The nursery and garden industry provides significant economic, cultural, social and environmental benefits to the Australian community. Nationally, the production nurseries support a diverse array of end users, through the provision of green-life as starter crops or finished products. End users include retail outlets, landscapers, cut flower growers, orchardists, vegetable growers, interiorscapers, sustainable forestry and revegetation enterprises. Along the supply chain, allied traders provide products and services that support the production, sale and health of green-life and include growing media and fertiliser manufacturers.