Board and Life Members

The Nursery & Garden Industry Victoria is an association under constant search for better ways to serve our members. The Board of Executives consists of some of the most innovative members of the association and is currently chaired by John van der Horst from Acorn Nursery.

The Board of Executives meets regularly and the current board members are:

• John van der Horst (Acorn Nursery) President 
• Glen Fenton (Nationwide Trees) Vice-President
• David Howard (Bay Road Nursery)
• Andrew White (Oasis Horticulture)
• John Cotter (Anco Seed & Turf)
• Phillip Nagle (Van Schaik's Bio-Gro)
• Roger Boyle (Plants Plus) 
• Justin Taverniti (Essendon Garden Centre)
• Teena Crawford (Smith & Gordon)

Life Members

NGIV has a number of life members, who have all become so after long and remarkable careers within the Victorian nursery industry. They have been members of the association for at least ten years and rendered ‘valuable and distinguished service to the Association’.

The Nursery & Garden Industry life members are:

• David Baker 
• David Daly
• Frank Hammond
• Leo Koelewyn
• Michael Linton
• David Mathews
• Natalie Peate
• A.N. Rimington
• Anthony Tesselaar
• Lindsay Thornton
• Rex Trimble
• H.G. Walker
• Dick Wall
• Max Warner
• Peter Wood