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Meet: Ivy Singh, gentle warrior

Meet: Ivy Singh, gentle warrior

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

We recently enjoyed the very different Singapore experience of Bollywood Veggies, a ten-acre organic farm owned by Ivy Singh-Lim. Ivy is refreshingly outspoken – just check our her signage! – and named her farm for her Indian heritage and her love of singing and dancing. Linda Ross shared banana bread with the woman who calls herself Poison Ivy!

Meet: Jeanne Villani, keen gardener and member of the Garden History Society

Meet: Jeanne Villani, keen gardener and member of the Garden History Society

18 March, 2021 | Libby Cameron

Jeanne talks about her love for her tropical garden.

Meet: Jenny Kee, artist

Meet: Jenny Kee, artist

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Jenny Kee has always drawn inspiration from the Australian landscape. Her opal designs have been used by Chanel, her koala knits worn by Princess Di and her costumes were part of the parade at the Opening Ceremony of Sydney’s Olympic Games. Linda Ross met her to talk about her latest inspiration, the waratah.

Meet: Jeremy Critchley, nurseryman

Meet: Jeremy Critchley, nurseryman

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Jeremy Critchley’s Green Gallery Nursery developed a focus on indoor plants once he moved into an apartment and wanted something different.

Meet: Jodie McGregor, florist

Meet: Jodie McGregor, florist

18 March, 2021 | Libby Cameron

Libby talks to Jodie about her favourite flowers and her plans for her new garden.

Meet: John Christie, General Manager, Cruden Farm

Meet: John Christie, General Manager, Cruden Farm

18 March, 2021 | Sandra Ross

Cruden Farm is the wonderful garden of the late (and much-loved) Dame Elizabeth Murdoch. Sandra Ross spoke with John Christie about steering the garden into the future.

Meet: John Siemon, project manager, PlantBank

Meet: John Siemon, project manager, PlantBank

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

PlantBank is a seed bank and scientific facility with a priority to conserve and understand plants, and take that knowledge to the community. The facility covers 3000 square metres, that’s the size of 2.5 Olympic swimming pools. Frozen seeds are kept in underground thermally efficient vaults.

Meet: Justin Russell, market gardener

Meet: Justin Russell, market gardener

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Justin Russell was a keen gardener and a writer about gardening until last November, when he and wife Kylie plunged into full-time market gardening. It's been a tough road, with severe drought.

Meet: Karen Hall, garden creator

Meet: Karen Hall, garden creator

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Wychwood is the magical garden created by Karen Hall and Peter Cooper. Though they are moving on, the magic of the garden has been captured in Karen’s words and Peter’s photographs, packaged in a handsome new book.

Meet: Kerry Mitchell, plantaholic

Meet: Kerry Mitchell, plantaholic

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Kerry Mitchell says she can’t resist a good flower and she now partly funds her passion by selling plants from her garden. Robin Powell caught up with her as she was preparing for the Collectors’ Plant Fair.

Meet: Liz Gledhill, owner of Waverley Nursery and Garden Design

Meet: Liz Gledhill, owner of Waverley Nursery and Garden Design

18 March, 2021 | Libby Cameron

Liz's nursery specialises in hardy shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses. Libby catches up with her.

Meet: Lucy Sharman, Sydney's green wall advisor

Meet: Lucy Sharman, Sydney's green wall advisor

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Last year the City of Sydney adopted the country’s first green wall and green roof policy. Robin Powell talked to the woman charged with making Sydney literally greener.

Meet: Margaret Burchett, indoor plant and health expert

Meet: Margaret Burchett, indoor plant and health expert

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Margaret talks about the possible health benefits of keeping indoor plants.

Meet: Maria Hitchcock, correa collector

Meet: Maria Hitchcock, correa collector

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

We chat to Maria about her transition from 'Wattle Lady' to 'Correa Lady'.

Meet: Marjan Medhat, NSW Government House florist

Meet: Marjan Medhat, NSW Government House florist

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

When Marjan Medhat needs something interesting for a flower arrangement she takes her secateurs into Sydney’s Botanic Gardens. We spoke to her about the challenges of creating flower arrangements for Government House.

Meet: Mark Engall

Meet: Mark Engall

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

The nursery and garden industry has some great family stories. Here’s another one with a lemon twist.

Meet: Matt Purbrick, village life enthusiast

Meet: Matt Purbrick, village life enthusiast

18 March, 2021 | Interview: Linda Ross Pictures: Shantanu Starick

The happiest healthiest people in the world are those who live in simple agricultural communities where life is shared. It’s a way of life that Matt Purbrick and his partner Lentil enjoy in regional Victoria and extoll through their business, Grown and Gathered.

Meet: Matthew Hayden, former cricketer, cook and organic gardener

Meet: Matthew Hayden, former cricketer, cook and organic gardener

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

After years of cricket, Matthew Hayden has decided to focus on his passions and dedicate time and energy to his garden.

Meet: Melanie Boudar, Hawaii-based chocolatier

Meet: Melanie Boudar, Hawaii-based chocolatier

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Hawaii-based chocolatier Melanie Boudar is going one better than making bean-to-bar chocolate – she’s growing the beans! It’s one way to preserve fine flavour cacao, which is threatened by commercial hybridisation.

Meet: Meri Peach, biologist and artist

Meet: Meri Peach, biologist and artist

18 March, 2021 | Libby Cameron

Meri talk plants and basket weaving!

Meet: Michael Bates

Meet: Michael Bates

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

When Michael Bates took a holiday and garden study trip to Sri Lanka, it changed his life - and his garden.

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Meet: Myles Baldwin, designer, curator, Australian Garden Show Sydney

Meet: Myles Baldwin, designer, curator, Australian Garden Show Sydney

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Garden designer and author Myles Baldwin always wondered why Sydney didn’t have a garden show that embraced our love of plants and gardens and took advantage of the city’s best locations. Now we do! Myles speaks about his newest passion - the Australian Garden Show Sydney

Meet: Noel Hart, painter and sculptor of blown glass

Meet: Noel Hart, painter and sculptor of blown glass

18 March, 2021 | Libby Cameron

Noel talks to Libby about drawing inspiration from nature.

Meet: Penny Olsen, researcher and writer

Meet: Penny Olsen, researcher and writer

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Penny Olsen spends most of her working life surrounded by the treasures of the National Library of Australia. It was there she came across a note that led to the beautiful ‘Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand Von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists’. We lured her out of the library for a chat.

Meet: Peta Donaldson, garden designer

Meet: Peta Donaldson, garden designer

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

The Urban Gardens at the Australian Garden Show Sydney were spaces for new designers to show what they could do with a limited budget and compact, 5m x 5m spaces. Best of an exciting bunch was The Terrace by Peta Donaldson, which included water and fire in a wonderfully inviting space.

Meet: Peta Trahar, co-founder, Collectors’ Plant Fair

Meet: Peta Trahar, co-founder, Collectors’ Plant Fair

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

This year marks the tenth Collectors’ Plant Fair, a fixture on garden-lovers’ calendars. Peta has been there in the hot seat from the beginning.

Meet: Peter Fudge, garden designer and author

Meet: Peter Fudge, garden designer and author

18 March, 2021 | Libby Cameron

Sydney landscaper Peter Fudge champions a classical style of garden and his gardens use form and foliage as the main elements rather than flowers. His new book reveals just how calming this green garden style is. Libby Cameron chats to him.

Meet: Peter Gilmore, chef

Meet: Peter Gilmore, chef

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Peter Gilmore is recognised as one of the most innovative chefs in the world. His restaurant, Quay, regularly features on lists of the world’s best, and he has recently taken his magic touch to Bennelong at the Sydney Opera House. Much of Peter’s inspiration comes from experiments with unusual edibles in his own garden.

Meet: Philip Johnson, landscape designer

Meet: Philip Johnson, landscape designer

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Sustainable landscape designer Philip Johnson generated rare garden-related headlines when his ‘Trailfinders Australian Garden’ took out the Best in Show award at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013. What happened next?

Meet: Richard Barley, CEO, Open Gardens Australia

Meet: Richard Barley, CEO, Open Gardens Australia

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

The mission of Open Gardens Australia is to promote the joys and benefits of gardens and gardening. Over 25 years garden-lovers have been inspired by what other gardeners have achieved, and more than $5 million has been raised for charity. There was more good news this year when Richard Barley received a prestigious international award. We asked him all about it.

Meet: Richard Heathcote, director, Carrick Hill

Meet: Richard Heathcote, director, Carrick Hill

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

In spring of 2014 an unusual bloom will open in the gardening world – the world’s only Museum of Gardening. It will be housed in the grounds of historic Carrick Hill in Adelaide. Robin Powell spoke with Carrick Hill director Richard Heathcote.

Meet: Sally Newman

Meet: Sally Newman

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Sally Newman, Owner, Yandina Station

Meet: Sharon Drinkwater, Iris grower

Meet: Sharon Drinkwater, Iris grower

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Irises are in the family of Sharon Drinkwater. Her father, Graeme Grosvenor, started Rainbow Ridge Nursery in Dural on the outskirts of Sydney in 1970. The nursery is Australia’s largest specialist iris and daylily nursery and has won multiple awards for its world-class hybrids. The nursery recently relocated to a picturesque paddock outside Orange and right now it’s overflowing with a rainbow of iris blooms.

Meet: Sheridan Rogers, food writer

Meet: Sheridan Rogers, food writer

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Sheridan Rogers is a food writer and broadcaster. Robin Powell talks to her about her work and her vegetable garden.

Meet: Steve Warner

Meet: Steve Warner

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Steve Warner, joy giver. Steve Warner, landscape designer and owner of Outhouse Design, is a big believer in giving back. So when Fairy Sparkle needed help making a garden at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick guess who she asked!

Meet: Steven Prowse, frangipani breeder

Meet: Steven Prowse, frangipani breeder

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Robin chats to the expert on frangipanis.

Meet: Stuart Pittendrigh

Meet: Stuart Pittendrigh

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Barangaroo Point, Sydney’s great new harbourside park will soon open to the public. Before the ribbons are cut, meet the project’s horticultural consultant, Stuart Pittendrigh.

Meet: Tamara Cannon, charity worker

Meet: Tamara Cannon, charity worker

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Greenhouses are producing life-saving vegetables in the high-altitude desert villages of Ladakh, thanks to the Australian charity Lille Fro. Robin Powell spoke to its founder Tamara Cannon.

Meet: Tim Entwisle, director, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Meet: Tim Entwisle, director, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

18 March, 2021 | Graham Ross

Professor Tim Entwisle has returned to become the new director and chief executive of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne after a few years at the RBG Sydney and RBG Kew in London. Graham Ross caught up with him.

Meet: Tim Heard, native bee expert

Meet: Tim Heard, native bee expert

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Tim is an entomologist working in the area of using native insects to control weed populations. Here we talk to him about his passion for native bees.

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