gurus and supported by Bunnings Warehouse, whose buying team from Australia and New Zealand evaluates the plants on display.
• Many plants displayed have undergone decades of careful breeding and trials, bringing expert horticultural innovation directly to Australian gardens.