Two Special Guests have been confirmed.

 

Hannah Moloney 

Appearing Friday night and Saturday 

Hannah Moloney is a permaculture educator, sustainability advocate, and presenter on Gardening Australia. She works to help people grow food, care for land, and build resilient communities through practical gardening and regenerative living.
Hannah Moloney grew up on a verdant herb nursery in inner city Meanjin/Brisbane which equipped her with a plethora of practical skills and the knowledge that you can garden and farm pretty much anywhere. Over the past 20+ years, she’s worked across Australia on organic farms, permaculture projects and urban agriculture initiatives that grow food and grow community. Hannah is passionate about gardening and land management as a way to help create a healthy future for all. In 2015, she was awarded the Tasmanian ‘Young Landcare Leader Award’ and is an ambassador for Community Gardens Australia. She first appeared on Gardening Australia as a guest presenter in 2019 and never left.! Hannah is a regular contributor to the Gardening Australia Magazine and is a bestselling author of The Good Life: How to Grow a Better World.

Jerry Colby-Williams

Appearing Sunday

Internationally Renowned Horticulturist, Pioneer of Sustainability and Organic Best Practice One of Australia’s most well-known, most highly qualified and most respected gardening experts. With a career defined by a deep commitment to conservation, sustainability, and education, Jerry continues to inspire and engage audiences worldwide, making him one of Australia’s most sought-after horticultural speakers.

Initially trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK) and the Royal Horticultural Society (UK), Jerry is qualified in horticultural estate management, soft landscape design, arboriculture, conservation, horticultural and botanical sciences. Jerry has managed plant production nurseries, urban forests, heritage parks, one of London’s busiest garden centres, and he helped establish Mt Annan Native Botanic Garden (NSW, 1986). For twelve years, Jerry managed the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. His design of the Rare & Threatened Plants Garden (1998) launched a career in radio, television, magazine writing and public speaking. Jerry is a familiar voice and face to most gardeners having appeared on ABC Radio Talkback Gardening in NSW and QLD since 1995 and is currently ABC Television’s ‘Gardening Australia’ programme’s longest serving presenter (1999 – present).