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Jacqueline Forster

Organic lifestyle writer
Jacqueline Forster has been a member of the ABC Organic Gardener team for many years, first with the ABC and now as a freelance contributor. She has co-ordinated the Blue Mountains Edible Garden Trail since 2019 for the Blue Mountains Food Co-op, which organises the trail. She is also a board member of social enterprise, Farm it Forward, and loves to support organic small-scale growers in her Blue Mountains community. Jacqueline has a somewhat successful backyard vegie patch of her own.
Jacqueline Forster

Recent articles by Jacqueline Forster

Atherton raspberry fruit hanging from a branch.
What to plant

Bushfoods: Atherton raspberry, native ginger and old man saltbush

Here are three flavoursome traditional bushfoods you can grow yourself.

Landowners receive a weekly selection of fruit and vegies.
Inspirational gardeners

Connecting through gardens

A social enterprise called Farm It Forward helps connect landowners with young people to grow food and community, writes Jacqueline Forster.

Blue Mountains Food Co-op in Katoomba.
Greener living

Community owned food co-ops

Looking for an ethical alternative to grocery giants? Jacqueline Forster takes a look at one food co-op and what it offers.

First Farm organics
Inspirational gardeners

A farm in the valley

JACQUELINE FORSTER visits a market garden in the Kanimbla Valley growing organic produce for top Sydney restaurants.

the Hemloft
Organic homes

Secret treehouse

If you go down to the woods today you're in for a big surprise, writes JACQUELINE FORSTER.

Organic Gardener in conversation
Organic solutions

Organic Gardener in conversation

Organic Gardener speaks with Kirsten Bradley about the inspiration behind Milkwood Permaculture.

community garden, urban gardening
Organic solutions

Community minded

Jacqueline Forster speaks with horticulturist Jon Kingston, head gardener at the James Street Reserve Community Garden in Redfern, where we shot our November/December ‘beans’ cover. 

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