Rebecca Barnes recently won “Dux of the Class: 2009 Certificate III in Horticulture (Arboriculture)” at EMG McMillan. There is no question of Rebecca Barnes’ love and talent for the Horticulture (Arboriculture) industry.

Sam Sweeney recently won “Apprentice of the Year for Cert III in Aboriculture” at NMIT Fairfield.

Another 10 years of safe driving on Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge has been secured with Citywide completing one of the toughest challenges in Victorian infrastructure. Over two weekends in May, the Citywide Infrastructure team replaced over a kilometre of asphalt in a quality-driven, deadline-heavy job for leading toll road operator, Transurban.

Today it was officially announced two career gardeners are set to join forces with local volunteers on Canberra’s most prominent gardens. Duncan Howard returns to his roots, literally, on the parliamentary gardens in which he did his training years ago. On his team is Graham Evans, whose application to new garden maintenance company, Citywide, came with written support from local volunteers.

An information and talent gathering exercise at the Chelsea Garden Show will deliver even more experience to Citywide’s current crop of best-of-industry flowering credentials. Business Unit Parks Manager, Lisa Carty and Open Space Divisional Manager Dean Grant will take a 10-day trip to Europe’s most influential garden showcase.

Citywide recently leaped forward in Australian drought-proofing parkland management and tripled staff productivity. The Air Raider Pro 2010 is a dedicated soil-aeration device designed by and custom-built for Citywide.

The gardens of Australia’s capital, at the foot of the federal parliament, are set to bloom under Citywide’s management. April 2010 brought the anticipated announcement that Citywide was successful in winning the hotly contested tender to manage the parklands of the National Capital Authority. The contract includes the Parliamentary Triangle, the National Rose Gardens, Commonwealth Gardens, Acton Peninsula, King’s Park and Old Parliament House. Representing the foremost in Australian public space and a priority destination for millions of domestic and international tourists every year, it’s as high profile as a job gets!

From a record entry field of 202 the Citywide H2Pod has made the first round shortlist of the Australian International Design Awards (AIDA), competing with products from large national and international corporations including Samsung, Whirlpool, Nissan, LG Electronics and Sunbeam.

On the 17th February Citywide gave a presentation on Citywide Greenpave asphalt at the 4th Australian Road Engineering & Maintenance Conference in Melbourne. The event brought together councils, state government and the private sector to highlight the most important new developments and issues in the road industry. For a full overview of Citywide's presentation please see below