Vegetables laid out on display
Photo by Shelley Pauls
Food sectors

Market gardening

Veg, fruit, herbs and flowers

An overview of the fundamentals of growing and selling plants of all types on a small area of land.

Updated 7 May 2024

Plant passports

If you are producing plants to sell online (for example, fruit bushes or trees, herbs in pots) or to a separate retailer then you will need to register with APHA as a professional operator so you can issue plant passports which travel with the plants you sell. If you only sell directly to customers then you do not need to provide a plant passport.