Our Team
Meet our team of experts who provide practical solutions for a greener life, from what to plant and how, to organic ways to help keep your garden pest free and healthy. All to help you grow healthy organic harvests in your backyard!
Editorial
Chloe Thomson
Chloe Thomson is a passionate gardener and trained horticulturist, she is known for her down-to-earth approach and her dedication to making gardening accessible and successful for all.
Steve Falcioni
Steve Falcioni is a qualified horticulturist with over 20 years’ experience in the gardening industry. Throughout it all he’s been an advocate of all things organic and is now sharing his knowledge with OG readers.
Contributors
Georgia Angus
Bird & native fauna writer
Georgia Angus, author of 100 Australian Birds, splits her time between writing, making art, studying environmental science and birdwatching.
Connie Cao
Permaculture & urban garden writer
Connie Cao is a passionate permaculture gardener and author of Your Asian Veggie Patch, who has transformed her suburban Melbourne backyard into an abundant garden filled with vegies, fruits and more.
Denis Crawford
Insect expert
Denis Crawford, a Victorian based photographer and writer in agriculture and natural history, is our go-to expert when it comes to all things bugs. Denis has been working with insects one way or another for over 35 years.
Phil Dudman
Horticulture & edible gardening expert
Phil Dudman has been writing and presenting about all things gardening since 1998! He is a trained horticulturist who likes to teach easy ways to grow organic food.
Cass Hooke
Arid/semi-arid writer
Cass Hooke lives on a sheep station in Southern NSW. She has had an array of occupations in her career including work in conservation land management, as a highschool teacher, worked in various nurseries and on vegetable varieties trails.
Arno King
Tropical writer
Arno King is a Queensland-based landscape architect, horticultural consultant and keen gardener, well known for his weekly radio broadcasts, presentations and numerous gardening articles.
Jian Liu
Homegrown veg & fruit writer
Jian Liu writes regularlary for OG based on her experience growing all kinds of edibles in her Melbourne backyard. Her urban food forest has over 70 varieties of fruits, a greenhouse, chickens, four worm farms, compost bins and hundreds of varieties of heirloom vegetables.
Jessamy Miller
Poultry & green living writer
Jessamy Miller grew up on a rare breeds farm with chooks wandering in and out of the house, with the responsibility to care for all the chicks. She has dedicated her time to sharing her knowledge about caring for chickens ever since.
Natasha Morgan
Cool temperate writer
Natasha Morgan is a landscape architect, lifelong gardener, educator and author based in Daylesford in Victoria’s Central Highlands.
Leonie Shanahan
Subtropical writer
Leonie Shanahan’s career within the horticulture, permaculture and organic industries spans 25 years and includes the founding of the highly successful, Edible School Gardens program in Queensland.
Karen Sutherland
Permaculture & native edibles writer
Karen Sutherland is a garden designer, writer and teacher, sharing her love of organic gardening with as many people as possible. A lifetime of growing her own food informs her design and teaching work.