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
Steve Payne
The editor of the ABC Organic Gardener magazine. An environmental journalist with over 20 years of experience and a passion for sustainable food production, who currently lives in Northern NSW with a veggie patch of his own.
Phil Dudman
Our horticultural editor, Phil Dudman has been writing and presenting about all things gardening since 1998! He is a trained horticulturalist and landscape designer who likes to teach easy ways to grow organic food.
Contributors
Max Allen
Max Allen is an award-winning journalist and author, and lecturer in wine studies at the University of Melbourne. He has followed the evolution of biodynamic and organic winegrowing in Australia since the 1990s.
Denis Crawford
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.
Jacqueline Forster
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.
Reese Halter
Dr Reese Halter is an Earth System Forensic distinguished scientist, award-winning broadcaster, author and poet.
Jian Liu
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
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.
Leonie Shanahan
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
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.