Event information
Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026
Location: Apex Greenhouses Training Facility, Virginia SA
Time: 8:00 am 4:00 pm
Cost: $400+GST per person
Priva Computerised Greenhouse Management
Apex Greenhouses is hosting a one-day training event on 17 November 2026 at its Demonstration Facility in Virginia, South Australia, featuring two introductory courses in Priva computerised greenhouse management systems.
Both courses are designed to provide practical, foundational knowledge for those working in, or entering, the commercial greenhouse industry, introducing participants to the Priva Office system used alongside Priva Compass, Compact, and Connext systems.
The first course, Introduction to Basic Priva Computerised Climate Control, covers the fundamentals of operating and navigating the Priva climate control system, including understanding system components, working with climate data, and maintaining basic strategy settings.
The second course, Introduction to Basic Priva Computerised Irrigation Control, focuses on irrigation system management, covering topics such as closed versus open systems, sterilisation equipment, and the operation of key Priva strategy and recipe settings pages.
Both sessions will be delivered by Tony Bundock, Project Manager with Protected Cropping Australia and Priva's only registered trainer in the Oceania region. Tony brings over 45 years of experience in the protected cropping industry, with an extensive background in both commercial horticulture and industry training across the UK and Australia.
About the trainer
Tony Bundock
Tony Bundock has over 45 years’ experience in protected cropping. Trained in the UK, he emigrated to Australia in 1990 and has since worked extensively in horticultural education, industry training, and systems consultancy. He is the founder of Genesis Horticultural Solutions, a project manager with Protected Cropping Australia, and Priva’s only registered trainer in the Oceania region. He holds a Master’s degree in Education.
The Growing horticulture through protected cropping innovation program (AS23001) is funded through Hort Innovation Frontiers with co-investment from Applied Horticultural Research (AHR), Flavorite Hydroponic Tomatoes, The Costa Group, Apex Greenhouses, The Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), PolyBee and contributions from the Australian Government.
The program, will help protected cropping growers maintain profitability by delivering key aspects of the Protected Cropping Strategic Investment Plan, specifically sustainability, advanced agronomy, automation to reduce labour costs, energy and improving staff skills and management.
Learn more
To keep update to date with the program, contact
Anita Chennell (anita.chennell@ahr.com.au) or visit ahr.com.au/protected-cropping