Gardening Australia
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Gardening Australia is an Australia
n television program
, originally hosted by Peter Cundall
, an experienced gardener with a passion for growing plants using organic methods.
The show tries to emulate this by suggesting and promoting organic and environmentally friendly ways of gardening. Stephen Ryan succeeded Cundall in 2009. The show has several segments, which include all forms of gardening, from sculptural and artistic gardens to vegetable growing and xeriscaping
. Most segments are filmed on location. In December 2011, Ryan retired from the program with a new host to be announced.
Cundall had a segment called Pete's Mail where viewers could ask questions or send in photographs or letters about their own gardens.
TBA hosts the show and the program has 10 presenters from around Australia. These include:
The program has an Ask It/Solve It section where people can submit their garden questions/problems to be answered by the presenters.
The 6 Bed Rotation Vegetable Crop (formally Pete's Patch) at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is still in the show, now called 'The Vegie Patch' with Tino Carnevale presenting.
The Vegie Guide is a new feature which suggests a range of vegetables that can be planted each month,in the broad climate zones around Australia.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, originally hosted by Peter Cundall
Peter Cundall
Peter Cundall, AM is a horticulturalist, conservationist, author, broadcaster and television personality in Australia. He currently lives in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, and until the age of 81 continued to be a presenter of the ABC TV program Gardening Australia. His last show aired on 26 July 2008...
, an experienced gardener with a passion for growing plants using organic methods.
The show tries to emulate this by suggesting and promoting organic and environmentally friendly ways of gardening. Stephen Ryan succeeded Cundall in 2009. The show has several segments, which include all forms of gardening, from sculptural and artistic gardens to vegetable growing and xeriscaping
Xeriscaping
Xeriscaping and xerogardening refers to landscaping and gardening in ways that reduce or eliminate the need for supplemental water from irrigation...
. Most segments are filmed on location. In December 2011, Ryan retired from the program with a new host to be announced.
Cundall had a segment called Pete's Mail where viewers could ask questions or send in photographs or letters about their own gardens.
TBA hosts the show and the program has 10 presenters from around Australia. These include:
- Josh Byrne (WA)
- Colin Campbell (QLD)
- Tino Carnevale (TAS)
- Jerry Coleby-WilliamsJerry Coleby-WilliamsJerry Coleby-Williams is an Australian conservationist, horticulturalist and plant curator. He has been a presenter on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia since 1999. He is the director of the Seedsavers Network and an Executive Member of the Queensland Conservation Council.Coleby-Williams was born in...
(QLD) - Jane Edmanson (VIC)
- Leonie Norrington (NT)
- John Patrick (VIC)
- Clarence Slockee (NSW)
- Angus StewartAngus StewartAngus Stewart is an Australian horticulturist, gardening author and TV presenter on Gardening Australia. He is especially interested in Native Plants, and has been heavily involved in breeding of Kangaroo paws....
(NSW) - Sophie Thomson (SA)
The program has an Ask It/Solve It section where people can submit their garden questions/problems to be answered by the presenters.
The 6 Bed Rotation Vegetable Crop (formally Pete's Patch) at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is still in the show, now called 'The Vegie Patch' with Tino Carnevale presenting.
The Vegie Guide is a new feature which suggests a range of vegetables that can be planted each month,in the broad climate zones around Australia.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by ABC Television
- List of Australian television series