Bruce is a leading voice in the discussion about Australian Aboriginal land use and agricultural practice. His book, Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture, reconstructs the evidence of indigenous agriculture and challenges the colonial narrative of a hunter-gatherer society. Today he lives on his farm on the shores of the Wallagaraugh River in East Gippsland where he and his team run Black Duck Foods, an Aboriginal social enterprise committed to traditional food...

Joost is a sustainability powerhouse with a talent for uniting like-minded folk with a passion for the future. Starting his working life as a florist foraging blooms for Melbourne’s leading restaurants, Joost was inspired to build the world’s first carbon neutral and zero-waste restaurant. Joost is a passionate advocate for environmental conservation and sustainable living through design and grows native and exotic plants on his flower farm in the hills east of Melbourne. He offers a...

Clive and Penny Blazey founded The Diggers Club in 1978 and subsequently established The Diggers Foundation in 2011. Clive is the author of eight gardening books and was instrumental in achieving five awards for The Diggers Club for the preservation of heirloom vegetable seeds. Clive is a self-taught passionate gardener and current Diggers Club magazine editor who campaigns against corporate control of our seeds via seed patents, monoculture agriculture and its impacts on our soils, our...

In this, the second episode in our series, eucalypts: friend and foe, Chloe talks to world renowned tree authority Prof Greg Moore. In addition to his general interest in horticultural plant science, revegetation and ecology, Greg has a specific interest in all aspects of arboriculture, which is the scientific study of the cultivation and management of trees. He is an advisory board member of TreeNet and Greening Australia and is a former Principal of Melbourne University's Burnley campus. ...

In this episode, we kick off the discussion on the suitability of eucalypts for gardens with Jeremy Francis, the creator of the internationally acclaimed Cloudehill Gardens in the ranges on Melbourne’s peri-urban fringe. Jeremy has long been interested in the impacts of fire management and the Australian ecology and the use of fire-resistant plants, putting into practice his theories in his own garden as well as contributing to the national debate including a detailed submission to the 2009...